Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...I must've missed the transmutation of threads to
get to this point.

I've made it a point never to directly connect the financial dots between me
and B5 viewers, I have 'way too much respect for them and I won't see them
exploited for *any* reason, and this is an example of why.

I very much appreciate the gesture, but please do NOT do this. As I noted, if
anyone wants to make a donation in my name to the local charity of your choice
(if I can opt for a preference it should be a women's shelter), that's the best
way to handle it.

That would be the best thing, honest and true.

jms

(jmsatb5@aol.com)
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>In the light of actual knowledge of this topic, I would ask, why
>a women's shelter ? Are we not aware that DV is a 50/50 matter,
>where for every battered woman, there a battered man out there ?
>Why no concern for the need for places of safety for men ?

Because someone asked what I personally would prefer. I answered. You don't
have to abide by that, it's just my preference having seen too much of this
stuff. If I'd seen a lot of the other side, I might have said otherwise...but
I haven't. All the DV I've seen has been against women, and that's where my
emotions take me, and my answer.


jms

(jmsatb5@aol.com)
(all message content (c) 2002 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
and don't send me story ideas)