My dinner with Napoli

[ebonlock]

This is a must read:

I wasn't sure whether to use chorizo or bacon in my paella last weekend, so I called South Dakota state senator Bill Napoli and asked him to make my decision for me.

Stephanie McMillan inspired me to contact Bill -- one of the most vocal [opponents] of the new state ban on virtually all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest. McMillan's brilliant cartoon, which has been making the rounds of the blogosphere, lampoons Napoli's conviction that women can't be trusted to make decisions about our own bodies -- and conveniently provides his work and home numbers.

Even if you don't recognize Bill Napoli's name, you've probably heard of him. He's the South Dakota state senator who created a big splash on the PBS NewsHour earlier this month with his detailed -- some might say prurient -- description of an "acceptable rape" that would merit an exemption from the state's abortion ban.

I'll say this for the senator: he returned the message I left on his home machine promptly, which would have been very useful except that he said he'd never heard of paella (or Google, when I suggested that he look up some recipes online). Even my description of the dish's primary ingredients didn't seem to help him with my chorizo/bacon quandry. So we shelved the paella dilemma and moved on to the abortion ban...

Do go read the rest. via Pandagon

Comments

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

Damn funny! (The cartoon, not the subject matter.)

But can't one be pursued legally for publishing someones home phone number?

I don't think the anti-abortion types are even capable of responding to reason.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

And this is the primary problem with those on the other side--they don't understand that this is one of those issues for which there is *no compromise*. There are no reasoned discussions, there are no debates. There is no talking about it sensibly over a nice cup of tea. It's a war, and there is only victory and glory or defeat and death.