The signs were all there, the signs were all there

[venta]

I appear to be very stupid and not quite on the same planet as everyone else this morning.

However. I'm unsure whether this is a further example of my stupid, or whether someone else is being stupid.

I was being encouraged to sign this petition:

http://apps.facebook.com/fourwaystospeakout/

... but I can't anywhere work out what the actual text of the petition I would be signing is. I understand I'm being asked to "send a strong message to the government", but what is the message?

NB I'm not logged in to Facebook, if that makes any difference.

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

No, the campaign apparently calls "for more specialist services for abused women and children".

I think it's reasonable of me to want to know more detail about this before signing it. Does this mean existing co-ed facilities will be coverted to women only? Does this mean that there will be more specialist facilities for everyone, but women and children are a more emotive topic? Does it, in fact, have any kind of a plan at all, or does it just think domestic violence is bad?

I'm beating up on this campaign for its complete lack of, well, campaign of any kind as far as I can tell.

As a separate issue, domestic violence against men is a problem, somewhat exacerbated by the majority of people utterly refusing to take it seriously at all.

[cardinalsin.livejournal.com]

I wasn't complaining about you beating up on the campaign - my comment was aimed at Phlebas. And, while I don't doubt that domestic violence against men is a problem, I question the need to criticise a campaign against domestic violence against women and children for failing to mention domestic violence against men. It seems rather akin to attacking a campaign against rape for failing to also mention murder.

[(Anonymous)]

Fair enough.

To me it seems more akin to attacking a campaign against the murder of women for failing to mention the murder of men.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Whoops, that was me.