Though I don’t visit the GOS anymore, a friend linked me to a comment by another friend, and I want his letter to Keren Handel spread far and wide. Please help this letter spread, well, like a virus:

…my note to Karen Handel…

(21+ / 0-)

…of the Susan G. Komen foundation…
Hi Karen Handel,
Guess what?  I have throat cancer caused by “going down” on women.  I
am 54 years old.  There is NOTHING in my life-style choices, diet or
exercise regime that has anything to do with why I have throat cancer.
 And men in their mid-50’s are experiencing this right now.  It peaks in
men at age 60.  This is really a new phenomenon…and it’s just hitting
men now!
Men get this from women primarily.  It’s HPV.  There are over 200
types of HPV…40 of which are suspected of causing cervical
cancers…and now, tonsillar cancer in men.  10 percent of all people
who have HPV will develop cancer from it.  Think about that Karen.  As
you are well aware, HPV takes 25-30 before it produces cancer.  Until
now, HPV was primarily seen as a major cause of cervical cancer.  Thank
God cancer screening for cervical cancer has gone on for decades.
 Imagine, Karen, what that has contributed to this world.
Think about it this way Karen…There are 200 different viruses that
cause the common cold.  Have you ever had a cold in your life?  How
many?  What if 10% of everyone who ever had a common cold ended up
getting cancer 25-30 years later?
Seven percent of all high school kids have HPV in their mouths, which
means in their tonsillar tissue.  This means high school kids can and
are getting HPV now merely by deep kissing.  
Do you understand the hugeness of this Karen?  Do you also know that
high school kids have oral sex like no generation before because they
believe it to be “safe” because it can’t cause a pregnancy.  
To see tweets by you on the “cry me a freaking river” thread shows
who you truly are.  You have taken a normal health issue of tremendous
importance…screening for cervical cancer…and made it a political
issue.  YOU, Karen.
WELL, cervical tissue and tonsillar tissue are VERY similar…and NOW
HPV is just emerging as the biggest cause of men NOW getting throat
cancer.
Your decision to defund cancer screening at Planned Parenthood
clinics is absurd, repugnant and more than anything immoral.  This is
NOT only a matter of women’s health you are harming, but MEN’S health
too.
This is NOT a “political” issue, as your “cry me a freaking river” minions claim.  This is a HEALTH ISSUE for WOMEN and MEN!
I will be going through “hell.”  I’ve had surgery and next I’ll have
seven weeks of daily radiation and three rounds of chemotherapy which
will have to be done over a 24 hour period in the hospital because the
chemo will be so toxic to my kidneys that I will have to be monitored
round the clock while receiving the chemo.  I will lose my ability to
swallow.  I will not be able to eat and will only survive the treatment
for my throat cancer by having a tube punched into my stomach from  my
left side so syringes of guck can be pushed into me.  I’ve been told the
pain will be so great, I’ll have to have morphine every hour for two
months.
Do you understand what you are actually doing Karen by defunding
cancer screening at Planned Parenthood Clinics?  Actions themselves all
have intent behind them.  Is the intent behind your action born of
empathy and benevolence for all?  Or is the intent behind your action
born of something much less?  
Your intention is all that matters…and remember…your illusionary power is as temporary as your life is.  
There are two ways to be: caring, kind, compassionate and connected…OR…egoic, selfish and separate.
You have a huge opportunity now before you.  What will you do?  Are you still able to feel your moral compass?
We will see if you are part of the greater community…or not.  And I
will tell you what you already know…that is all that matters.
 Nothing else means a thing.

“Ignorance is bliss only for the ignorant. The rest of us must suffer the consequences.”

by paradise50 on Thu Feb 02, 2012 at 10:10:54 AM PST