Comments on: Eve Ensler’s List of What To Do For the Congo http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/ Official Site Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:11:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sarah sweeny http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-21282 sarah sweeny Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:33:23 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-21282 i don't have any problems with owning blood diamonds i don’t have any problems with owning blood diamonds

]]> By: Sue http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-16556 Sue Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:42:05 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-16556 Hey Jane! If we all think back a few years to the diamond industry, I think we will remember when we realized the unbelievable range of horrible effects inflicted upon fellow human beings, all because people wanted diamonds. Diamonds. An innocent enough product, until the truth got out about what was happening to the miners themselves. That was a terrible situation that GOT BETTER because people opposed to the mistreatment of fellow humans stood up and refused to NOT be heard. Lo and behold, "blood diamonds" became a socially repugnant scourge on the world's collective conscience. The travesty of the abuse and abasement of women worldwide demands an even louder and more persistant outcry from those who recognize the inherent value of each human being. Hey Jane! If we all think back a few years to the diamond industry, I think we will remember when we realized the unbelievable range of horrible effects inflicted upon fellow human beings, all because people wanted diamonds. Diamonds. An innocent enough product, until the truth got out about what was happening to the miners themselves. That was a terrible situation that GOT BETTER because people opposed to the mistreatment of fellow humans stood up and refused to NOT be heard. Lo and behold, “blood diamonds” became a socially repugnant scourge on the world’s collective conscience. The travesty of the abuse and abasement of women worldwide demands an even louder and more persistant outcry from those who recognize the inherent value of each human being.

]]> By: Jane http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-11847 Jane Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:06:21 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-11847 Catherine, I do not understand the question about shoes. I am unaware of anyone asking fo shoes to be sent. PLease clarify. xx Catherine, I do not understand the question about shoes. I am unaware of anyone asking fo shoes to be sent. PLease clarify. xx

]]> By: Catherine Todd http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-11841 Catherine Todd Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:03:41 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-11841 If people have lived for centuries without shoes, what is the importance of their having shoes now? Where do we send shoes or money for shoes? If we send money to a charity to distribute shoes, how do we know that the right people will get them? Food was sent to Africa in the past that was allowed to rot on the docks. How do we know this will not happen again? If people have lived for centuries without shoes, what is the importance of their having shoes now?

Where do we send shoes or money for shoes?

If we send money to a charity to distribute shoes, how do we know that the right people will get them?

Food was sent to Africa in the past that was allowed to rot on the docks. How do we know this will not happen again?

]]> By: Tim http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-10171 Tim Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:47:26 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-10171 I wish more people learn that injustice occurs not only in their own backyard, but in the world around them. I feel that we get so specific with our activism sometimes (not referring to you personally Miss Fonda, you are certainly an aware citizen of the world), that we lose sight of what is right and wrong in this world and how much we could help. I wish more people learn that injustice occurs not only in their own backyard, but in the world around them. I feel that we get so specific with our activism sometimes (not referring to you personally Miss Fonda, you are certainly an aware citizen of the world), that we lose sight of what is right and wrong in this world and how much we could help.

]]> By: Jane http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-10029 Jane Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:48:46 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-10029 You are correct, but what's needed is to build power from the bottom We, thepeopl, have to make so much noise that they can't fford not to deal with the issue(s). You are correct, but what’s needed is to build power from the bottom We, thepeopl, have to make so much noise that they can’t fford not to deal with the issue(s).

]]> By: Brenda http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-10025 Brenda Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:48:43 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-10025 Wow! This has touched me tremendously! I have not been able to sleep without these women being on my mind constantly. I am committing myself to doing everyone of these tips starting today. Lets join hands ladies and fight for these women who are counting on us. Think of it as if it were your daughters or mothers being held as sex slave hostages...how hard would you fight then? Wow! This has touched me tremendously! I have not been able to sleep without these women being on my mind constantly. I am committing myself to doing everyone of these tips starting today. Lets join hands ladies and fight for these women who are counting on us. Think of it as if it were your daughters or mothers being held as sex slave hostages…how hard would you fight then?

]]> By: Terri Benton http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-10023 Terri Benton Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:51:36 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-10023 Dear Jane, Thank you for reminding me about the violence against women in the Congo. I will become involved, somehow. Today, as I sat in the kitchen talking with my mother, we discussed all the locations around the world where women are in danger simply for being female. It's nauseating. Sincerely, Terri B Dear Jane,

Thank you for reminding me about the violence against women in the Congo. I will become involved, somehow. Today, as I sat in the kitchen talking with my mother, we discussed all the locations around the world where women are in danger simply for being female. It’s nauseating.

