Topic: Abortion
Quote: Who was it that said "Americans will tolerate anything so long as it does not disrupt traffic"?\nIf it was simply a question of putting one abortion clinic out of operation, then yes, protesting wya from that clinic would be inappropriate. That is nto what we are talkling about here, though. They are protesting abortion as an institution. With that being the case, restricting their protest to that clinic would be inappropriate.\nI take it you found the pictures disturbing? That is pretty much the point. People genberally have a lot of trouble getting their heads around things like abortion, war, etc.. I had a dinner party not long ago and invited an army buddy of mine who hapened to be in the area. After dinner, there was a "loud conversation" between my army buddy, a staunch conservative, and a guy who was pro bush (which pretty much makes you automatically NOT a staunch conservative). They were arguing about the Iraq war. My army buddy, who just served a hitch in Iraq, pulled out a stack of photos when the guy started parroting the bush administrations line about helping the iraqi people. They were photos of civilians, mostly little kids, who were blown apart by US troops. My friend had taken them in Iraq, then mailed them while he was on leave because the US ARmy does NOT allow you to go home with pictures like that (another of those new secret policies). \nThe pro-war guy ran out the back door and puked on my lawn. When he came back in, I jokingly said "so did he change your mind, Chuck". to which my buddy replied "I think he just changed my entire life, political affiliations, and religon in 30 seconds".\nSomeitmes that is what it takes for people to sit up and take notice, especially when you are talking deaths or body counts.
Response: Well that was a lovely story and cudos on working in the anti-war angle. emoticonXRolleyes \nNo, the 50 or more GIANT posters in a row alongside a public (taxpayer funded) roadway do not affect me personaly in any way from a shock perspective. As I said, I am strongly against abortion, I have seen the same pictures many times before.\nMy complaint is the virtual forcing of all citizens to view the photos as they drive down a public roadway, and the harrassing of motorists at stop lights.\nMainly my point in posting this thread was to try to find out if this was a common type of anti-abortion protest in other parts of the country. I\'m quite sure many other "conservatives" will view this type of protest as a wonderful thing. I think it actually works against the anti-abortion movement and alienates potential supporters.
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