these anti-anti-abortion people are assholes. Note the emphasis on the ‘these‘. I’m talking about the pro-choicers on the CBC’s Great Canadian Wish group on Facebook. [psst vote for my wish].
On the message board on the front page there’s a posting titled “Suggestions for a catchier name for the “ABOLISH ABORTION” ummm… group…“.
Here are some of the suggestions from that posting:
- Let’s take it back to the good ole coat hanger days
- Population control. Breed more Christians now!
- Want to have more sinners to serve our lord and saviour Jesus Christ? Abolish abortion
- mama why did you kill me ?
- Save the Little Bastards
- dumpster diving
You can read the whole thing here. I’m almost embarassed to share anything with those people. I hope none of them have voted for my wish.
The debate is really ugly – if it can even be called a debate. The pro-lifers have fallen back on religion and* [this part has been crossed out because Suzanne showed it to be false - my bad] the pro-choicers, unfortunately, many like those shown above, have been assholes.
There’s a good response from a woman named Karen Krisfalusi:
I’m not just a Pro-Choice woman, I’m also a Canadian and a citizen and a Parliamentarian and somebody who believes very strongly in trying to create consensus and pull people together. I’m troubled by interest group politics. I’m troubled by divisive social debate. I’m troubled by people who cannot acknowledge the merit in the position of those that they oppose, who cannot accept the ambiguity and complexity of some issues and be willing to support conciliary gestures, even though they don’t cost them anything but perhaps some willingness to acknowledge that the other side of the issue has some merit.
