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i was driving back from picking up lunch today. on the major intersection at that end of town, there were 10 people, late 40's to 60's or so. they were holding up these big 4x8 sheet plywood boards that have "stop abortion" across the top and down the sides. kinda corny, did they think this was gonna stop it? make a difference? ehe? well, it's their right as americans to congregate and speak their opinion. i have no problem with that at all.....
..... but, the center of this big ass poster, was an aborted feotus, not just aborted mind you, i've seen a three month old aborted feotus before, it was bloody and dismembered, arms and legs ripped off.....
at first glance, i thought " i wanna call our band either dead embryonic cells, or fetal remains, i want one of those to put on the stage when we play!"..... then after sitting at the rediculously long light, i think of the people coming back from their lunch break, the woman that just had a miscarrage, or the 5 year old that is strapped into it's carseat in the back of a minivan. that kid doesn't need to see that shit! the woman just lost a potential child, she doesn't need to be reminded of what happened by nature inside her...... how fucking inconsiderate are these people?so, being the prick that doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut, i pull into a nearby parking lot and walk over to one of these biblethumpers.
i ask them to all come over to that corner, cautiosly the all gather round, wondering what this asshole kid with all the metal in his face is gonna do...
i just tell them exactly what i typed above. they seem to understand, then think maybe they didn't think this plan out enough. they walk over and lay the boards down..... VICTORY!!!!!!
but then this one guy made the mistake of asking my position on the subject matter of the sign. after smart assly asking if i could have one of them. i told them....
" i have no opinion. i guess that's not completely correct, but i'll explain it this way. i can't bear a child. i don't have to go through a pregnancy. it's not my decision. it's a woman's body, and the product of her reproductive system. if it was involved in my relationship, and was my child she was carrying, it would depend on the circumstances at the time, and her veiwpoint. but ultimately, it would be her decision. if i was dead set against it, i'd know this info before it was even an issue."
then i sak why the are against it. i got the old propaganda of " it's murder, you can get double murder for killing a pregnant woman if her feotus dies with her" and " it's against gods wishes.." , the same old stuff.....
but i ask them, if a woman, maybe your daughter, grand daughter, or sister, say she's raped. she conceives. do you want her to carry the bastard child she did not ask for to full term. risk her health, body and life, for a punishment she did not deserve in the first place? what about the crack whore down the street? she did some guy to score. she get's knocked up. should she have the kid? what about the threat to it's life, living off of a toxic blood supply, prone to sickness or birth defect? what do you do in this situation?
they just stare dumbfounded....
"and say all these kids ar brought in to this world? who's gonna watch after them?" i asked" how many of you are foster parents? how many kids have you adopted?" only one answered, she was a foster mother to 2 boys of a drug addict mother....
" then for the rest of you, are you gonna open your homes to these kids? i didn't think so.... do you think that rape victim want's a constant reminder of what happened to her looking up at her. begging for attention , love, and care? ever think of that ? huh? what do you do in that situation?"
still staring dumbfounded....
" what would you choose? if your grand daughter was unconsious after a car accident. you had to make the call, they say either we abort the pregnancy or she WILL die. then what do you do? let her die? when you knew something could be dome to save her? then how would you live with yourself? by your standards, you burn in hell either way...
i hope that situation never occures in your family, but it has in mine. the life of the one i loved is more valuebal to me than a life that i never knew, that never had the chance to be, that never was....."
and walked away. if a would have went anymore i would have exploded.
it bogles my mind, they worry so much about something that ultimately is a personal decision, and shroud it with religion. and at that a religion that has caused more death in the name of "missionary" work to convert the " heathens" of the world, the crusades, the inquisition, the eradication of the myans and aztec natives, along with many south american tribes still today....
i just wonder if they ever had a chance to think for themselves instead of being told what to think , what to do, what to practice? i almost feel sorry for them.
and no, i didn't get one of the posters either.
sorry, just had to get that off my chest....
