tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post890980867414924762..comments2024-02-20T17:48:55.571-05:00Comments on Freedom Through Truth: What Do We Learn from the Main Stream Media Coverage of the Pope?Michael Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-37931847634799873452010-04-16T17:05:49.911-04:002010-04-16T17:05:49.911-04:00I regret to say that the intertoob is possibly too...I regret to say that the intertoob is possibly too large a portion of my life, but I have my own excuses for it.<br /><br />I did forget to link the piece I wrote later, where I hope I, respectfully enough for both of our sensibilities and sensitivities, was able to clearly communicate my disagreement with something you said.<br /><br />Thank you for your comments, as they do make me sharpen up my mind.<br /><br />http://freethroughtruth.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-not-about-sexual-abuse.htmlMichael Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-61995549441504859022010-04-16T16:50:54.142-04:002010-04-16T16:50:54.142-04:00No problem. We all have other lives away from the...No problem. We all have other lives away from the intertoobes -- or so I'm told...lol.Janus Bellatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467165902363025714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-72574348375240449982010-04-14T10:32:48.382-04:002010-04-14T10:32:48.382-04:00This is not the direct response to your comment, L...This is not the direct response to your comment, Lady Janus, nor is it a lazy cop out, I don't think.<br /><br />Just an acknowledgment that I am working away here.<br /><br />http://freethroughtruth.blogspot.com/2010/04/civilized-discourse-is-sadly-oxymoron.htmlMichael Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-33768710010990118552010-04-14T09:58:12.589-04:002010-04-14T09:58:12.589-04:00I appreciate your thoughts Lady Janus. Really, I ...I appreciate your thoughts Lady Janus. Really, I do.<br /><br />I do not require you to agree with me, and appreciate that you explain your disagreement.<br /><br />What you have said is important enough to me to ponder it for a while (possibly an hour or so, or several days - as I have some commitments to spend time with My Dear Wife, doing some fun things for the last two days of this week - not that this is not fun).<br /><br />Thank you for your points.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-65115395097763157962010-04-13T20:36:51.294-04:002010-04-13T20:36:51.294-04:00LOL! I see you've met one of the more irritat...LOL! I see you've met one of the more irritating apologists...<br /><br /><i>"Isn't it interesting that Tiger Woods is now once again becoming a darling of the sports world, even though up to a few months ago, he was consorting with hookers and porn stars, while abandoning his wife and children."</i><br /><br />Question for you, Michael -- are you trying to compare what happened in someone's private life with what was done to children however long ago? 'Cause if you are, I think you're going in the wrong direction.<br /><br />Tiger Woods committed no <i>crime</i>. If he and Elin had not had such a noisy and public brawl about his particular taste for other women, we would never have known about it. And why should we care? What he does in his own life with other consenting adults does not affect anyone else outside his own family. No, it <i>doesn't</i>.<br /><br />But the abuse of children -- non-consenting and non-adult -- is a crime.<br /><br />The media -- all the media -- have their own slants. You can't complain about the ones who tilt against your own inclinations if you don't also complain about the ones who tilt in your favor. Responsible consumers of data need to sift through all the crap and decide for themselves where the truth lies. And truth is very often subjective, anyway. It's not the job of the media to decide what that truth is -- that's your own job.<br /><br /><i>"The last thing that sexual abuse victims want typically is to have the shame they felt, and the sorrow they live with daily brought into a public forum. It is humiliating to them, and is an act of further victimization."</i><br /><br />You're right, and it should not be that way. Being a victim of abuse should be no more shameful than being a victim of robbery or arson. But the very reason for that shame is centered in the teaching of your church -- that anything to do with your genitals is your own sinful fault unless it takes place within the confines of marriage. The shame needs to be removed. But the members of your faith are the only ones who can do that, and they <i>will</i> not.<br /><br />You really do bring it on yourselves -- not the crime, but the shame of its having happened. But there is nothing anyone can do to help you because y'all will not allow it. "The faith" and its teaching are deemed to be more important than the feelings of mere victims of abuse that has been facilitated by the secrecy of system in which they live. What I don't understand is why you can't see this for yourselves...Janus Bellatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467165902363025714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-11011944400723739462010-04-13T16:32:15.181-04:002010-04-13T16:32:15.181-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Osumashi Kinyobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902370156968100563noreply@blogger.com