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What a load of malarkey I just read... befuddled in disarray inside his head, but let me make it clear. The message I see is a misguided statement left for you and me. It's another 'Hey diddle diddle' moment for the chap who writes in riddle. Who gave women the right to breed, he wrote... taking the chance of birth defects. What the heck! That kind of mulish thinking I cannot promote, but since it's his right to post as he may, I shall take the opportunity to also have a say. God gave women the right to breed, in the ability to grow within them a seed. If He wanted an embryo to proclaim, "I'll risk being born with half a brain. and risk the life of my mother, too," He'd given them voice before they were born. Audacious statements made by those who oppose the will of the Ancient of Days. That would label them as 'one of those...' A shortsighted man who'd take such a stand, thinking he knows best what is wrong or right. How would he handle having a womb with eggs. Maybe he would consider soldering shut his legs. A blowhard whose mother suffered giving birth for she made the choice to feel the burden of pain. If she knew what she'd bred, would she value his worth?

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Date: 3/12/2023 1:23:00 PM
Hi Jenna I hope this is a joke but it's probably not Seriously a man saying who gave women a right to breed So incredibly stupid maybe he is inbred himself I don't quite know it understand how it is or the base logic or thinking that makes men even believe they have a right at all let alone casting vote on women's issues If you aren't a woman what the actual hell are you even talking about it's absolutely breathtakingly I wonder sometimes if they actually believe the stork delivered them
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 3/12/2023 1:52:00 PM
No probs each to their own I suppose It takes all kinds as they say
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Jenna Logan
Date: 3/12/2023 1:28:00 PM
It's not a joke, Christopher. Each time I read something by this 'poet' I cringe with the disrespect he shows in the name of what he states is, "revolving helios rhyme menippean satire on antinatalism." Wickedly weird. Some would claim he's the tragic product of a lab experiment gone wrong. Thanks for visiting and expressing your ire. It matches my own.
Date: 2/28/2023 7:52:00 AM
I wonder if this person thought about how he came about on Earth!? Mind boggling how one can say such to a woman having her rightly God’s given duty to give life. Great write, Jena. I appreciate you standing up for us woman. Thank you :)
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Jenna Logan
Date: 2/28/2023 8:37:00 AM
It was a pleasure to do so. Thank you, Fin.
Date: 2/27/2023 8:03:00 AM
Jenna, thanks so much for your help, I understand. Your poem, an excellent retort. John
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Jenna Logan
Date: 2/27/2023 3:11:00 PM
Thanks so much, John. I appreciate your interest.
Date: 2/25/2023 5:44:00 PM
This guy is a complete idiot!! He writes garbage and I mean garbage! Educated or not he has a pile of dung for a brain. I love your flow and rhymes, well done my friend!
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Jenna Logan
Date: 2/27/2023 5:51:00 AM
Sheriff's been chasing lots of low lifes lately, Tom.
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Tom Cunningham
Date: 2/26/2023 8:23:00 AM
Lol dung for a brain, love it.
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Jenna Logan
Date: 2/26/2023 12:38:00 AM
Sheriff Koplin's "Take no prisoners" attitude. lol Thanks, Mark.
Date: 2/25/2023 3:52:00 PM
Just shatters how so many people can be so cruel sometimes. The Creator provided perfection in creation, then, the fall. Someday soon...~;o|
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Jenna Logan
Date: 2/25/2023 4:15:00 PM
You're exactly right, AP. Thank you for being one of the brave by commenting.
Date: 2/25/2023 2:14:00 PM
What turns people into misanthropists? was it something that was experienced in their developing years, maybe abuse of some kind and by their actions they try to erase the memories of that abuse. A well written response Jenna. Tom
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Jenna Logan
Date: 2/25/2023 3:25:00 PM
I don't know what makes people negative about so many things in life, Tom. But I DO know I'm not one of those people. I didn't expect anyone to get what this is all about except for you, David, and one other besides the one it references. Thank you for indulging me my moment.
Date: 2/25/2023 12:37:00 PM
I also read his poetic riddles Jenna, the only diagnosis as far as I can see, is a pathological hatred of all things human, I mean he’s very well educated, I don’t believe he suffers from depression/schizophrenia, so it’s plain old misanthropy/misogyny, written in a sardonic scornful manner I know he’s gonna read this, and I reckon will agree with your final stanza, if he stays true to his own form, a brilliantly written response, and a Fave, cheers David
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Jenna Logan
Date: 2/25/2023 12:49:00 PM
Thanks, David. There's no denying his intelligence. I wish he'd put it to better use than scorning women's rights to give birth. I suppose I can be scorned for writing this, but my time can only be wasted by me. That goes for him as well. That being said, whether it's worthless or has worth to anyone is just a matter of opinion, and we all have one of those, too. I agree with your assessment.

Book: Shattered Sighs