DeStRo
i was driving back from picking up lunch today. on the major intersection at that end of town, there were 10 people, late 40's to 60's or so. they were holding up these big 4x8 sheet plywood boards that have "stop abortion" across the top and down the sides. kinda corny, did they think this was gonna stop it? make a difference? ehe? well, it's their right as americans to congregate and speak their opinion. i have no problem with that at all.....
..... but, the center of this big ass poster, was an aborted feotus, not just aborted mind you, i've seen a three month old aborted feotus before, it was bloody and dismembered, arms and legs ripped off.....
at first glance, i thought " i wanna call our band either dead embryonic cells, or fetal remains, i want one of those to put on the stage when we play!"..... then after sitting at the rediculously long light, i think of the people coming back from their lunch break, the woman that just had a miscarrage, or the 5 year old that is strapped into it's carseat in the back of a minivan. that kid doesn't need to see that shit! the woman just lost a potential child, she doesn't need to be reminded of what happened by nature inside her...... how fucking inconsiderate are these people?so, being the prick that doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut, i pull into a nearby parking lot and walk over to one of these biblethumpers.
i ask them to all come over to that corner, cautiosly the all gather round, wondering what this asshole kid with all the metal in his face is gonna do...
i just tell them exactly what i typed above. they seem to understand, then think maybe they didn't think this plan out enough. they walk over and lay the boards down..... VICTORY!!!!!!
but then this one guy made the mistake of asking my position on the subject matter of the sign. after smart assly asking if i could have one of them. i told them....
" i have no opinion. i guess that's not completely correct, but i'll explain it this way. i can't bear a child. i don't have to go through a pregnancy. it's not my decision. it's a woman's body, and the product of her reproductive system. if it was involved in my relationship, and was my child she was carrying, it would depend on the circumstances at the time, and her veiwpoint. but ultimately, it would be her decision. if i was dead set against it, i'd know this info before it was even an issue."
then i sak why the are against it. i got the old propaganda of " it's murder, you can get double murder for killing a pregnant woman if her feotus dies with her" and " it's against gods wishes.." , the same old stuff.....
but i ask them, if a woman, maybe your daughter, grand daughter, or sister, say she's raped. she conceives. do you want her to carry the bastard child she did not ask for to full term. risk her health, body and life, for a punishment she did not deserve in the first place? what about the crack whore down the street? she did some guy to score. she get's knocked up. should she have the kid? what about the threat to it's life, living off of a toxic blood supply, prone to sickness or birth defect? what do you do in this situation?
they just stare dumbfounded....
"and say all these kids ar brought in to this world? who's gonna watch after them?" i asked" how many of you are foster parents? how many kids have you adopted?" only one answered, she was a foster mother to 2 boys of a drug addict mother....
" then for the rest of you, are you gonna open your homes to these kids? i didn't think so.... do you think that rape victim want's a constant reminder of what happened to her looking up at her. begging for attention , love, and care? ever think of that ? huh? what do you do in that situation?"
still staring dumbfounded....
" what would you choose? if your grand daughter was unconsious after a car accident. you had to make the call, they say either we abort the pregnancy or she WILL die. then what do you do? let her die? when you knew something could be dome to save her? then how would you live with yourself? by your standards, you burn in hell either way...
i hope that situation never occures in your family, but it has in mine. the life of the one i loved is more valuebal to me than a life that i never knew, that never had the chance to be, that never was....."
and walked away. if a would have went anymore i would have exploded.
it bogles my mind, they worry so much about something that ultimately is a personal decision, and shroud it with religion. and at that a religion that has caused more death in the name of "missionary" work to convert the " heathens" of the world, the crusades, the inquisition, the eradication of the myans and aztec natives, along with many south american tribes still today....
i just wonder if they ever had a chance to think for themselves instead of being told what to think , what to do, what to practice? i almost feel sorry for them.
and no, i didn't get one of the posters either.
sorry, just had to get that off my chest....
DeStRo
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adeline:
Hopefully you have impacted them in some small way to think differently, maybe it will be their mother, daughter, sister, lover, that will now be able to make the hard decision without being judged so harshly or even disowned. You might not be aware of the full effect that might result in this. Good job Destro.
olivia:
onya destro. good for you to walk away before you got really mad too.