Saturday, April 09, 2005
Widow's Slaying Symbolizes Grief of War
WTF!!? This woman was murdered by her father? What does that have to do with war? It's tragic that she lost her husband. One could argue, I suppose, that had her husband been there, he might have stopped her father from murdering her. But come on, people! Isn't this a bit of a stretch? People accuse republicans of politicizing the death of Terri Schiavo. And they'd probably be right. Politicians politicize things. It's what they do. The motives of politicians don't matter. Results are what matter. But back to my point, this is definitely an attempt to politicize this poor woman's death, when it's not even relevant to the war! This is not an issue of war or peace. It's an issue of domestic-violence, a very serious problem. Turning this story into an anti-war message detracts from the actual relevance it could have.
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Funny how only 1/3 of this article refers to the story, which is a domestic violence murder. All the rest talks about how grief stricken Lavinia was that her husband was killed in the Iraq War. It is sad and my heart would go out to her if she were still with us today, but it has nothing to do with the actual story that was released, and kind of excessive.
You don't see the connection between domestic violence and the tragedy of war???
No, I surely don't.
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