Sincerely,

Terri B

]]> By: KD http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-10020 KD Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:24:31 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-10020 I have to say. There is not much that separates the United States from this. Maybe education and a little progress. But rape is a SERIOUS problem in the United States that no one still wants to take on. We still ignore it here, are shamed by it, don't report it, shove it under the rug. In California recently a number of boys at a school repeatedly raped a young girl. It is when these young men get into groups that they forget they are educated with morals that were firmly placed by their parents and live in a country, on a planet forcryingoutloud, where this is ILLEGAL, and immoral. The mob mentality is rampant over this entire planet. Young men will be the death of this planet until women take the power they have and use it, and men take their own and make them civilized human beings with consequenses to their actions from OTHER men. FEEL??? I've felt for years that it sucks that it is unsafe in my own country to walk at night alone - ever. That I can not shop alone, ride my motorcycle alone, or do many other things alone. I am just as afraid of being attacked by someone while I am alone than any woman on this planet. I am a survivor of a home invasion. Once this has happened to you, you don't feel safe anywhere on this planet...NOT ANYWHERE. There's some feel for you. I've been mad as hell for years - I've been in my legislators faces, I've helped get stalking laws passed, I've been a hide-a-way for women. I've seen it up close and personal. I saw my next door neighbor cowering in the corner of her living room with her baby while her husband who was suppose to love and protect her was going to put a fist right upside her head before I came in. I remember feeling a blast whiz past us as we ran for my house. I feel, and I've been angry for most of my life at the behavior of human beings. You can ask anyone that knows me if I am shy about this subject. It will be written on my forehead until I die. I once did everything legally possible in my power to keep a madman away from me. When I was told I was to keep away from HIM by a stupid judge, that did it for me. It did not stop. I had to leave my family, my home, my job, my state. I eventually came back and he found me again. It only stopped when one day he went to a dentist in Mexico and the anisthesia reacted in a way to stop his heart. Was I glad to hear that news? I went and pissed on his grave. There's some feel for you. Yea - I want the madness stopped, I've told everyone in my path all my life, and will do so forever. It will not happen in my lifetime, but I just know sometime, human beings will be kind to one another and peace will be on this earth. Humans inhumanity to humans will NOT win. It will not. I have to say. There is not much that separates the United States from this. Maybe education and a little progress. But rape is a SERIOUS problem in the United States that no one still wants to take on. We still ignore it here, are shamed by it, don’t report it, shove it under the rug.

In California recently a number of boys at a school repeatedly raped a young girl. It is when these young men get into groups that they forget they are educated with morals that were firmly placed by their parents and live in a country, on a planet forcryingoutloud, where this is ILLEGAL, and immoral. The mob mentality is rampant over this entire planet.

Young men will be the death of this planet until women take the power they have and use it, and men take their own and make them civilized human beings with consequenses to their actions from OTHER men.

FEEL??? I’ve felt for years that it sucks that it is unsafe in my own country to walk at night alone – ever. That I can not shop alone, ride my motorcycle alone, or do many other things alone. I am just as afraid of being attacked by someone while I am alone than any woman on this planet. I am a survivor of a home invasion. Once this has happened to you, you don’t feel safe anywhere on this planet…NOT ANYWHERE. There’s some feel for you. I’ve been mad as hell for years – I’ve been in my legislators faces, I’ve helped get stalking laws passed, I’ve been a hide-a-way for women. I’ve seen it up close and personal. I saw my next door neighbor cowering in the corner of her living room with her baby while her husband who was suppose to love and protect her was going to put a fist right upside her head before I came in. I remember feeling a blast whiz past us as we ran for my house.

I feel, and I’ve been angry for most of my life at the behavior of human beings. You can ask anyone that knows me if I am shy about this subject. It will be written on my forehead until I die.

I once did everything legally possible in my power to keep a madman away from me. When I was told I was to keep away from HIM by a stupid judge, that did it for me. It did not stop. I had to leave my family, my home, my job, my state. I eventually came back and he found me again. It only stopped when one day he went to a dentist in Mexico and the anisthesia reacted in a way to stop his heart. Was I glad to hear that news? I went and pissed on his grave. There’s some feel for you.

Yea – I want the madness stopped, I’ve told everyone in my path all my life, and will do so forever. It will not happen in my lifetime, but I just know sometime, human beings will be kind to one another and peace will be on this earth. Humans inhumanity to humans will NOT win. It will not.

]]> By: Bill http://janefonda.com/eve-enslers-list-of-what-to-do-for-the-congo/comment-page-1/#comment-10019 Bill Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:44:23 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3930#comment-10019 Jane- Keep this coming....People... we can do something. As small as it seems....letters, calls, blogs, our own money....Our voices will be heard....their voices will be heard. Find out where your products come from....boycott if you have to....Our voices will be heard. If we do nothing....If we say nothing....no one will hear anything. There is a lot coming at us these days....but one small act of conscience for another human being can change a life....and more than likely your own. Pray For Peace! Bill Jane-
Keep this coming….People… we can do something. As small as it seems….letters, calls, blogs, our own money….Our voices will be heard….their voices will be heard. Find out where your products come from….boycott if you have to….Our voices will be heard. If we do nothing….If we say nothing….no one will hear anything. There is a lot coming at us these days….but one small act of conscience for another human being can change a life….and more than likely your own.

Pray For Peace!
Bill

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