Graphic Abortion Billboard Trucks Break Through Canada's Media Blackout

LifeSiteNews ^ | 8/9/07 | Hilary White

[dan1123]

No, at 15 months, my son doesn’t have that much hair.

[Antoninus]

Do you have any proof that these trucks actually cut the abortion rate?

Sorry, common sense is enough proof for me. They used photos of slaves' calloused backs to end slavery. They used photos of bodies being bulldozed into mass graves to decry the Holocaust. They used photos of people getting their heads blown off to turn the public against the war in Vietnam. If these kinds of tactics didn't work, people wouldn't use them. Our side has been woefully inept at using what is actually the absolute very best argument against abortion.

Why do you think the femniacs go absolutely bonkers when photos like this show up? Becuase there is NO apology for them. The photos are vile. Abortion is vile.

I reckon there was someone in 1858 yelling that photos of beaten slaves traumatized their 4 year old as well.

[Antoninus]

I agree that every effort should be made to ensure that small children do not see these images and I am not aware of any groups targeting areas where children might be.

And I agree too. But that's not an issue brought up in the article at the top of this thread, now is it?

[netmilsmom]

>>I reckon there was someone in 1858 yelling that photos of beaten slaves traumatized their 4 year old as well.<<

I can pretty much say for sure that they weren’t easily available for four year olds.

[Truthsearcher]

Nobody has suggested that children should be targeted, but I think the “children should be protected” is just a straw-man, the real goal is to prevent adult from seeing it as well.

As evidence by the switching of tactics from “protect my 4 year old” to “what about the woman who commits suicide after seeing them.”

[wagglebee]

NO, it is not. What is brought up is that this is one of the ONLY ways for the pro-life movement to have it’s voice heard in Canada.

[Antoninus]

NO, it is not. What is brought up is that this is one of the ONLY ways for the pro-life movement to have it’s voice heard in Canada.

And some people want to shut even that down--for the children, of course. Egads.

[maica]

No, I would not let a five-year-old watch The Passion of the Christ, nor most 12 or 13 year olds. That is a 120 minute extremely intense movie. I would move my child who is disturbed by any images away from the images. There were many things on TV that upset my son when he was small - cartoon shows that were targetted to children, but which were too violent for his particular sensibilities at the time.

Especially since your nephew had the experience of dealing with a premature sibling - imagine how many small traumas he experienced in his hospital visits - I would have told him what I said in a previous post. Stressing the idea of babies being wanted and precious, grownups should do everything possible to make sure that every baby is born and loved.

[Antoninus]

As evidence by the switching of tactics from “protect my 4 year old” to “what about the woman who commits suicide after seeing them.”

Exactly. Exactly. Sounds like an argument straight out of Planned Barrenhood's playbook. Inadvertently, I hope.

[rollo tomasi]

I lived in the suburbs.

The park was not even 1/4 of a mile from where I lived.

Of course I stuffed the envelopes in the Church after school. Went to Catholic school where I guess kids are taught God is greater than evil. Knowing this and looking at all the hell mankind does to one another I only fear what is greater than mankind.

After digesting this, we were told of God’s love for us through Jesus Christ. That this all-powerful being (Who humans have no understanding of) called God sent His Son to die for us out of love, tells us not to fear or be offended by anything.

I can’t help it if your nephew gets a sanitized version of the concept of fear of God and the Gospel. I guess that old time religion is dead. Let’s not be offended is the rage and the new battle cry.

Carry on with your non-offensive ways.

[maica]

I’m sorry that I am not very familiar with Michigan geography. What does “Post 93” have to do with a beach across the street from a school?

[netmilsmom]

That was the post where I explained it.

[U S Army EOD]

What about the kid on the truck, wonder how he feels?

[netmilsmom]

The point about the Post Abort mother was brought up by Mountain Flower.

Are you saying she is using PP’s playbook?

[Grunthor]

Good story, chalk one up for the good guys.

[Grunthor]

That is a naughty, naughty website.

(and very funny)

[dan1123]

All it tells her is more condemnation, judgement, shame and guilt.

To be fair, the target of this ad is not the women who have already gone through the trauma of abortion, but the women who may in the future.

That being said, the Pro-Life groups need a lesson in advertising. First you have to figure out the path you want your audience to take, and then tantalize them along the path. Information and shocking images to remind them of the wrong path are exactly the wrong thing. If the path is to adoption, then show the joys of a child growing up in an adoptive family. If the path is keeping the baby, then show the joys of motherhood over career or greater financial freedom. If the path is for abortion to not be legal, then money is better spent on lobbying.

The milk board keeps making the mistake of information over desire. The "got milk?" advertisements worked far better than the commercials about strong bones. Why? Because the commercial was engaging and left you with a desire for milk. In a way, the Pro-Choice side has their PR down far better than the Pro-Life side. People feel like they are doing a good thing for women by supporting legal abortion. Feelings are what drive the populace, and the Pro-Life side doesn't put feelings into the equation. Women feel scared to approach the idea of adoption. A child is seen more as a burden than a joy. Marriage is seen as a last resort and prison.

[maica]

Oops, sorry for the confusion. I am still trying to visualize a beach across the street from a school in Lansing Michigan.

My SIL took her boys to the beach around noon on a regular school day. She did this often with other mothers of Preschoolers. Her five-year-old son was playing in the water when one of these trucks pulled up in the parking lot behind them. He started screaming, crying and pointing. Understand that his brother was just a baby himself, (and premature when born). This poor boy had nightmares for a week and no one could convince him that the truck was not there to kill his brother. He told his mom that the Ice Cream truck had pictures of Ice Cream, so that truck was there to kill babies. Nice huh?

93 posted on 08/10/2007 3:47:47 PM EDT by netmilsmom

[netmilsmom]

Honestly, I never said schools.
I said venues that target Mothers, preschoolers and toddlers.

When the teenagers are in school and the adults are at work, that is what is there.

I’m not even talking about these trucks riding the streets.

I’m saying, that going to these venues is useless. Better they target concerts and nightlife.

[Truthsearcher]

That’s the thing about truth, it’s supposed to make us uncomfortable, it’s a mirror that let’s us see all our warts.

I think people who are obsessed with make the truth palatable don’t really want it.