The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #61587   Message #1033158
Posted By: s&r
10-Oct-03 - 11:29 AM
Thread Name: Writing about people's private lives?
Subject: RE: Writing about people's private lives?
I remember a concert at a major Festival. The artist introduced a song about someone close to him who had felt that she had to have an abortion. The introduction and the song were gut wrenching and emotional.

Just as emotional was the response from a woman in the audience - she called to the singer that he had no right to an opinion since he was a man, and was therefore incapable of understanding.

His response was that as someone who had been a foetus he had every right to an opinion.

The tragedy that night is that two feeling and hurting people could do no better than to share their hurt.

I wonder if the various guests have been pregnant, or aborted or had stillbirths...

Love and courage is present in people whose views I do not share.

Write about anything that moves you Marion