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Some people are fanatics. Ambrose Bierce defined fanatics as people who redouble their efforts after having lost sight of their original goals. That's what you've got here. A woman (I suppose I should spell that womyn) who has lost sight of the purpose of giving blood. Certainly any prohibition against gay men giving blood is asinine, but she's chosen a particularly stupid and asinine way of protesting it.

So, yeah, basically, she's a complete douchebag and a waste of skin.

I get why it would upset you that gay people are not allowed to donate, and I totally agree with you on that. But donating blood is about helping someone who is need. Boycotting does nothing. Start a petition, write letters to the Red Cross or the parent company or whoever to try and get the regulation changed. But don't punish the innocent victims that need blood. If anything, the stupid regulation is even more of a reason for you to donate, because people who want to can't. Get over yourself, and try focusing your anger and frustration into changing the regulations instead of adding to a much bigger problem.

Ignorance is not bliss. It is certainly not this blogger's fault that you have been sidelined from giving blood. A more noble endeavor would have been to rally students at all the CSU campuses in a peaceful protest, gather signatures in petition to the Red Cross and other donor facilties to gain recognition that his is taking place and warrant support. Flat boycotting is accomplishing what? That your campuses are refusing to give blood to people in need? Children, car crash victims, people with rare blood types, just about anyone who has a major surgery has the potential of needing blood. Don't go around with your head in the sand. Do something positive. Gather all your friends who CAN give blood and donate today. Don't think it can't happen to you. You never know when you or a loved one will need that life-saving donation. Thank a blood donor today.

Chy,
You obviously have resources - to prevent blood drives - but use that power to change the standards. I agree that some of the restrictions are outdated. For example, I have a tattoo. I can give blood two months after getting the tat as long as I received it in Texas and from a licensed location - otherwise the wait is longer. I understand the second requirement, but the first kind of floors me. Isn't it possible to receive a safe tattoo from another state than Texas?

Use your powers, energy, and contacts to change the process, not prevent it from happening. Because boycotting this is not like boycotting a grocery store due to the prices. This is a product that SAVES LIVES and is needed DAILY.

Why the hell is it that people who describe themselves first and foremost as "feminists" are so goddamn fucking UGLY? Sweet Jesus Fucking Christ on a Pogo Stick, I wouldn't hit that with a borrowed dick.

Sexual preference does not automatically mean that they have something bad running in thier veins.. that is just blatent homophobia on the part of the companies that do the blood collections.

Nobody in this world takes "Chy" seriously and you shouldn't either.

I woulda posted to the MySpace page, but couldn't get past the Indigo Girls soundtrack. There is enough suffering in this world without *that*.

Glad you have fighting strength and was fun to see you talk dirty :)

Russell (an asstard, but at least I donate, O+).

I'm not so sure Chy would boycott giving blood if someone in her family needed it. We are a community together, and this community needs blood.

In regards to the question, it is rather inappropriate. I would be more than willing to sign a petition to have it taken off.

Wow, Deb... don't hold back... tell us what you REALLY think. To answer's Chy's (Is that short for Childish bitch?) question, is that HIV USED to be a predominantly gay sport. I agree it is an outdated, outmoded rule and should be changed. But Chyldysh bytch, you are targeting the wrong audience with your boycott. Go hug a tree or burn your bra or something.

Good Grief...are you fucking kidding me? WTF are you thinking Chy? This is not the 80's anymore. They test for HIV in the blood now you dumbass. Get a freakin grip!

Bwhahahaha! Deb you're so crazy I want to have your baby!

(So my baby's can inherit that crazy gene, of course.)

YOU GO DEB! I only "wish" I could donate blood, but because of my past history with Breast Cancer I can't! When you break down what this moron is saying it makes NO SENSE. She's ultimately forcing others to possibly die because blood is NOT available just to make a statement. So stupid!

Well I was going to say I would pray nobody in her life ever needs blood, but I saw on her my space that she is an atheist.

Chy you are really in the dark on this one, you should put your efforts into something constructive.

Change the rules, cure cancer, make the world so that nobody ever needs blood.

I do hope you never ever need blood in your life, because you my dear could be screwed. What if everyone who donates blood said--this can be for anyone but Chy, her family, or anyone she may love, or be friends with-now wouldn't that just suck-esp if they need blood.

Chy- So I visited your myspace and just have one thing to say. You're a total hypocrit. You say you volunteer and it seems like you are trying to make the world a better place. You seem to be doing all these things for the betterment of society. But you're not going to do something as simple as sharing blood that your body makes more than ample supply of because some stupid rule. Instead of doing what others aren't allowed to do, you sit there and do nothing. We've discussed trying to change the rules to death, so I won't go there again. But you want to do something good, make up for what other people can't do.

Or you can go explain to some 7 year old kid with a crippling disease that you refuse to try and save his life because some big meanie won't let other people do it too. You may be an athiest, but I'm not. I pray that you or your family never need a blood transfusion. And if they ever do, hopefully you can get over yourself and do the right thing. Oh, sorry Mom- can't save your life. My misguided principles and all...

All of you ROCK! Chy suffers/luxuriates in what I have come to call 'the bliss of being on the outside looking in'. How delightfully nice that she hasn't had to face the very thing she claims such an affinity for that she's 'going out on a limb' and 'doing something about it'. Bah. Chy's a poseur at best.

In order to be a feminist, one must love women and value the unique contributions they can make to this world. One must value women and their work. I AM A FEMINIST. I believe in equality. And I agree that the oppression of homosexuals ties in with the oppression of women. But leading a boycott of blood donations in order to help the queer is like lighting afire all the food in Somalia in order to protest hunger. You cannot spark revolution by further oppressing the powerless!

In this case, the powerless are not just the queers. No, in fact, I'm sure many of them could do without your 'help.' The powerless are those who are sick and dying and come from all walks of life. Think of the women you will be hurting when they need blood, either through trauma, disease, or by effect of women's work - giving birth. Think of all of the gays and lesbians who will lose their lives or lose a relative if your power struggle with the corporations came to fruition.

If you want to screw with the system, take the direct approach of picketing in front of the headquarters or starting a letter-writing campaign. Write your congressman. Put together a class-action lawsuit. Call the ACLU. Whatever. But as long as you keep the critically ill from receiving blood donations, don't call yourself a feminist. Clara Barton, Elizabeth Blackwell, and, yes, your hero Susan B. Anthony would never recognize you as an ally.

To be a true feminist, you have to value life more than you value spitting in the face of those you despise.

I see from a comment today that someone close to you is having some sort of transplant and will be in the hospital for 2 weeks. I hope there's blood for her if she needs it. Would you give it to her?

I'm alive today and teaching my daughter about strong women because 10 years ago, 10 people gave their blood so I could live. Without it, I would have died. And I would have no daughter to teach about Seneca Falls and all that so many people have sacrificed so that we can move toward equal rights. Please use your compassion and reason to make changes that will truly make this world a better place.

Rachel A. Yamiolkoski