Saturday, March 13, 2004
Email I just got
"Along with holding signs, Vox members passed out condoms to people with statistics citing how many women die from illegal abortions around the world."
Here's my proposal, now. Think of how many women a year are hurt by rape. Now imagine how much better it would be if the government regulated rape. People could go to clean facilities with doctors and counselors and the whole works, and there would be no more violent sexual assault. Immoral, you say? Why should we legislate morality? I mean, it's going to happen anyway, so shouldn't we make it safe?
Sorry, saying that many women die from illegal abortions, so they should be legal, is about two steps from saying look at how many women die from being beaten by their husbands, so we should just let the state step in to regulate the affair. Both are abuse, except one is harder to see.
"Nick Burt, a Medill freshman, said he contacted as many people as he could
around campus and in the Chicago-area to notify them of the anti-abortion
group's arrival.
'This is really our campus,' said Burt, who is of no relation to one of
the writers of this story. 'And we have to be sending a message that
pro-bigotry views are not representative of Northwestern.'"
OK. Now we have a cause advanced by whites, blacks, asians, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Hindus, pagans, witches, men, women, adults, children, seniors being called pro-bigotry. Yeah, you know those everyone. They discriminate against everyone. Wait.
Here's my proposal, now. Think of how many women a year are hurt by rape. Now imagine how much better it would be if the government regulated rape. People could go to clean facilities with doctors and counselors and the whole works, and there would be no more violent sexual assault. Immoral, you say? Why should we legislate morality? I mean, it's going to happen anyway, so shouldn't we make it safe?
Sorry, saying that many women die from illegal abortions, so they should be legal, is about two steps from saying look at how many women die from being beaten by their husbands, so we should just let the state step in to regulate the affair. Both are abuse, except one is harder to see.
"Nick Burt, a Medill freshman, said he contacted as many people as he could
around campus and in the Chicago-area to notify them of the anti-abortion
group's arrival.
'This is really our campus,' said Burt, who is of no relation to one of
the writers of this story. 'And we have to be sending a message that
pro-bigotry views are not representative of Northwestern.'"
OK. Now we have a cause advanced by whites, blacks, asians, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Hindus, pagans, witches, men, women, adults, children, seniors being called pro-bigotry. Yeah, you know those everyone. They discriminate against everyone. Wait.