So you're saying until all the problems of the world are solved nobody has a right to protest? Ya gotta start somewhere.
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:31:41 -0600, Marlon Moyer wrote: > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152389 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
