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Comment on Abortion Eliminated? by Roof Woofer

Roof Woofer — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:08:20 +0000

Mr. Filler clearly has no problem forgoing individual freedoms for what he considers an overriding agenda. Besides that agenda being apalling to many, the easy willingness to cross the line into such a requirement, whether by force or coercion, is repellent and dangerous.

Comment on “A Close Encounter with Kitty Mervine” by sea glass mosaics

sea glass mosaics — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:34:06 +0000

hey, that’s pretty :D

Comment on Thoughtful Intercourse by Sophie Hirschfeld

Sophie Hirschfeld — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:19:57 +0000

I’ve met people who fit the stereotype, they’re just not as common as people seem to think. They’re an exception, they’re far from the rule.

That being said, I’ve also met cashiers in stores that fit the same stereotype as well as women from a variety of other professions where they are also not common. I think the stereotype is simply a subset of society that somehow falls into a variety of positions int he workforce, but just seems to get noticed more in one industry.

Comment on Thoughtful Intercourse by Heidi Anderson

Heidi Anderson — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:19:41 +0000

Sophie, I have YET to meet someone in the industry who meets those stereotypes. I am sure they are out there, but none of the women I have met fit it. They are all strong, self-assured, and extremely intelligent.

Of course, I tend to mostly hang out with women like that regardless of their job.

Comment on Abortion Eliminated? by Celia

Celia — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:24:29 +0000

I was unable to leave a letter to th eeditor of the electronic version of the newspaper so I emailed Lane Filler.

—–Original Message—–
From: Celia
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:35 PM
To: Filler, Lane
Subject: Re; Abortion eliminated my way

How about this:

All boys are required to have their sperm frozen at a national sperm bank and
then have a vasectomy.

When ready for children the man and his partner, wife, or surrogate apply for
the sperm. The application will outline how the offspring will be provided for
and who will have primary responsibility (obviously this will be the man in the
case of a surrogate). Then insemination can take place.

Or:

All males undergo reversible vasectomies, with frozen sperm in a sperm bank as a
back-up?

Then when the man is ready for children he can apply to have the vasectomy
reversed. The application states that any child born with his DNA after the
time of vasectomy reversal will be his financial and personal responsibility.

——Response——-

Agreed. I think those are both reasonable alternatives to what I proposed, and I
would support them.
Thanks for your thoughts, and taking the time to write.
Lane Filler

Comment on Abortion Eliminated? by Sophie Hirschfeld

Sophie Hirschfeld — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:28:46 +0000

There isn’t much I can add to this that hasn’t already been said, but I will point out that the forced birth control and sterilization has been tried before:

Indira Gandhi – http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947859,00.html

Terrible things happened under the leadership of Indira, stories of kidnappings where women were forced to undergo abortions and sterilization procedures abound, most of them sounding much like frightening movie.

While the motivation for Indira is different than that of Mr. Filler, I can’t imagine that the effect would be any better.

That being said, I wonder if we can call Poe’s Law on this one? A badly executed joke would certainly be more palatable as an explanation than the thought that someone actually felt this was a reasonable plan. That could just be my inner optimist speaking.

Excellent post.

Comment on Thoughtful Intercourse by Sophie Hirschfeld

Sophie Hirschfeld — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:57:17 +0000

This is wonderful. It is always nice to see others in the industry show the world that we’re not all just lusty eyes and small talk.

Thank you for posting this. <3

Comment on Abortion Eliminated? by Sylvie Galloway

Sylvie Galloway — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:09:28 +0000

I’ve read some of his more obviously satirical pieces, and his work can be amusing, but this particular one just didn’t come across like that. A few of my friends and I discussed the possibility of it being a satire, and I sure hope it wasn’t but we simply couldn’t tell. Mr. Lane is usually much more obvious when he’s joking. None the less, there wasn’t a one of my friends who read it, and didn’t get upset or angry, just like I did.

If it was satire, and I sincerely hope it was, then the effort failed miserably.

Comment on Abortion Eliminated? by Alan

Alan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:14:00 +0000

I know Lane. I don’t believe he was being serious because he is too much of a libertarian. Remember his views on the public smoking ban? I think he was trying to take an extreme position to make everyone who read the piece analyze why it is they support abortion. I think he missed the mark by making the piece blatantly sexist. Thanks for the analysis.

Comment on Abortion Eliminated? by Sylvie Galloway

Sylvie Galloway — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:46:16 +0000

@Deb You raise an excellent point in regards to infanticide. I thought about that as I was writing this piece. I also thought about people who murder their children, and wonder if aborting them would have been the more humane end to their little lives then the ones they were subjected to. Couldn’t think about that too long as it just made me weep.

@Tabs What a heartbreaking story, and an example of what can happen when keeping secrets has the apparent motivation of just attempting to maintain a particular social status. I bet your mum is an amazing woman.

As I wrote this I remembered finding myself pregnant at 19. It came out alright in the end, but my family dynamics, my situation was difficult. I guess that is partially why Mr. Lane’s article infuriated me so because he knew not of what he spoke.