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29 Aug 2007, 7:41 pm

This is a real slam-dunk of American logic:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22 ... 09,00.html

I don't even know what to say to that. Normally I'd rant for a bit about the incredible spike in stupidity this country has suffered from as of late, but I'm trying to stop using swear words so I won't :P.



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29 Aug 2007, 9:07 pm

She was really just trying to teach him to swim :roll:


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29 Aug 2007, 10:05 pm

ok, when I worked in tech support at a not to be named computer company, the woman called in asking how to use the foot pedal ( the mouse) when the guys were howling in laughter I walked over to take the call - because I had learned to sew with a foot pedal sewing machine and so I understood the woman's mind set on her concept of the mouse.


so even if the girl actions seem reprehensible we are creatures of habit, and to flush might be our first impulse and the idea that the situation would be over would be our second.

it didn't seem like a fun time for any of them, actually.


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29 Aug 2007, 11:41 pm

This is what abortion is for.



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30 Aug 2007, 12:25 am

sinsboldly wrote:
ok, when I worked in tech support at a not to be named computer company, the woman called in asking how to use the foot pedal ( the mouse) when the guys were howling in laughter I walked over to take the call - because I had learned to sew with a foot pedal sewing machine and so I understood the woman's mind set on her concept of the mouse.


so even if the girl actions seem reprehensible we are creatures of habit, and to flush might be our first impulse and the idea that the situation would be over would be our second.

it didn't seem like a fun time for any of them, actually.


Merle


I think this story ended up on the "Computer Stupidities" website - http://rinkworks.com/stupid/ - in the mice (I still say it's MOUSES) section, about 11 pages down at 1024x768 in Firefox.


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30 Aug 2007, 1:46 am

Takes the epithet 'giving birth to darkies' to a whole new level. Australian slang from 50 years ago. Maybe she should have used a bed-pan and commode....


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30 Aug 2007, 8:28 am

surprise. . .
abortion is not available to all, if not legally, then culturally. Cultural ignorance has curtailed information on how such things can be done, and leaves women and girls woefully bereft of medical remedies for situations that have gotten out of their control. My heart goes out to her and her baby for any or all of these reasons.

you have no idea how traumatic it is to be pregnant with no support, no compassion and only rage and hostility if you are found out. Hormones and judgement. . .well. . .

I am in no way condoning this womans actions, please don't take me wrong, but circumstances can dictate situations that go so tragically wrong.

so tragically wrong.



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30 Aug 2007, 11:36 am

Some women can get post natal depression. Also BiPolar + pregnancy can cause and increase in delusions and psychosis sometimes.



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30 Aug 2007, 11:58 am

Even where it isn't legal, there are still alternatives. Anywhere in the US for the most part, a woman can take her newborn to "safebaby" drop-offs, like a fire department or the like. There is no need to dump them anymore.
As for being temporarily insane, I'd believe it only up to the first flush. After that you're really pressing your luck.