tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281682867723055866.post8104119866759914234..comments2023-06-14T06:25:43.869-06:00Comments on [mis]adventures of a small town girl: Why I'm glad to be Canadian #832019Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12875689962136598018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281682867723055866.post-26864901900635675092009-04-03T09:37:00.000-06:002009-04-03T09:37:00.000-06:00Hey -- I just found your blog - apparently we foll...Hey -- I just found your blog - apparently we follow each other on Twitter! Awesome blog!Melissa Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975477573895818097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281682867723055866.post-83866271406517598752009-04-03T08:35:00.000-06:002009-04-03T08:35:00.000-06:00I'm glad you commented on this, Andrea. I knew you...I'm glad you commented on this, Andrea. I knew you'd have something enlightening to add.<BR/><BR/>I agree that pulling out is not the answer. Going in and claiming we wanted to help them and then pulling out the second they try to do something we don't like is not very helpful at all. Cultural changes take time, they can't be introduced with a law.<BR/><BR/>I never thought about the whole "codifying into law gives people something concrete to fight against". Very true.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12875689962136598018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281682867723055866.post-21376987578655436872009-04-03T07:34:00.000-06:002009-04-03T07:34:00.000-06:00See, part of me thinks that this is a good thing. ...See, part of me thinks that this is a good thing. By codifying it in law, it gives those who object concrete laws to actually fight against. When conceptions like this stay purely in the realm of cultural consciousness, you can always say "oh no, that doesn't happen here". By putting it into law it can be something effectively stood up against.<BR/>I also have issues with the media attacking a law about "denying sex" - the actual law is about the inability of a woman to be raped in marriage. This codifies what has been culturally true for a long time - to assume that we'll be able to simply just change a law and change the centuries of believe behind it.. I dunno. <BR/>And pulling out in response? That makes me a bit ill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com