What Is Wrong With the World??

[hellison]

1. headline from bbcni re cervical cancer jab - "Girls urged to ABSTAIN in jab row"
why? Because its a dirty cancer you can get from SEX and obviously if you've been having sex you deserve it. Or... something.
More from the helpful FAQ here -

Colin Hart, Director of The Christian Institute, said the way to tackle the problem was not to offer injections, but to tell girls not to have under-age sex.

Ahh. So it's only *underage* sex that causes cancer. Good Girls won't get it, and thus don't need vaccinated. Well that's all clear then!

I know there are Other Issues around the vaccination and which version was chosen etc, but that's not what these people are saying. They're saying girls shouldn't be vaccinated against a potentially TERMINAL DISEASE, because then they might have sex! And we can't have that!!
Would there be the same outcry if it was discovered testicular cancer was also linked to a virus and teenage boys were offered it?

2. This article about date rape is making my head explode with WTF and RAGE. Because obviously if you go drinking with a guy who turns out not to care whether or not you're concious when he gets off on/in you, well that's YOUR fault you silly loose drunken woman. It's not like he's done anything WRONG, or should face any consequences for it! SKIN CRAWLING NOW.

SEND KITTENS PLZ. NEED HAPPY THOUGHTS.

ETA New Mistful Fic! and at lunchtime too. Couldn't have been better timed.

EDIT 2 - just to add, now the original RAGE has calmed slightly, this turned into a thought provoking discussion; a timely reminder the world isn't completley full of morons. Or at least my flist isn't ;) Thanks!

AAAAND if we can keep it civil kids, that would be good. _unhurt_, I still have crutches. And I know where you live. Keep up the ranting tho. Rants Good. CIder better. MOAR CIDER

Comments

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

The HPV jab controversy I've seen before. Because OBVIOUSLY there are some girls who are abstaining from underage sex PURELY because they might get cervical cancer as a result, and so they'll DEFINTELY start shagging any boy with acne as soon as the sting from the needle goes away(!) Idiots.

The whole date-rape thing... Guh. That it happens makes me ashamed to be male. (I suppose it's possible for a woman to have sex with a man when he's incapacitated by alcohol, but I doubt that it would be worth the bother...) Sadly, I can't see a light in the greyness that would allow work.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the controversy has been about for a while, it was the headline that got me! ABSTAIN!! (curiously the almost identical bbc wales article on the same subject is just "girls to have cancer jab").

And, I wouldn't be ashamed. Men, on the whole, are great. At least the ones I know are and seem to have grasped the idea that sex with someone who's unconcious is Wrong.
What really got me angry was the idea in the article that it wasn't rape because there was no violence. Neatly missing the point that if you're passing out in toilets, not a lot of violence is required.

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

No violence = no crime. These people need a few stiff drinks and then to spend the might in the company of someone with freewheeling moral compass...

BTW, you can add icanhascheezburger to your FList as a syndication feed, if you wish!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

It's a very bizarre notion really, I don't get the logic of it at all!


I do have the feed added, but due to stupid open plan office, i can't check it too oftne in work (lj I can just about get away with, giant pictuers of kittehs not so much ;p)

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

That icon is just amazing. May I rob it?

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

Go for it! The appropriate credit is on my icon page.
It also inspired this one! *Points*

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaha! Brilliant! :D