Sadistic Assholes in South Carolina
Remember that story I posted the other day about how the South Carolina legislature is in favor of stiffer punishments for cock fighting than spousal abuse? Well, I think I found out why. Apparently domestic violence is hilarious (via Matt Yglesias):
In recent years, South Carolina has either led the nation or ranked in the top six in the rate of women killed by men.The bill, sponsored by Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, would have increased the penalties for domestic violence offenders and required judges to complete annual training in domestic violence issues.
Advocates said they had offered amendments to remove sections that committee members had objected to, such as one that expanded the definition of ?physical cruelty,? a grounds for divorce.
But the amendments never got introduced. Instead, advocates said, committee members joked about the title of the bill and then tabled it with little discussion.
According to a tape of the meeting obtained by The State newspaper, Altman asked why the bill?s title ? ?Protect Our Women in Every Relationship (POWER)? ? just mentioned protecting women. Harrison suggested making the bill the ?Protecting Our People in Every Relationship? Act, or ?POPER.?
A voice on the tape can be heard pronouncing it ?Pop her.? Another voice then says, ?Pop her again,? followed by laughter.
Cobb-Hunter and victims advocates didn?t think it was funny.
I hate to be the kinda guy who responds to violence with violence, but somebody really needs to slap these guys around a bit. Maybe then they’d understand why it’s not funny to “pop her”.
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That was unintentional, right? Hee hee.
Comment by Ross A Lincoln — April 22, 2005 @ 6:25 pm
POPER? That kind of crack is typical of “men’s rights activists”–they claim to be fighting for battered men, but scratch the surface and their real cause is making it legal to beat your wife again.
Comment by Amanda — April 23, 2005 @ 4:46 am
You first talk about South Carolina’s rate of women killed by men, then switch the subject to generic domestic violence.
I thought in your liberal fantasy world you are supposed to be gender blind, so I do not see where the author made the logical connection that South Carolina ranking high (relatively, not absolutely at all) to other states in the rate of women killed by men has anything at all to do with domestic violence? Please explain this causality. Did the article also mention the rate of men being killed by men, men being killed by women, or women being killed by women relative to other states? No it did not. Without such information we cannot determine if you are engaging in anti-men zeal or actually have a legitimate point.
I think the reason the author might be such a raging liberal and against equality in the courts is that she probably hasn’t been ‘popped in awhile’. Quite typical of the women on the extreme left not having been in a successful relationship in awhile :)
Comment by Rich — April 23, 2005 @ 3:45 pm
Bush II; Day 172: South Caroline, where domestic violence is a real knee-slapper.
OK, can you really blame the left and right coasters for wondering if the South needs its own country when you read about stories like this? Let me break it down for you. The South Carolina legislature had been considering…
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