oh. I thought we were not going to interfere in families? Dana
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:19:17 -0600, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I never said that their concern is bogus. I think everyone should > be concerned about what's happening around them. I think the world > would be a lot better place if we all were concerned with what was > happening in the world and around us. Most people don't seem to be > though. I just think that sometimes it's just easier for people to > get their motivation from the TV so they don't have to expend any > energy on researching something, call it the "Cause d'jour". It just > seems people want to be spoonfed their causes and if a trajedy isn't > on the news, even though it may be in their own backyard, they're > going to ignore it. > > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:46:53 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ugh, I've never liked these type of arguments. > > > > It is simply impossible to affectively inject yourself into every single > > situation that exists involving an issue in which you feel strongly about. > > As a person, you can only do what you can do. > > > > Arguing that someone's concern about a cause is bogus simply because their > > ability to affect that cause is limited....seems seriously flawed to me. > > > > > > > Exactly! > > > > > > How do you feel about this statistic Terry Sciavo Obsessors: > > > > > > The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) reported an > > > estimated 1,400 child fatalities in 2002. NCANDS defines "child > > > fatality" as the death of a child caused by an injury resulting from > > > abuse or neglect, or where abuse or neglect were contributing factors. > > > > > > > > > > > > Why aren't you out there protesting limited funding for CPS, or aren't > > > these children "innocent and defenseless" enough for you. Better yet, > > > why aren't you volunteering your time to Child Advocates. When my > > > wife was a Child Advocate, she would tell me stories about the CPS > > > agents that she would work with. She told me that everyone she met > > > with was doing the job for the right reasons. They really wanted to > > > help protect children from these situations, but they usually had so > > > many cases that it was physically impossible to visit each case. She > > > also said that these case workers almost always left work with an > > > armful of case files that they'd review that night and try to figure > > > out which ones they could visit. These case workers are also not the > > > world's best paid people. > > > > > > Look around you people. There's a lot more suffering going on than > > > just Terri Schiavo. Yes Terri's situation was tragic. How can you > > > justify protesting and bemoaning her suffering and the travesty of > > > justice when there are more than enough causes that you really can > > > affect and improve. > > > > > > It really seems like people are lemmings. "Hey look, the news is > > > presenting this story, Ohhhh, I must get excited about this cause". > > > This is so similar to the Elizabeth Smart story. If it wasn't on the > > > news, would the story have drawn in so many people. People offereing > > > prayers, search help, donations, etc. In the end, did that have an > > > effect on anything. No! She was recovered by a police officer who > > > had been briefed by authorities already. How many children weren't > > > recovered during that time? > > > > > > Arrrrgh! Meanwhile, this will become a new platform issue for the > > > conservative vs liberal debate. That will be it's legacy............ > > > > > > > > > Someday, I'm going to try to not write in a "stream of conciousness" style > > > :) > > > > > > marlon > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:18:10 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >> Man, I hope not. I'd like to see the media go back to covering Iraq. > > >> How > > >> many innocents are dying there still, every day? > > >> > > >> It really irks me when I watch the local news at night. 10 or more > > >> minutes > > >> covering the Schiavo story, and absolutely NO mention of that silly War > > >> issue. > > >> > > >> Don't get me wrong, it is "da Pope-a", and he deserves media coverage, > > >> but > > >> I feel like we are "forgetting" about too many other important issues > > >> when > > >> we obsess.... > > >> > > >> Ray > > >> > > >> At 10:13 AM 3/31/2005, you wrote: > > >> > > Ray wrote: > > >> > > Yea, now it's the Pope's turn to hog the headlines. > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> >I wonder if he has a living will? He is on a feeding tube now ... > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152386 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
