NARAL Outraged at Peterson Death Sentence

scrappleface.com ^ | 2004-12-13 | Scott Ott

[NYTexan]

A California jury today sentenced Scott Peterson to death for the double murder of his wife and unborn son. The sentence sparked outrage from the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL).

"We decry the inhumanity of the death penalty for a man who simply exercised his choice to end a pregnancy and to end the woman who was harboring an unwanted fetus," said an unnamed NARAL spokesman. "This emotional jury decision shows no respect for Mr. Peterson's reproductive rights. It's a sad day for America and may have a chilling effect on the hundreds of physicians nationwide engaged in similar work."

In related news, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC announced they would "go on indefinite hiatus due to a lack of meaningful news stories now that the Peterson trial has ended."

[NYTexan]

Satire Break

[UCANSEE2]

Funny how , these days, satire is very hard to distinguish from reality.

[stylin_geek]

Yeah, well, I'm not sure it is satire, because I don't know that NARAL wouldn't put out such a press release.

[Puddleglum]

Funny how , these days, satire is very hard to distinguish from reality.

No kidding.

[NYTexan]

Pinging the usual suspects!






(anyone wanting on or off the satire ping list, let me know)

[fhayek]

Imagine, a jury imposing on society its own religious views against murder.

[StoneGiant]

[Calpernia]

"We decry the inhumanity of the death penalty for a man who simply exercised his choice to end a pregnancy and to end the woman who was harboring an unwanted fetus," said an unnamed NARAL spokesman. "This emotional jury decision shows no respect for Mr. Peterson's reproductive rights. It's a sad day for America and may have a chilling effect on the hundreds of physicians nationwide engaged in similar work."

This quote really speaks for itself. How can we add NARAL to the sentence?

[Viking2002]

Glad I saw that this was from Scrappleface before I said a few things that would've had the Feds knocking at my door......LOL :-)

[NYTexan]

You're on!

[PISANO]

Sounds like a plausible scenario to me!

[inpajamas]

"You are either for us or you are for the babies, and if you harbor babies you will receive the same fate as the babies"

Scott has a right to choose!

[Sender]

NARAL was quite upset that an unborn fetus could be a murder victim in court. What does that say about other unborn victims? The only difference as NARAL sees it is whether the mother agrees with the crime or not. Either way, the loss of a life that has not yet worn a diaper means little to NARAL.

[Always Right]

Satire Break

This was satire. I bet if we just wait NARAL will say something almost as dumb.

[TheRatHunter]

In related news, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC announced they would "go on indefinite hiatus due to a lack of meaningful news stories now that the Peterson trial has ended."

No satire there! I've even turned off Fox because I can't get any news out of them! Every time I tune in, it's Scott Peterson this, Scott Peterson that! HELLO! BIGGER, MORE IMPORTANT THINGS OUT THERE!

[NYTexan]

Not to worry, MSM will dig up some other tragic and salacious story to drag out!

[TheRatHunter]

Will Fox have to lay off Greta though? The Peterson case was literally the ONLY THING she EVER discussed on her hour.

[NYTexan]

Nah, she's a lawyer (iirc) and probably has an iron clad contract!

[KarlInOhio]

Somewhere in the country there is a relatively mundane murder case which Greta will be able to latch on to now that this trial is over. It will be immediately promoted as this month's trial of the century.