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Comment on Does religion beat out women’s rights? by don barr

don barr — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:30:36 +0000

Jennifer and Tim,
both of you are under the assumption birth control is a human right. A human right is everyone should be free, no one should be discriminated against because of color or sex. any career is open to anyone…A woman has a choice to use birth control or not, same as a guy. Birth control is free at any planned parenthood, your taxes pay for it. (they pay for free abortions too but that is another story) A womans rights is the same as a mans rights. not one has more than the other. The real issue here is whether you believe a government can force an independent or private organization, religious or otherwise, to provide birth control. you see, the government already does that, so why is it o to force it It has nothing to do with does religion trump womens rights, Birth Control is a choice, not a right. Yes, many Catholics use birth control. and Jennifer, you have a choice to use birth control, just like tim has a choice to use a condom. they are not rights. Does government have the right to force places not to offer french fries, or force them to be “green” or force cigarette makers to pay billions to states so they don’t get sued.

Comment on Does religion beat out women’s rights? by don barr

don barr — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:49:01 +0000

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Comment on Joe Paterno passes, leaving legacy, heart behind by Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:12:40 +0000

You are undermining the children that suffer because of his bull sh** mistake. To air is human is crap. When most people become aware a child being hurt the first instinct is to go to the police. His decision to not go to the police but rather the the college authorities is a calculated decision to save the reputation of the school as well as his by sweeping the incidences under the rug and not at all a mistake. It was intentional. If it was a mistake he could have made up for it, when his ex-assistant coach was not pursued by the proper authorities for his crimes, could have eventually gone to the police, but no instead for years he kept it to himself in a calculating decision. Lets not glorify those who commit terrible acts against children just because they are supposedly good people based on their past actions, or because he a sports legend (which in of itself is mind blowing that sports athletes are held on such high pedestals and for what catching a ball, while people who actually do something note worthy slip under our radar because we are a mindless entertainment based society). That’s like saying all those priest that molested children just made mistakes they are still good people because they are gods servants. His one calculating decision makes him a monster no matter how many people he has educated or his upstanding moral standards. What if it was your child, would you feel the same way, or would you agree with me.

Comment on Buy locally, bypass slave labor, pollution of corporate chains by Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:50:28 +0000

they are!

Comment on New ObamaCare provision insists pregnancy dangerous to women by Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:48:06 +0000

The point is their are two major human rights in jeopardy of being violated here, the church’s and women’s and they come into conflict. So where should the government side is the issue. I think that the right of many individuals rights supersede the right of the church on this one.
I agree that the government is suppressing many of our civil liberties, no one pays attention because something shiny is on TV, and we should pay more attention and do our best to hold the government responsible for it’s violations. But the issues here is more of a conflict of interest between two groups civil liberties in which a choice must be and a compromise reached. Also the catholic church is no angle in matters of separation of church and state.

Comment on Does religion beat out women’s rights? by Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:25:16 +0000

Mr. Don Barr should realize that it is not the point that we can get around the suppression and control of women that the catholic church so strongly clings to based on a religious non-fact based belief by going elsewhere for their “contraband”. It is the principal of the matter that they are denying women a medical treatment that was so beautifully put by Tim James in his comment to you in actuality a human right. You say accesses to birth control is not a human right, then I could use the same logic and say denying women the ability to access it is not a right the church should be able to practice either. The church denies women access to birth control based on religious belief, which religious beliefs are human rights and should be protected. Then a women’s right to choose birth control as form of contraceptive is a human right a well, the right to choose what is best for the individual and the right to have access to what an individual chooses, which should also be protected. I agree with Tim on this one, especially because I am a women.
Go ahead and band contraception from health care plans catholic church, you have that right, but your asking for a world of problems all around including strong opposition to the church, increase in poverty, increase in dependancy on government handouts (which will lead to budget problems), increase in an already struggling population, and further harm to the economy. But what does the catholic church care about the repercussions of their actions, they are rich for the most part and do not get taxed, so they will most likely be fine. And that is the problem they won’t be held responsible for their actions because financially speaking they can’t be touched.

Comment on New ObamaCare provision insists pregnancy dangerous to women by Lori Moreth

Lori Moreth — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:26:09 +0000

Paula,

If you read the article thoroughly, it is not about pregnancy. Birth control pills as well as other contraceptives can have dangerous effects as well. There is a long list of possible side effects and yes some women can have certain problems with pregnancy as well. However the point of the article is a loss of freedom. The government getting involved where it shouldn’t. Would you rather have your own say in what you do or are you quite happy letting the government run your life? Do you want to pay for others birthcontrol when it is free at Planned Parenthood? If it were a Conservative administration trying to outlaw abortion, I’m sure you would be singing a different tune. Read the article again, you’ll get the point.

Comment on Privacy extends past SOPA: Disney takes fingerprints, money by jim anderson

jim anderson — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:23:41 +0000

they dont have to reconstruct your finger prints, its simply an issue of privacy, why would they have to reconstruct your finger prints, or even have it so you have to scan it. they simply want to log your data away, with no real reason why they are doing it. it seems to be more of a tracking method than lets use youre finger prints. I wasnt arguing anything, i was simply stating that in fact they are requiring you to scan your finger prints, by order of Bushco. but there is a large growing amount of businesses that require you to scan your finger print…which seems to be a violation.

“They’re collecting fingerprints,” Central Florida ACLU President George Crossley said. “They’re taking fingerprints. They can call it whatever they want. They’re taking fingerprints. Everything that chips away at personal rights, anything that chips away at the right to privacy, I’ll always be concerned about.”

“If Uncle Sam decides to hit Walt Disney with a subpoena because they want those records, what is Walt Disney going to do?” Crossley said. “They’re going to provide the records right?”

And whose to say once this issue has boiled over they will not simply upgrade the scanners, and then store it longer than 30 days…after all why trust a company when they say they dont store the images…i refer you to the TSA lying about what they do with the body images…

Comment on Does religion beat out women’s rights? by Tim James

Tim James — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:48:29 +0000

Mr. Barr, I set my basis for why I believed access to birth control was a human right in the first paragraph. It’s an issue of poverty. If a woman does not have the freedom to decide when she will have children, she cannot effectively invest in her human capital. It puts her at a disadvantage to men which is completely avoidable. If a woman chooses not to take birth control that’s her choice. But it is never right for an employer to take that right away from women.
And you seem to think that this law only applies to teenagers. The truth is that many many women do not have access to a planned parenthood or a “high school health department” either because it’s too far away or they don’t qualify for free contraceptives.
Even if a woman did have access to free birth control from Planned Parenthood, the procedures for getting it are convuluted and complex. There are both and time and money costs associated with that. Thus, this new provision will lower the opportunity cost of birth control to most women.
And thank you for your offer of help Mr. Barr, but I’m an Economics and Finance double major. Your probably vast knowledge in the field of journalism will probably not help me much in my career.
Outof, thank you for a thoughtful response. I’m not surprised that many catholic women use birth control. When I researched this article, I found out that 98% of catholic women reported using some form of contraceptive at some point in their life.

Comment on Does religion beat out women’s rights? by don barr

don barr — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:09:33 +0000

reporter tim james should do his homework before writing. contraceptives are free at any planned parenthood location, are free at many highschools through their health departments, (without having the parent knowing about their kids requests) so this obama every woman should have affordable birth control already exists. and also tim, who says birth control is a human right, you begin with an assumption you percieve as a fact. I am a graduate of Oswego (1985) and am here to help you with your reporting career.