24 January, 2003 10:04 AM
The discussion over the past 24 hours has been rather hot at times - I've never recieved so many emails (both encouraging and very anti what I've written) on a topic or had so many hits on this blog (when I logged on this morning we'd already passed the record amount - humbly small as it is - of hits for a day after just 8.5 hours since I've changed to the new stats page) - abortion is a topic that generates such an incredibly deep felt response in so many.
I thank all for your comments and emails and blogging on your own pages. I also want to apologise if I've cause offense, anger or hurt by my posts. I've only wanted to encourage others to think about what they say and expect others to do so for me also. Lets continue put the effort into seasoning our conversation with Grace.
I will take a break from discussing this topic in my main posts as I feel the topic is sidetracking me and perhaps others. It also left me feeling very drained and a tad battered. Its never been my attention for this blog to be a commentary on such issues as I've gotten into of late. However it has been a useful discussion in my mind. I'm happy to continue the discussion either in the comments of this or the past two blog entries or via email.
Speaking of heat - its getting HOT in Australia again. Today its 37c in Melbourne (99f), the forecast tomorrow is 40c (104f) with some parts of the state getting up to 43+ (thats over 110f) The fire danger continues to be extreme with the outskirts of our city and rural Victoria on high fire alert.
