Women = Cheerful breeders for the War Machine

[dawgmom]

Just read this response in a CNN forum, to a story about former Senator Chafee of RI calling Palin a "cocky wacko." Are there really people in this country that think like this???

"McCain is the only one with enough guts to take out our enemies in North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia.

With the no abortion policy and a draft, we will have enough solders to continue God's war for our country."


So....we womenfolk are supposed to be cheerful little breeders to provide cannon fodder for their goddam war machine???? Evil. They're just plain evil.

[Sal Minella]

1. And if you aren't keeping up your end of the quota, I suppose a little rape would be called for to

assist you in the National Goal, the New Army.

Offspring of rapists "nurtured" by raped mothers should make good killers, eh?

[dawgmom]

3. Shades of...

..."The Handmaid's Tale."

[Sal Minella]

4. Haven't tried to read that yet, fearing it may be too close to impending reality.

I hear tell it's very well-written.
Would be easier to approach if it were written badly, I guess.

[dawgmom]

9. It's Excellent -- and chilling

Margaret Atwood is one of my favorite writers, and that is one of her best books. The premise: a future world that is a theocracy, where the "good and moral" women who are unable to have children utilize a lower class of women who can bear children. Their husbands breed with these "handmaids" (and it's truly creepy and ritualized, with the wife involved in the breeding act) and then the handmaid turns over the child to the "good" wife. Women who rebel or who are seen as unfit or traitors to this process (who seek to abort, for example) are publicly executed, in grisly hangings in huge stadiums (shades of the Taliban, eh?)

There are waaaay too many things in it that remind me of the past few years in the U.S. I know the plot sounds outlandish, but as you said, it's so well written that you are completely drawn in.

[Sal Minella]

10. I'll put it on my list, but won't read it until after the election -- obviously "Handmaid's Tale"

would do nothing to allay the anxieties I am currently suffering from! I splurged and bought a sale copy of Ron Suskind's most recent (The Way of the World) and that's up next. Should probably read something NON political and let heart rate get back to normal.

[Dogtown]

25. VERY close

prophetic.

[mod mom]

24. Then, of course, the raped should to be charged for their own rape kits.

:sarcasm: :mad:

[flvegan]

2. Wait..."God's war"??? Seriously?

Isn't this the all-powerful, omnipotent top Dude, Creator of the Universe and Life God they're talking about? Methinks if the man upstairs wanted to win a war, He'd just fucking will it so. Why are they so fucking stupid?

[The Straight Story]

6. Well, god is busy looking for parts to repair his spaceship, he is a good delegator though

:)

[Matariki]

5. Perhaps that was sarcasm? One hopes...

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

7. Wait...doesn't it take 18 years+ to raise a solder?

W.T.F.
Some people just can't add....

[Rocknrule]

12. They'll just figure out a way to make clones, a la Star Wars

[FlyingSquirrel]

16. We're in this for the long haul ;-)

And we'll be in Iraq for a hundred years... or was it a thousand? Ten thousand?

[Kixel]

17. Don't discount the children's crusades

Lets go 8 years?

[tavalon]

18. Long view, my friend.

Long view.

These people are psychotic.

[NNN0LHI]

21. Some parents start them in the program at 8 years-old. Kind of sick, eh?

http://www.mclwestchester.org/Programs/YoungMarines.aspx

The Young Marines is open to all boys and girls aged 8 through graduation of High School. The program was founded in 1958 to promote the mental, moral, and physical development of young Americans. The Young Marines offer a variety of activities specifically designed to develop greater self-esteem, discipline, and self-confidence in its members. Character building is one of the most important objectives of the Young Marine program and all of its activities emphasize the importance of honesty, courage, respect, loyalty, dependability, and a sense of devotion to God, country, community, and family.

In July 1993, the United States Marine Corps officially designated the Young Marines program as "the focal organization for fulfilling its participation in the Department of Defense's drug demand reduction activities."

The Vision:

Impact America's future by providing a unique youth leadership program which nurtures and develops citizens in our communities, instilling the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment.

The Mission:

The Young Marines program educates and inspires youth within our communities by promoting a healthy lifestyle through instructional and adventurous activities. We develop responsible citizens using the volunteer resources of a civilian and military partnership. The teamwork and Esprit de Corps enjoyed by Young Marines help each other discover the hero within.

[Dogtown]

26. 9-10 YOs

If the africans can do it, our red-blooded American boys can do it better!

:patriot:

[MadrasT]

8. I'm not popping out one single baby, ever, and nobody can make me.

Breeder my ass. Fucking misogynistic rapture freaks. :grr:

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. That's the essence of the RW "pro-life" policy.

[Orsino]

22. They can't recruit, so they have to reproduce. n/t

[cynatnite]

13. Not my son...

not just no, but hell no!

:grr:

[Zookeeper]

19. You and me, both!

The war profiteers and fundie-nut jobs can't have either of my boys!

[ClayZ]

14. K and R

[Triana]

15. You've never heard that? I have...

...it's a lot of what's behind the GOP's penchant to control women by outlawing abortion and birth control.

Yep. It's to breed lots of cannon fodder for wars and lots of other little happy followers of Jayzus don'tchaknow.

In their opinion, that is what womens' purpose in the world IS.

[Truth4Justice]

20. Thats exactly what the NAZI's did to German and Polish women

no abortions and they had Nazi officers raping women to get them pregnant for the Fatherland.

[JerseygirlCT]

23. Oh my.

Surely that was satire? Please, let it be!

[guitar man]

27. So that's what she's doing

Instead of hitting the campaign trail, she's busy posting on the CNN forums. :crazy: