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She can use the old standby, "the abuse excuse;" or say her hormonial metabolism was out of kilter because she is 46 and going through the "change of life;" or the use the Clara Harris defense: "My foot got stuck on the accelerator."
No more than ten years tops if that!
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Notice that only her side of the story is told. Even though her side is very incriminating it is still only her side. If the genders had been reversed and he had killed her by running her over there would be quotes from her mother, sister, kids, whatever. You would hear all about her and her situation. The victim would be personalized. In this case the victim is simply pronounced dead.
Chomsky is right on. Some victims are more worthy than others.
Do we have True Equality?
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I really don't see anything in the story that sounds as though the writer is trying to be sympathetic to her. I think the writer was just laying it all out in its tragic glory...
bg
Men are from EARTH. Women are from EARTH. Deal with it.
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The point was that the victim in this article got very little air time. He was simply pronounced dead. In many articles about murder victims if the victim is a woman her family is interviewed and she is portrayed as "human." The sad fact is that males are almost never portrayed as "human" and having extenuating circumstances that may be influencing their behaviors. Women have their behaviors continually justified by the press in a wide variety of ways including talking about her depression, past abuse, having had her wisdom teeth out, menstruating etc. This sort of coverage portrays them as "worthy" victims.
Do we have True Equality?
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by Anonymous User on 08:11 PM August 23rd, 2004 EST (#13)
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I've wondered why Chomsky himself doesn't apply his worthy victim annalys to gender, specifically men as not being "worthy"..
I really don't see how someone like him doesn't notice this...Esepcially for someone who watches and critiques the media like he does. Or anyone like him...
I don't get it at all..women are powerless I guess...
p. george
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Tom (the above poster) is dead on accurate in his assesment.
Had the victim been female we would be reading comments from her family, we would have heard about ANY prior violence (he hit a girl in 3rd grade!!! - Enquirer exclusive), it would have been called a D.V. homicide, D.V. "experts" would be quoted (funny how when husbands are killed we can't find any ... hmmm), and the KILLER would get a few lines.
Her whole comment to the neighbor: "yes I ran him over, but you don't know the whole story" comment is CRASS and shows how she is so detached from her VIOLENT HOMICIDAL ACT.
We should make this our "letter of the week" project and write the paper.
I'll do it tonight and post it within 24 hours ...
Steven
Guerilla Gender Warfare is just Hate Speech in polite text
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"Assistant District Attorney Timothy Rogers said in court that when police arrived, they heard her yell to a neighbor, 'Yeah, you saw me run him over, but you don't know the whole story.'...
...Rutkowski told police during questioning that her husband had wandered off that day while the two were fishing. She became angry, went home, and threw his belongings out on the lawn of their apartment complex. After he arrived home, he began laughing at her, and she ran him over five times, the station reported..."
See? When you know "the whole story", it changes everything! No wonder she killed him...
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bg
Men are from EARTH. Women are from EARTH. Deal with it.
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by Anonymous User on 04:27 PM August 19th, 2004 EST (#6)
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Yes, the previous postings reflect what I thought about this article too.
I the gender were reversed, the usual would occur where the man is more villified and the female personalized.
This story is despicable, and reflects the sorry state of major media outlets and how they bias every article against men, and favor all things woman.
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Should anyone write to the Boston Globe, their response will probably be:
If a man had killed his wife, we would have reported it in the same manner. There is no bias in our reporting.
So the thing to do is to do a search of their website and find stories in which they report on husbands killing their wives, and contact them with the results.
They can't honestly deny their bias when you can prove it with evidence. (Of course, they'll still deny it anyway, but it sure as hell won't be from a sense of honesty.)
"Existence exists. A is A." -Ayn Rand
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by Anonymous User on 06:15 AM August 20th, 2004 EST (#11)
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If he had simply called the police when he got home and had her arrested for domestic violence. In most states signs of property destruction is enough to set the wheels of DV in motion. Although we can't say I bet nothing would have been pursued and the man would probably have had to leave anyways. Just goes to show what a sham DV really is.
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The police would have done nothing and then she would have been more angry that he tried to "turn her in" and she would have had more justification to run over him. I mean sheesh, she already thinks she is justified to kill him since he wandered off. Imagine what she would have felt justified to do if he called the cops on her.
Do we have True Equality?
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