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Sunday, July 9th, 2006 10:10 pm

[livejournal.com profile] ebonypearl discusses how the government "helps the clergy prepare for disasters".  It makes very interesting reading.  Possibly the most disturbing part of the government's instructions to clergy is the following:

"They said it was appropriate that violence increase against women, and we were to use Scripture to support acceptance, [...]."

Let me get this straight:  Our government, or an agency thereof, is calling for violence against women?  Because that's what this excerpt appears to be saying.

Disclaimer:  No original documents have been provided by the original poster.


Update (July 12):

[livejournal.com profile] beckyzoole followed the link (which I somehow missed) to the PDF of the document circulated at the seminar, and in her opinion, it appears to be a case of the poster being told one thing, but hearing something else entirely.  There may also be a factor in play of the poster hearing the seminar through a preconceived filter of "the Man is evil", or, as [livejournal.com profile] beckyzoole points out, of simply having a truly awful presenter for the seminar who made a complete hash of it.

Monday, July 10th, 2006 02:21 am (UTC)
I would have to see substantiation before I could render comment. This is too wild a story for my personal gut-check, but at the same time, I have enough distrust of the government not to dismiss it out of hand.
Monday, July 10th, 2006 02:45 am (UTC)
That's why I added the disclaimer that the poster has not offered original documents to support the claim, and why I said "disturbing, if true". I know that both ends of the political spectrum -- Democratic Underground and Little Green Footballs (is that supposed to, like, mean anything?) -- are wont to post the wildest fever-dream ravings and pass them off as truth.