White Ribbon Day

[el diablo]

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I'm not sure if you would have come across this, its fairly big down here in Australia, particularly in our {matriachal}, PC capital.

 

White ribbon day.. a pledge of non-violence against women.. The origins of it are a particularly nasty event in Canada.

 

I've always been a bit uncomfortable with this white Ribbon day.. Not that im a wife beater.. I'm against most violence, but most of the violence i ever came accross was two blokes beating the shit out of each other in a pub. The article has some intersting comments in the feedback at the bottom of the article. my own thought is that it shouldn't just be about women.. it should be about all violence. anyway have a look at it. it an opinion piece in ABC online (Australia).

 

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3695186.html

 

Cheers all

[Flashermac]

Never heard of White Ribbon Day in the States, and why should there need to be a pledge not to beat up women? I've seen women beaten by men far more often in Thailand than in the West. Just watch TV soap operas and you'll see that it seems to be all right.

 

 

 

 

 

[Redbaron]

I think the idea behind it it to make violence against women, "un-cool" in the same way drink driving has become un-cool.

 

Hopefully a similar campaign starts soon against violence towards the elderly this poor bloke copped if for whatever cash was in his wallet in what seems to be a growing trend. They showed his face on the news and he looked almost dead.

 

Some tough junkie I'll put the house on it.