Rose's Cantina

Embed from Getty Images I will not speak his name. He does not deserve attention anymore. In some other cultures, this man would have been cast out into the wilderness, shunned by his people, at the very hint of the violence he committed against many, many women. In other cultures, he would be allowed to let his energy flow freely, and it would be the women who would be cast out for being dirty, evil, lesser. In our culture, it's somewhere in the middle. He has been cast out, in some way, unemployable in the vainglorious media where he toiled; he has been denied his hunting ground. But he still walks among us, his face allowed to feel the cold and damp of this spring/winter day. I hope the rain stings like needles. In our society, the women, too -- one named the others nameless -- have been singled out for punishment. They weren't believable enough, they didn't remember enough, they talked among themselves, reassured each other. In some cases, they cov...

She wanted it and she got what she deserves. That's what Christie Blatchford is intimating in her column today about Rehtaeh Parsons. Please read the response from her father to Blatchford's allegations (below). I have only one thing to say. Christie Blatchford is a throwback. And someone should throw her back into the cesspool from which she rose. This morning I woke up and read an article in the National Post about Rehtaeh’s case. I’m not upset or mad. A little disappointed maybe. The writer, Christie Blatchford makes a few statements I would like to address. “What they had was a complainant whose evidence was all over the map, independent evidence that supported the notion that any sex was consensual, and no evidence that Rehtaeh was so drunk that she couldn’t consent: The case was a mess.” ~ Christie Blatchford “What they had was a complainant whose evidence was all over the map,…” Rehtaeh was intoxicated at the time and she has always stated she couldn’t r...

  The Prime Minister said it best. What happened to Rehtaeh Parsons was not bullying. It was sexual assault. Made even worse by the fact that the act was played over and over on the Internet, forcing the young victim to take matters into her own hands. Now it's your turn, Nova Scotia. With the victim now in abstentia, will you finally stand up for Rehtaeh? And for all the women, girls and boys who are waiting in line to be victimized? Rape. Sexual assault. Bullying. Cyberstalking. It's not about sex. It's not about humilation. It's about power. Rehtaeh Parsons lost her battle. In death, she tragically took back her power. Those boys can't hurt her anymore. But they still have her death on their hands. In turning your back on Rehtaeh, so do you, Nova Scotia. Do the right thing.