Monday, November 2, 2009

THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN WOMEN'S SELF-DEFENSE AND IDIOCY

I was searching under the terms "women's self-defense" when I found this group. They're based in New York, and they encourage women to take photos of men who yell "Hey, Baby" at them in the street and post them to the Internet. These would seem to be women with a disturbing totalitarian impulse, to judge from the tagline on the site:

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE, CONFIDENT, AND SEXY, WITHOUT BEING THE OBJECT OF SOME TURD'S FANTASY

A right? Seriously? As in, "You have a right to a speedy and public trial?" You don't have a constitutional right to feel sexy, nor would anyone in his right mind say you have a natural right. You do not have a "right" to feel anything, and you certainly don't have a right to demand that no one fantasize about you. What other people fantasize about is their concern. Fantasies, after all, are a form of thought.


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