Dear Editor:
This letter is not to support nor is it to be non-supportive of Rep. Todd Akin.
It has always amazed me how people hear statements differently. A speaker can make a statement, you can ask four people what he said, what did he mean? More than likely you will have four different opinions.
Many people listen and hear depending on their own ideology, culture, gender, emotions and, yes, their politics.
In Rep. Todd Akin's case there was nothing wrong with them. He used the words legitimate rape as a clarification. He knows and we all know that rape is rape. In a case where there is a rape charge and there was no rape, it is not a legitimate rape charge.
Personally rape crime is almost as bad as murder. Many men have been convicted on non-legitimate rape charges, a few are later proven innocent, many are not. They serve years, maybe life, in prison.
The other statement concerning pregnancies of rape victims he said that doctors had told him that a raped women's system could shut that down. Here he was relating what some doctors had told him. He went on to say he was against abortion. We all know that Todd Akin is strong on his stand against abortion.
My point for this letter is that listening is an art. Use both ears and an open mind. If you mentally inject your ideology and opinion throughout a speech, looking for words or statements you do not agree with, you will not hear the true statements or the intention of the speaker.
Our media are the worst.
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