If you haven’t tried to date online, please do not attempt it unless you first take safety and precautions – you never know who you are really chatting to. Something that just started like fun internet dating has turned to be a tormenting thing in my heart and mind that I wish to share with you on this day. I will however try as much as I can to calm down when writing this story since by doing so, it might warn those doing the same or similar or offer some help to those who deserve it. So, when you will be thinking that this is just a fabrication remember that the memories about that bizarre sexual experience are fresh in my mind. Don’t be surprised to realize that you could be the first person to read this agonizing ordeal that I went through a couple, of weeks ago. Here’s a chance to consider and commit to a more ethical and compassionate world.It pains me when I narrate this story to you. The Charter for Compassion (us of our common humanity and our most basic common values. We need to return to a more compassionate way of living with one another or we risk losing our moral center, and as William Butler Yeats warns ".the centre cannot hold.", I share this as a starting point for future thought and discussion. More: Jeff LaRe: Americans 'want fairness and balance.' WOW! hit Newsmax with 'cancel culture' We have seen basic ethical principles like empathy, compassion, the Golden Rule, and justice dismissed and scorned as “political correctness” and “wokeness” because they take the focus away from “I, me, we and us”. We are seeing it in politicians who are pushing parents to insist on their "right" to censor their children's education and are writing laws that punish those who present ideas that might make someone "uncomfortable." More: Letters: 'Shameful' lawmaker's use of 'cancel culture' proof he can't define 'censorship' We have seen it all during a pandemic when countless lives were lost and people insisted on their "rights" to ignore health guidelines. We think of "rights" and "freedom" from the narrow perspective of "me." We are living in a world where it is common to elevate self above community. Opinions in your inbox: Get views on topics important to Columbus and Ohio delivered We need compassion House Bill 598 is flawed in many ways, but the absence of an exception for rape and incest should cause even supporters of the bill to take a second look. More: Childhood rape survivor: Ohio's high court sides with child rapists instead of survivors The trauma of the assault stays with a person their entire life and if a pregnancy results, the decision on what to do should be entirely up to the victim of the assault - not government, not the anti abortion movement, not another person. More: Michigan GOP doesn't disavow candidate who suggested rape victims 'lie back and enjoy it'
Rape is a violent attack on a person using sex as a vehicle. These statements and this legislation show an absolute ignorance of what the crime of rape is.
In Michigan a candidate for the state legislature recently said that he instructs his daughters "if rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it."