I saw a pro-life demonstration today.

[Mutley]

Now, of course, I respect the right of pro-lifers to demonstrate in public. However, the demonstration I saw today was very disturbing. The people had very large posters sporting pictures of aborted babies. They were very disturbing and I couldn't even look at them. This was right in the heart of downtown where commuters, tourists, families, retired folks, and people from all walks of life are out in droves. Certainly very effective as far as a demonstration is concerned, but it is not very "moral" to expose small children to things like that, IMHO.

What do DUers think? Would you rather your five year old child see a porno picture or a picture of a 21 week old aborted fetus?

[Shell Beau]

1. Neither! Both are disturbing to look at.

[Mutley]

6. Lol,

I wouldn't want to show a five year old either one myself.

[Shell Beau]

39. It is funny how one thing is considered so vulgar and the

other isn't. Funny how that hypocrisy works....:wtf: :hi:

[Mutley]

40. Right.

I really don't understand that.

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. I've seen billboards with those images

It's not about moral, it's about control. They will tell us what we can do with our bodies, we don't get to decide. They will gross everyone out, they don't care who sees the disgusting pitcures.

[Mutley]

10. I know I was grossed out.

:puke:

[Zuni]

3. They have 'em in Annapolis all the time

they have demonstrations by the State House all the time. Michael Steele helps set em up, actually.

[Mutley]

12. Thats wonderful news.

:eyes:

[Shoeempress]

4. Don't have children, but locking my theoretical child in the basement

until he/she is 15 seems to best option between these two choices.

[Mutley]

14. Sounds good to me.

:hi:

[JohnKleeb]

5. Ive seen those

Its funny those same pro lifers who complain about nudity and such are all too willing to show pictures of aborted fetuses.

[Mutley]

15. Thats what I was thinking.

If they're so concerned that a child might get a glimpse of a boob on TV, why are they giving them full access to these types or horrifying images?

[JohnKleeb]

18. because they're hypocrites?

[Mutley]

20. That they are.

I always assume everyone is a hypocrite at some time or another, but these people take that to whole new levels.

[JohnKleeb]

23. It seems to be Randal Terry's life story

Gays are evil and blah blah, guess who has a gay son, that prick disowned him because of that, I am just glad my cousin Jamey had a guy like his father who is a psychologist who was very understanding of his sexuality.

[Mutley]

28. You have to just love people who disown their own kids over sexuality.

:mad:

[JohnKleeb]

29. That Randall Terry what a good christian

Wheres the fucking love.

[Mutley]

31. Whatever happened to concepts like turn your cheek?

:shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

33. Hes a hateful bigot

[mongo]

7. the anti-choice crowd

showed up at the Kerry Rally in Zanesville, Oh - they were allowed to set up right in front of the security gate where everyone attending the rally had to look at their giant posters of aborted fetus'.

Contrast that to the Bush rally in Cambridge Oh, earlier in the day where we were not allowed to stand with a sign on a public street, outside the Secure area (which encompassed many blocks outside of where the actual rally was), when the whole street was populated by people waiting to see Bush's motorcade.

[Mutley]

17. Gee, I just don't see the hypocrisy in that.

:sarcasm:

Anyway. Maybe a good strategy for pro-choice protesters would be huge posters of neglected, starving, and diseased children.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

8. The hell with aborted fetuses

I wanna see pictures of how they got to be fetuses.

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[Mutley]

19. Ha!

:rofl:

I was wondering how long it would take for that comment to be made.

[RPM]

9. What's the most offensive picture the Pro-choice side can muster?

Seriously, help me out - am trying to think of some to display.

The one i can think of is the woman who tried a "do it yourself" job, pre-Roe, lying on the floor in a pool of blood eminating from her crotch...

Any other ideas? I would like to counter protest in the future...

[LastKnight]

16. im thinking that might be your best bet... nt

[Mutley]

21. I think thats a good one.

Also pictures of neglected, starved, abused, diseased kids... victims of bad parents.

[RPM]

25. i like that second part, but i am not sure the connection is direct enough

'specially for some of the morans...

[Mutley]

32. True.

You could caption it with one syllable words. Maybe they would get it then.

[Misunderestimator]

11. When I lived in Southwest Florida...

I saw a plane fly overhead one weekend while I was laying on the beach... it was trailing a huge banner with a picture like that on it... appalling.

[Mutley]

24. Thats just nice.

:mad: That sort of thing just kills me.

[indy_azcat]

13. chaulk up another hypocrisy

Naked babies are OK to show in public (unless they're on an album cover - see BTBM's thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3504646&mesg_id=3504646)
but naked adults aren't.

Killing adults in a war is OK, but killing fetuses ain't.

Blech.

[Mutley]

26. I just can't make myself understand how these people don't recognize

their own hypocrisy.

[Zuni]

22. I think it is inappropriate to show pics of scary disturbing shit

like that to little kids. It is just vile. I would also disagree with anti-war protestors showing dead bodies to little kids---stuff will give them nightmares

[Mutley]

27. I agree.

[marzipanni]

30. Huh. And pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control

or morning after pill will give the Viagra prescription to the rich old geezer. Men retain control over their bodies forever, women have to forfeit control of theirs to government and church (or the hybrid of those two) as soon as they reach reproductive maturity. :(

[Mutley]

35. Fuck that.

They'll have to kill me first.

[KamaAina]

34. We used to call that "fetal pornography" years ago

you hit the nail right on the head.

Would you rather your five year old child see a porno picture or a picture of a 21 week old aborted fetus?

[Mutley]

37. I was horrified.

I couldn't even look at those pictures, and I don't consider myself weak-stomached or anything like that. I could only imagine what would go through the mind of a small child on seeing those things.

[GreenPartyVoter]

36. My hubby, who is against abortion, was livid that our little boy was

exposed to those pics when he was a tot. Luckily he seemed to ignore them for the most part.

[Mutley]

38. I am pro-choice

but I can see why most pro-lifers feel the way they do. But the way those protesters chose to demonstrate today was just vile and disgusting, and against everything conservatives claim to be about.

[NMMNG]

41. They love doing that graphic sort of crap

It's nothing but inflammatory and designed to incite public disgust.


I wonder how they would like it if gun-control advocates were to haul out giant pics of people with their heads blown off or their guts exploded by guns. Maybe a few posters of cute little toddlers killed in the crossfire of gang warfare would be particularly effective?