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Menino80
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 Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
You're right, but injustice is a necessary condition for me to take a public protest seriously. Jim Crow was a systemic and pervasive injustice that needed to be remedied. Hence the many marches.
Sitting here and reading you parse the intentions behind the officer's remark doesn't impress me. There's no systemic injustice here. A single officer made a crude remark. He apologized. And now we get protests beyond Toronto for it?
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I don't think this protest is about the injustice of the remark or lack thereof. It's about calling attention to that mindset that "short skirt"="looks like a *beep*" and "short skirt"="*beep*" are not that far apart. |
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Friend Lee Ghost
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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Yes , clothing can be sexually alluring. If you dress a certain way men will look at you want to 'date you. Nothing sexist about that. We dress differently in different situations we do it consciously and with deliberation at times. I think an officer who was concerned about women's safety should be commended even if his remark was not appropriate.
The founder of *beep* walk is going to make money out of this. t.v. appearances, a book. Good play! |
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