In realtime: The blog that started it all (for me)

http://littlemissfunshine.tumblr.com/post/4386409850/anthagio-kevin-rupefiasco-serenakmax

Click on the link above to see the original tumblr blog that introduced me to SlutWalk to begin with, all of, oh... 6.5 hours ago.  It starts with an image that gets you thinking and ends with the real-time, completely non-PC comments after it that get you talking.  I know that SlutWalkToronto.com wants to support movements that are fully politically correct, but I still wanted to share this link to show the discussion that emerged from differing opinions, and sparked this mammoth of a project that I still haven't taken a break from, almost an entire workday later.  Simply put, I can't.

Do sexual assault victims ask to be assaulted?  Or one my favourite ways to put it, on one of the signs depicted in the background of this page - are my clothes louder than my voice?  That "asking for it" mentality is exactly what SlutWalk is about, because that mentality is backward and fully untrue.  No one asks for it.  And we aren't throwing a box around this and putting down all the men of the world for being rapists, because sexual assault can happen to anyone, anytime, any gender, any age.  Will you blame the five-year-old child that gets molested at daycare?  Will you blame the eighty-year-old woman with Alzheimer's that gets raped in a nursing home?  Will you blame the man that gets beaten and assaulted on his way home from work one day?  What about the families of those who get raped and murdered that get left behind?  Did they ask for it?  NO.  It's the same principle, the same violation of a human being, the same crime against a person's right to safety, wellbeing, and peace of mind.  No one asks for it.  Sexual assault affects us all and leaves a permanent stain on our communities.  Ladies and gentlemen, let's create a movement.  Let's bring a SlutWalk to Calgary streets and unite as Canadians, men and women, brothers and sisters, liberals and conservatives, young and old.  Because it really isn't about sex.  It's about ethics.