Blogging Around

Anna Hofmockel wrote a blog called An Inconvenient truth: Advertisements and Children , which was about the recent rise in childhood obesity and the fact that thought is was majorly linked to the negative influence of food advertisers. I responded with: You claim that the rise in obesity is due to food advertisers selling unhealthy foods, but what about those who market health foods? I was talking to my my friend's mom who is in the food advertisement business and she was talking about the fish company she helped. The name of the company was "Saucy Fish" and she instructed them to place their fish on black rather than white Styrofoam to make it look more appealing, and to package the fish with perfectly portioned sauce along with specific cooking instructions. Now, people who had been on the fence about buying healthy fish because they weren't sure how to prepare it had access to easy and tasty fish. Also, she talked about how much she enjoys her job because it is interesting to her and she loves what she does, not because of the amount of money she makes. So I think before we write off all food advertisements, we should take into account those that are actually doing good rather than bad for our society. 

Toby Klein wrote a blog called An Inconvenient Truth: Rape Screws Everyone, where she talked about rape/sexual assault and how it affected everyone involved, as well as some of it's negative affects on victims and statistics of rape. I responded: Toby, I could be wrong, but I thought I remembered you sharing a story last year about one of your friends who had been raped and decided not to press charges. I am asking because this blog seems very personal and I can tell that you feel very strongly about this topic. The title of your blog is rape screws everybody but you then go on to say that the rapists and predators don't think they have done anything wrong, so in what way are the screwed? I just want to know your opinion on the topic, because to me it seems that someone willing to do something so horrible to an innocent person would have to be mentally unstable, and therefore would have been "screwed" from birth, but by a force that was completely out of their control. I agree with you that rape is a terrible, terrible thing, I just would like to know what your definitions of "screwed" and "everybody" are. If my memory is correct and your friend was a victim of sexual assault then I truly hope that she is doing well, and I am extremely thankful that she has a friend like you to help her through such a horrible experience.