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Walks, Roses, and Protesters
15 years ago
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As some of you know, I'm the one that walks the dog most days. Not so much because she has no other place to do her thing as that it's some time to relax and is decent exercise (something I really need more of >_> ).
I recently changed my route some to take it from just under a mile to about 1.5 miles (then yesterday to do 2.1). In doing so I now walk past a Planned Parenthood and Pregnancy Resource Center. The other day, last week sometime, as I was walking I saw a guy outside one of them, with a camp chair and a couple signs. The one sign I saw him pick up said: "The PILL KILLS!".
Now. I'm no biologist or doctor, but I think I know enough about the mechanisms of procreation to basically want to punch this person in the face for his ignorance. I was seriously tempted to go ask him if he would claim the same of condoms. Pro-life is one thing, saying aborting a fertilized egg is immoral makes actual sense with certain arguments. Implying that preventing eggs from being fertilized in the first place is also immoral is simply stupid though.
By that logic, a woman should never go a full month without either being or becoming pregnant. That sounds like a good idea when we're already facing a global population problem right?
If he's trying to say that the Pill puts women's lives in danger, he needs a better slogan. Either way he needs to learn some facts I think.
Now, on a much less ranty note: Roses.
There must be a dozen or two houses along my walk with large rose bushes lining the sidewalks and in bloom. Some of them make the stuff you find from florists look pathetic. I mean, a lot of the roses are the size of my open paw. And pretty. I may take some pictures while I'm out today. I'm so tempted to snip a few here and there but I don't want to be rude.
Hopefully my phone's camera won't mangle the pics too badly.
I recently changed my route some to take it from just under a mile to about 1.5 miles (then yesterday to do 2.1). In doing so I now walk past a Planned Parenthood and Pregnancy Resource Center. The other day, last week sometime, as I was walking I saw a guy outside one of them, with a camp chair and a couple signs. The one sign I saw him pick up said: "The PILL KILLS!".
Now. I'm no biologist or doctor, but I think I know enough about the mechanisms of procreation to basically want to punch this person in the face for his ignorance. I was seriously tempted to go ask him if he would claim the same of condoms. Pro-life is one thing, saying aborting a fertilized egg is immoral makes actual sense with certain arguments. Implying that preventing eggs from being fertilized in the first place is also immoral is simply stupid though.
By that logic, a woman should never go a full month without either being or becoming pregnant. That sounds like a good idea when we're already facing a global population problem right?
If he's trying to say that the Pill puts women's lives in danger, he needs a better slogan. Either way he needs to learn some facts I think.
Now, on a much less ranty note: Roses.
There must be a dozen or two houses along my walk with large rose bushes lining the sidewalks and in bloom. Some of them make the stuff you find from florists look pathetic. I mean, a lot of the roses are the size of my open paw. And pretty. I may take some pictures while I'm out today. I'm so tempted to snip a few here and there but I don't want to be rude.
Hopefully my phone's camera won't mangle the pics too badly.
