tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208401365281331903.post1755729424982380490..comments2023-09-20T11:31:54.194-04:00Comments on Rabble Rouser Ruminations: Kits Languish On Shelves For Years, Or "Hey, It's Only Rape"Rabble Rouser Reverend Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965609706204555067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208401365281331903.post-40495543157345537752009-05-01T18:21:00.000-04:002009-05-01T18:21:00.000-04:00SFIndie, I couldn't have said it better myself. H...SFIndie, I couldn't have said it better myself. Honestly, reading this article just made me cry. ALL of these women have already gone through so much - first being raped, then the damn rape kit, but to not even have the kit PROCESSED, often, NEVER? If women needed a clearer, "Fuck You" message from our law enforcement officials, all those people who make the decisions that this isn't important, our society at large, I cannot imagine what it would be. <br /><br />Oh, yes I can - treating the woman who got the most votes of any person in a primary EVER like total shit, and pushing the man without the experience or qualifications ahead of her instead all the while treating her like she has no right to even be there.. Yeah, that might do it. <br /><br />I am right there with you, friend, on what this feels like...Rabble Rouser Reverend Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965609706204555067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208401365281331903.post-32839208564710061182009-05-01T12:52:00.000-04:002009-05-01T12:52:00.000-04:00This makes me sick, Rev. Absolutely, fucking sick ...This makes me sick, Rev. Absolutely, fucking sick to my stomach. Years ago, I taught a program affiliated with the District Attorney's Rape Crisis Unit, where we would visit kids in kindergarten through 2nd grade, and teach them about "good touch" and "bad touch". I remember telling them that if someone touched them in a way that gave them an "uh oh feeling in their tummies", that was a bad touch. I tell you, I have that uh-oh feeling magnified a thousand times in my stomach right now.<br /><br />This country can spend billions to bail out losers on Wall Street, but we can't find a lousy $1500 to process a rape kit? What the fuck is that?<br /><br />I can't even imagine being first a victim of a rapist, and then a victim our un-justice system as well.<br /><br />MichelleO may be proud to be an American right now, but I'm sure not.SFIndiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795270119487350149noreply@blogger.com