Posted on 09/25/2003 7:59:43 PM PDT by Theosis
I found a great t-shirt while surfing the web over the weekend. It said, “Guns don’t kill people, abortion kills people.” I hope it arrives in time for my parents’ next visit. You see, my mom is a civil lawyer, a feminist and a Canadian. By contrast, I am a canon lawyer, a traditional Catholic and a legal resident of the United States. To the chagrin of my father, also a lawyer, bickering over gun control or abortion is a favorite past-time when talking to my mother.
While going another round over the phone with mom the other day, she appealed to the obligatory statistics. You know the ones – basically the number of violent gun crimes in the United States versus the number in Canada. Of course, liberal proponents of the nanny state feel these statistics vindicate their position. Perhaps these social leftists feel residual guilt over having abandoned their children to daycare facilities as they pursue their career. I know not. But never mind personal responsibility and civil liberties, social liberalism makes for a kinder and gentler state.
Or does it? After stumbling upon this t-shirt, the time was ripe for my own statistical analysis – not for my sake, but for my mother’s. Tough love works both ways in the parent-child relationship; just as friends don’t let friends vote for Bill, good sons don’t allow their mothers to parrot Hillary. But enough musing about my family; when compared to the statistics on gun violence, the abortion issue speaks for itself. In short, liberals kill more people than guns.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholiclight.stblogs.org ...
...Cool slogan...What about this one...
Issue: 'gun rights' versus 'gun control'
Answer: "I'm 'pro-choice' on that issue."
...Or this slogan...
My vehicle, my choice. Keep your laws off my SUV!
...It's pretty fun to use the 'idiotarian' propaganda for your own cause...
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