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11-25-2009

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Timmibal

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White Ribbon Day (Australia) - Poonworthy?

Today is White Ribbon Day in Australia,

According to their website (White Ribbon Day Welcome) the organization focuses on ending the silence surrounding violence towards women, and also specifically urging men to 'take the oath', promising to speak out against and prevent violence against women wherever possible.

Both Ruddkipz and Turnbull were banging their chests in parliament about taking the oath today, and after looking at the take the oath website (My Oath) surprise surprise, looky what they're fighting against!

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What is violence?

The United Nations Declaration of the Elimination of Violence against Women defines violence against women as: "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occuring in public or private life." In simple terms, violence against women is violence "directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects a woman disproportionately." There are many kinds of names for violence against women:

* domestic violence, family violence, wife-beating, intimate violence, intimate homicide, femicide
* sexual violence, sexual assault, rape, marital rape, gang rape, date rape, acquaintance rape, indecent assault, sexual harassment, sex-based harassment
* child abuse, child sexual abuse, paedophilia, incest
* homophobic violence, hate crime, lesbian bashing, elder abuse
* genital mutilation
* enforced prostitution
* enforced sterilisation, enforced abortion, killing of unwanted female babies, enforced motherhood

And what happens to pregnant women in the Sea Org?

See where I'm going with this?

So. White ribbon activists. Poonable? And would it be best to poon the website or try and find the local "White Ribbon Champions"?

tl;dr - Possibility of PAing an organization Ruddkipz just finished creaming himself over.

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11-25-2009

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kamakaze2000 Member	Re: White Ribbon Day (Australia) - Poonworthy? i guess we could poon prominent women in australia to get them to act against the forced abortion.. but the scilons will spam them and thats not the kind of punishment you want to inflict on others

11-25-2009

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doz3r Member	Re: White Ribbon Day (Australia) - Poonworthy? and on a totally related topic.. today.. Australian Rugby League Football player Greg Bird is acquitted of all charges related to him "glassing" his girlfriend. Irony much? Greg Bird's glassing conviction quashed \| Herald Sun

11-25-2009

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_You_ Awesome	Re: White Ribbon Day (Australia) - Poonworthy? Is there time left ? it is 10 pm in parts of australia. 10:10pm Wednesday (EST) - Time in Canberra, Australia Kingston 10:40pm NFT Lord Howe Island 10:10pm LHST Adelaide 9:40pm CST Perth 7:10pm WST The Settlement 6:10pm CXT

11-25-2009

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Timmibal

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Re: White Ribbon Day (Australia) - Poonworthy?

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Is there time left ?

No offense Bruce, but how does time enter into it?

I would assume that such an organization would not be limited to only one day a year in their activism. Plus, the PM made reference to taking 'The oath' today, so IMNSHO, it'd probably be a good thing to poon him and Turnbull on.

...It is by will alone I set my Lulz in motion...

Nomen mihi Legio est, quia multi sumus.

11-25-2009

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El Diablo

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Re: White Ribbon Day (Australia) - Poonworthy?

What might also be of interest is the issue of elder abuse, which on the 18th of this month, Labor Senator Helen Polley made quite a strong point of saying extended to financial exploitation of elders, particularly by. but not limited to, their adult children.

From Senate Hansard - 18th November, 1009 (starting at pdf-page 56):

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Abuse can take many forms, especially when it comes to older Australians, who are often highly vulnerable as well as usually having a high degree of assets and savings. Abuse can be perpetrated by family members, non-family members in a position of trust or carers. Abuse can be physical, ranging from inappropriate restraint to severe beatings or sexual abuse. It can be emotional or psychological, such as the use of name calling, silent treatment or threats. Such actions can cause mental anguish, stress and fear amongst the victims. Abuse can also take the form of carer neglect. This can range from withholding food and water to intentionally failing to meet the care needs of the person.

But it is the rising prevalence of financial exploitation and abuse that is of particular alarm to me at present. Many people, when asked about elder abuse, think that it only applies to extreme cases of physical mistreatment and do not tend to think of financial abuse when considering the issue. Many people have admitted to having never even heard the term before, but most of them will say that they would certainly report abuse of this kind or abuse of any nature if they saw it occurring. But how are we meant to report something, let alone prevent something, that we cannot even define or identify?

A report handed down in Queensland earlier this year estimated that nearly $100 million was inappropriately acquired from older Australians in that state alone last year, and $14 million was the amount officially reported to have been swindled from elderly people in cases of financial abuse in 2007-08. If we extrapolate those figures across the nation we begin to understand the sheer magnitude of this social blight. It is of particular concern for me, coming from Tasmania, because we are set to have the oldest population by 2019 and no doubt will have a corresponding rate of elder abuse. Cases of financial abuse do not just cost the victim the amount that has been wrongfully acquired by the abuser. There are knock-on effects, such as legal costs, social costs and medical costs, much of which is paid for by the taxpayer. This is in addition to the cost to the victim’s dignity and sense of security and trust.

Financial abuse comprises largely adult children intentionally and inappropriately acquiring money or assets from elderly parents over whom they may have power of attorney—but it is not limited to those who do, I might add. They may also simply exercise a high degree of control and manipulation of elderly parents who place implicit trust in their children. Some common stories of financial abuse include adult children harassing elderly parents or relatives for money on pension day; transferring titles to property into their own names; placing caveats on family homes without the consent of their parents, or without them having a true understanding even if they are consulted; coercing their parents into using their property as a guarantee for a loan taken out by the child; making inappropriate withdrawals from the parent’s bank account or superannuation; and asking the parent to pay for an extension to be added to the child’s house on the understanding that the parent will move into that accommodation with their family and then moving the parent into an aged-care facility instead. It can take many forms, but beneath each and every example is an attempt by a person of trust to manipulate, coerce or cheat an elderly person for their own financial gain. It is most disheartening, almost heart wrenching, to know that the main perpetrators of such abuse are the person’s own family members. Those who should be the most loving and loyal, who should be protecting their elderly relative, are the very ones committing the offense.

Full text at link.

Anyway, since elder abuse was mentioned in the quote from the OP, thought this might be relevant here.

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