C'mon baby stop your cryin'

Some musings from the news...

The woman charged with aggravated sexual assault against a Canadian army guy says she's a "respectable woman" in an interview today. She's unhappy with how the media is painting her as Queen Slut of Whore Island and says that's just not the case. She has a 14 year old son afterall. Here's a brief rundown of her history"

- contracted HIV in the same manner as she's accused, partner didn't tell her he was carrying
- was... well, committed for a time to a woman in the US - they did the whole commitment ceremony dealie. Left her when she found herself attracted to men again.
- met a Canadian forces guy, disclosed her HIV status on date #2, they got married, are now seperated
- recovering alcoholic, fell off the wagon and proceeded to make sweet love to current army guy, army guy says she didn't tell him she was carrying, she says she was.

There's the history, here's my question. You're accused of having drunken sex with a soldier you met that night on an army base while on your vacation away from your 14 year old son. Do you really think much of the public thought of you as a "respectable woman" prior to hearing accounts that you tended to hang around the said army base flirting all time? Sorry ma'am, you may not be guilty of what you are accused of, that's for the court to decide, but don't try to tell me you're miss upstanding citizen... you screwed an Army guy the first night you met him, you can't really butter that up to sound any less dirty dear, welcome to Whore Island ya dirty pirate hooker!

What else we got here... ahh yes, can't go a day without reading more about Terri Schiavo. She's still alive as the gruesome deathwatch continues. Now they say they will do an autopsy to determine how much brain damage was done. One point that I think has been entirely overlooked is the fact of how she had a heart attack in the first place. Her heart stopped due to an eating disorder. In this day and age of pro-anorexia websites and crap, maybe someone should mention that this is what an eating disorder can do to you. I'm not sure if she was Anorexic but no one eating disorder is better than another. My opinion, as I am an opinionated ass... I would hate to live like that, essentially she's not living, she's just alive and there's a huge difference. The family is saying she can improve.. folks, it's been 15 years there's improvement and there's waiting for evolution. It's come out that the hubby with held monies that were supposed to be used for her recovery and improvement... well if that's the case then he's a bastard but maybe something should have been done about it say 10 years ago. This belief that she responds... I just don't buy it. I'm not a doctor and I have no credentials here but when they say she smiles and whatnot.... guys she's severely brain damaged, you could probably walk in telling her she's a horrible horrible pirate hooker that you were going to punch in the baby maker with a huge smile on your face like you were saying all happy shit and she'd respond all happy too... that's not responsive, that's reactive. Oh well.... I just hope everything works out for the best for everyone.