# Small government advocate wants police to harass distraught women **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176 "2011-02-22T01:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/181 "2011-02-23T21:47:16Z")
> [@zut](#): > > It may be interesting to note where and by whom “hysterical” was first used in this thread. As an adverb (hysterically), it’s in the OP, describing the degree to which Bobby Franklin is “pro-life.” The next usage is, in fact, **Bricker** ’s, in post 53. In its adjectival form, as posted by you, it’s **margin** in post 71. Please try to restrain any impulses you may have to snicker dickishly about that, **zut**. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/182 "2011-02-23T22:50:00Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > You’re wrong, in he sense that you’re conflating two questions. > > … > > But under the new system, a miscarriage that results from human intervention would be a murder. That’s the effect to complain about, Thank you for the explanation. I appreciate the time you took and it did help to set me straight on what was going on. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/183 "2011-02-23T22:50:30Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Hysteria is basically a more cowardly way of being an asshole to a woman when you’re too cowardly to ask her if she’s menstruating or needs to get laid. For reference, I’m not calling you hysterical because you’re a woman. I"m calling you hysterical because you’re acting goddamn hysterical. And to get your goat, because frankly you have shot up to my top ten “least coherent posters” list between this thread and the Roethlisberger one. In point of fact, I actually suspect you of being a Poe’s Law satire of over-the-top feminism, because I haven’t met anyone as batshit as you are in years. If it’ll make you feel any better I’ll refer to you as a “shrieking looney” from now on. I do stand by my other previous assessment–shut your pie hole, adults are talking. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/184 "2011-02-24T13:55:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, it doesn’t _create_ them, but it can certainly be argued that it (along with reactions such as this thread and the article that inspired it) calls a lot more attention to them. Sure. If the complaint were, “In reading this awful bill, I just realized: Georgia already requires the reporting of spontaneous fetal deaths! That’s terrible!” then I’d be fine, and would have nothing to say. I think this requirement is of highly dubious value, and if it’s intended to provide a mechanism to go after mothers who give birth to a live infant and then stuff the infant in a storm drain, there are better ways to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/185 "2011-02-24T14:06:05Z")
> [@margin](#): > > ``` > I'd assume that on the SDMB, with its stated goal of fighting ignorance, various forms of discrimination would be frowned upon, yet apparently only if they're the big bad slurs does anyone actually care, and even then only if they're used on certain groups. I believe I've seen arguments here that pussy or cunt are not offensive if used in the English way, or that the former refers to cats, or whatever the up-to-the-minute excuses are. I'm sure somebody will whine about censorship, PC, or something of the sort next. > > ``` I don’t agree that _hysteria_ or _hysterical_ are seen by the vast majority of audiences as being gender-specific discriminatory terms. You didn’t react to the term as used in the OP: > [@tnetennba](#): > > Hysterically pro-life, he has cited “my body, my rights” when opposing vaccinations. Nor did anyone else, because the term does not carry with it any of the meanings you urge upon it. So, shut up. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/186 "2011-02-24T14:07:46Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > Thank you for the explanation. I appreciate the time you took and it did help to set me straight on what was going on. No problem, and thank you for the kind words. Looking back, i think I was being a bit too… Socratic, perhaps, in my approach. I would have fared better if I laid out, clearly and specifically, “This is the current law,” and “This is the proposed law.” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/187 "2011-02-24T15:06:10Z")
> [@TravisFromOR](#): > > You’re getting pretty hysterical about this whole thing, aren’t you? She probably needs to get laid. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/188 "2011-02-24T15:15:03Z")
I’ve been using this argument for years, and the anti-aborts always poo-poo it. But if abortion is murder, every miscarriage would have to be investigated. Msny the prenant woman drank coffee or wine, took an asprin, or mentioned she had doubts about her pregnancy. In the book [Intern](http://www.amazon.com/Intern-Doctor-X/dp/B00005W78F), the author explains that if any woman came into the emergency room claiming she miscarried, the attending doctor had better find some untainted fetal tissue to proe it was an abortion. They had to report all suspected abortions to the police, so they could find the person who was doing them and arrest them. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/189 "2011-02-24T15:33:10Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Counselor! Come out, come out, wherever you are. > > Seems like you’re being evasive. I’m starting to wonder whether in fact you are as expert on Georgia law here as you have presented yourself, and whether or not you have been talking out of your ass. Gee, I sure hope not. Of course he isn’t an expert. He’s just doing his usual ‘My side right or wrong’ act. You people shouldn’t let him derail threads. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/190 "2011-02-24T15:51:31Z")
Hijack: Acting hysterical is seen as negative while having balls is positive. Another male/female dicotomy. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/191 "2011-02-24T16:04:18Z")
Geez, **Annie** , you seem touchy. PMS? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/192 "2011-02-24T16:07:09Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > Of course he isn’t an expert. He’s just doing his usual ‘My side right or wrong’ act. > > You people shouldn’t let him derail threads. Even when A) he was unclear but right, and B) he’s on record in this thread as thinking the bill sucks. Yeah, maybe read for comprehension next time. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/193 "2011-02-24T16:08:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Hijack: Acting hysterical is seen as negative while having balls is positive. > > Another male/female dicotomy. However, it is in fact just as bad to be a dick. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/194 "2011-02-24T16:32:31Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > However, it is in fact just as bad to be a dick. But being called a c\*nt is worse. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176/195 "2011-02-24T16:40:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > But being called a c\*nt is worse. That is, in my experience, highly variable depending on the specific social group. More to the serious point, I am skeptical that even a siginificant minority of people in the 2000s KNOWS that hyster- has roots in the Greek for “Uterus”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-government-advocate-wants-police-to-harass-distraught-women/572176.md?page=9)