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...result, Harvard, MIT and the state should expeditiously acknowledge the full extent of their responsibility for the Fernald experiments and should be forthcoming with substantial financial compensation that includes lifelong health care for the victims. Refusing to do so--and extending this saga further through legal maneuvers and court battles--would only compound the tragedy of the crimes that were committed...
...find other examples--in Canada two years ago a 48 year old woman who castrated her husband was also acquitted, like Lorena Bobbitt, on the grounds that she was a battered woman. Yet why is it that the Canadian case received so little media attention, while the Bobbitt saga became better daytime viewing than any of the afternoon soap...
...wonder men feel uneasy. Such comments make women feel uneasy, too, Genital mutilation is unpalatable, whether it be female or male, Yet the whole Bobbitt saga has been turned into a media three-ring circus, ranging from Jay Leno's talk-show quips to radio stations hosting Lorena Bobbitt Weenie Tosses, It seems that it's easier to joke about Lorena Bobbitt than it is to deal with the alarming question it raises: was Lorena Bobbitt justified in her attempt to castrate her husband...
...public should grow up. The saga of Wounded Knee II is no fairy tale. It is a completely predictable product of a violent society that rewards the end of success without paying much attention to the means. Harding was portrayed as somehow morally inferior even before any incriminating evidence came to light, simply because she hadn't succeeded while the fallen Kerrigan had. When a society rewards winning with such extravagance, it is no wonder that some will try to buy it any price...
This is a story about a father and son brought together by an ironic twist of fate after nearly three decades apart--and about the glimmer hope in an otherwise dark saga of human immorality...