i think it's a great idea. my only reserve is that while statistics show that domestic abuse is just as likely to be commited against a man as it is a women...these domestic abuse orginazations disregard the male perspective almost wholesale.

the stance generally taken is men are the aggressor's and women are the victems.

nothing could be further from the truth.

so there's the rub. i think its a great idea. i just don't want to support a sexist organization.

As much as I dislike domestic violence and those that commit it; I have to say that I feel putting phones in the victim's hands is a warm and fuzzy "solution" to this problem that will, at best, do little or nothing to reduce the problem and, at worst, actually increase it by keeping abused people in abusive relationships because they "can always call the cops if he/she gets bad enough". Too bad the police a) are not legally required to protect any individual and b) going to take long enough to arrive for the abuser to do serious - possibly permanent and potentially fatal - damage to the victim.

All that being said: Yes, recycling/reusing your cell phone is a good idea, and no, I don't have a better idea for victims of domestic violence, unless you know where they can get volunteer armed bodyguards.

--Andrew