Pro-Life Ads on Ontario Buses Vandalized by Abortion Supporters

[george78]

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/mar/06032711.html

GUELPH, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two pro-life advertisements on city buses in Guelph, Ontario were vandalized last week. The ads, depicting a 19-week-old fetus with the caption "this is a child not a choice" and offering the phone number of a local crisis pregnancy centre, were defaced with black spray-paint. The phone number was blotted out and the word "CHOICE" was sprawled over the ad.

 

[LouTheWicked]

*gasp* Oh Georgie, do I sense a counter-thread from my topic?

 

[Futuwwa]

Well, to be honest, I wouldn't expect anything less than extreme actions from the most militant on both sides. After all, it's no trivial, insignificant issue. To the pro-lifers it's (literally) a matter of life and death, and to the pro-choicers it's a matter of a fundamental right.

 

[jamesrwright3]

and to the pro-choicers it's a matter of a fundamental right

I like how the pro-choicers who seem to be all about individual rights can't grasp the simple concept of property rights.

 

[Futuwwa]

I like how the pro-choicers who seem to be all about individual rights can't grasp the simple concept of property rights.

Right, I didn't intend to make a debate entry on the issue itself, I just made a point about why it's understandable that people on both sides of the fence get extreme about the abortion issue.

 

[rebelEnigma]

This vandalism is not an issue. People from both sides would start shouting about "well we're just trying to get our point across" or "you've done it too!"

Although, I would have expected them to show a little more creativity instead of writing "CHOICE." Perhaps something like "choose death" or "Maybe Immoral, but A Right It Is" or something like that.

 

[Arnold_Philips]

Been to New York ever?

 

[Mr.Pious]

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/mar/06032711.html

GUELPH, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two pro-life advertisements on city buses in Guelph, Ontario were vandalized last week. The ads, depicting a 19-week-old fetus with the caption "this is a child not a choice" and offering the phone number of a local crisis pregnancy centre, were defaced with black spray-paint. The phone number was blotted out and the word "CHOICE" was sprawled over the ad.

Not that two wrongs make a right, but:
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/clinics/
Pro-lifers bombing abortion clinics....

 

[SallyNow]

Oh no.

Bus ads vandalized. The horror!

I do think it is sad that someone would blot out an ad for a valid, helpful service, thereby actually limiting the choices available...but newsworthy? Nope.

It's not at all unusual for bus ads to get covered over with graffiti. From mustaches to "S" being put in from of the word "exit" and the "it" blotted out, it's a pathetic but usual (and very occasionaly humourous) occurance.

 

[Futuwwa]

Not that two wrongs make a right, but:
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/clinics/
Pro-lifers bombing abortion clinics....

So? If I was convinced that abortion is murder, as well as convinced that pro-life terrorism actually made a difference, I might very well engage in it myself.

 

[jamesrwright3]

I think anyone that goes outside the bounds of the laws and defaces or destroys property, even if you feel abortion is murder, deserves punishment to the fullest extent of the law. There is no justifiable excuse for such actions in a civilized society.

 

[Mr.Pious]

So? If I was convinced that abortion is murder, as well as convinced that pro-life terrorism actually made a difference, I might very well engage in it myself.

Right, but saying pro-choice advocates are evil because a few decided it would be a good idea to vandalize a bus is the same as saying pro-life advocates are evil because a few decided to bomb a clinic.

Not only is there a world of difference between spray paint and bombs, most sane people don't agree with the decisons the vandalls or murders made. So to lump an entire ideology to a small groups actions is a dumb thing to do.

I don't consider you a terrorist because you are a muslim, and I hope you don't consider me to be a vandall because I am pro-choice.

 

[Quantos]

Not that two wrongs make a right, but:
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/clinics/
Pro-lifers bombing abortion clinics....

Anything newer then a Decade ago ?

 

[Letalis]

Right, but saying pro-choice advocates are evil because a few decided it would be a good idea to vandalize a bus is the same as saying pro-life advocates are evil because a few decided to bomb a clinic.

Not one person in this thread has said that pro-choicers are evil because a few decided to vandalize a bus. Can you show me one post?