[Peace-discuss] Re: [UCprogressives] Re: Pro-choice [wasRe: letter to my former comrades]

[Jen Tayabji]

Carl--

You obviously have no understanding of how it feels to be a woman and have
some like you trying to force their opinion on others. It's one thing to
voice your opinion while being respectful of others and allowing others to
have an opinion. It's another, like how you've been doing, to attack every
person who differs from you on this issue.

The continuation of this argument over abortion in the manner that it has
been raised and will continue to be raised TRULY alienates others who may
agree with AWARE's mission of anti-war and anti-racism effort. And it will
hinder individuals and organizations from working with AWARE in the future.
I know I personally am less inclined to be involved after reading all the
hostile attacks against those who support a women's right to choose.

All this energy could be put to doing good work in our community and NOT
into attacking those with differing views on birth control and abortion.
It's a shame to see this energy being wasted.

Sincerely,
Jen Tayabji
IDF Executive Director

On 11/16/04 4:39 PM, "Carl Estabrook" <cge at shout.net> wrote:

> What would we say to the following argument?
> 
> "As a American soldier, reading through all of the postings on the peace
> list about the ethical/theological/moral/hypothetical implications of the
> Iraq war has been very alienating and even insulting at time, especially
> as most of the people posting responses are civilians. And this discussion
> has turned into members' trying to force their beliefs onto one another.
> This is a REAL and tangible issue for almost every US soldier. Please
> respect our right to choose and stop trying to force your beliefs onto
> others. You are only going to end up alienating people from this list."
> 
> --CGE
> 
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Jen Tayabji wrote:
> 
>> I would like to echo Linda's comments.
>> 
>> As a woman, reading through all of the postings on the peace list about
>> the ethical/theological/moral/hypothetical implications of abortion has
>> been very alienating and even insulting at time, especially as most of
>> the people posting responses are men. And this discussion has turned
>> into members trying to force their beliefs on to one another.
>> 
>> This is a REAL and tangible issue for almost every woman. Please respect
>> our right to choose and stop trying to force your beliefs onto others.
>> You are only going to end up alienating people from this list.
>> 
>> Jen Tayabji IDF Executive Director
>> 
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 -- Howard Zinn