Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate

[LarryN]

Though she was initially upset following the brutal sexual assault last month that left her pregnant, victim Martha Byars told reporters she was relieved Sunday to learn from Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) that her ability to conceive her unwanted child proves she was not, in fact, legitimately raped.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/pre...as-ille,29258/

[Wes]

The Onion's methods are oft in poor taste.....

[Mom49of4]

Agreed....

[songfourone]

Hmmm, I do believe that the Onion was being sarcastic......

Sad is that the posters here had nothing to say about Akins statements but condemned the Onion.

Yeah.....

[LarryN]

Hmmm, I do believe that the Onion was being sarcastic......

Sad is that the posters here had nothing to say about Akins statements but condemned the Onion.

Yeah.....

The Onion article says all that needs to be said about Akin's comments, in their own way, which some might find distasteful. But, as usual, they hit the nail on the head.

[Wes]

Hmmm, I do believe that the Onion was being sarcastic......

Sad is that the posters here had nothing to say about Akins statements but condemned the Onion. Yeah.....

What are you talking about??? There's whole other freakin thread about this matter....

[Baltimatt]

What are you talking about??? There's whole other freakin thread about this matter....

True, although the title was cryptic. Here's the thread Wes is talking about:

http://talk.baltimoresun.com/showthread.php?t=320161

[skeemer]

Though she was initially upset following the brutal sexual assault last month that left her pregnant, victim Martha Byars told reporters she was relieved Sunday to learn from Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) that her ability to conceive her unwanted child proves she was not, in fact, legitimately raped.

“Being violently coerced into having sex was the worst thing that’s ever happened to me, so I take comfort in knowing it wasn’t actually rape,” Byars said of the vicious encounter in which she was accosted in an alleyway by a stranger, pinned to the ground, and penetrated against her will for 25 minutes. “It was absolutely horrific—I felt violated in the worst way imaginable—but thanks to Congressman Akin, I now realize it must, at some level, have been consensual after all.”

Link.

[Wes]

shameless bump eh???

[karlydee]

The Onion's methods are oft in poor taste.....

The Onion article was in much better taste than Akin.

The article is brutal satire, and eviscerates his and the GOP's archaic and misogynistic views on women and who has the right to control their reproductive organs (including "legitimate rape").

It is a sad commentary that posters on this board cannot appreciate such righteous and biting wit.


-- It is actually one of the bast pieces to come out of the Onion in a while -- should win an award.

[Baltimatt]

shameless bump eh???

No. Skeemer probably didn't see the earlier thread and started a new one. I merged them.