Sorry, but there is no other way to describe these guys. If you think killing unborn babies is neat, that makes you a nutter and a morally myopic moron to begin with. But if you go around saying it is just a part of life and we should all just get used to it, then you are even more of a moral midget and a mental misfit.
Yet that is just what we had happening recently in the streets of Melbourne. In case you missed it, some baby-killing supporters thought it would be cool to do some flash mob activism on the streets. One activist website put it this way:
“LET’S END THE STIGMA!
Want to do more to stand up for women & against abortion shaming? Take the Pledge Now!
On September 30, 2012, over 100 people – men and women, politicians, service providers, activists and community leaders alike – danced near Federation Square in Melbourne’s CBD against abortion stigma and the shaming of women.
In additional to all our wonderful participants, we would like to say a special thanks to:
Marie Stopes International Australia, for t-shirt donations
Eve Mahlab, for website donation
Jane Caro, for messaging support
Jude Perera, MP
Colleen Hartland MLC, MP
Beth Wilson, Victorian Health Services Commissioner
Our organising volunteers
Flashmobs in SYDNEY and ACT are currently being planned.”
Um, a few problems here. First of all, the mob turned out to be just a few dozen. Fortunately it seems there are not that many brazen pro-death types around. Thus their little demo was a real flop in terms of actual numbers. By way of contrast, our March For Babies next weekend in Melbourne will have many thousands, not just a few dozen.
And it is absolutely appalling to see these politicians proudly endorsing all this. These pro-death MPs should be hanging their heads in shame, not holding them up proudly as they seek to justify this horrific genocide. They have blood on their hands big time.
But it was the Marie Stopes International t-shirts which these guys ran around with which really took the cake. Emblazoned on the white t-shirts were these words: “Abortion – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”. Yes you heard me right.
They are of course committing the naturalistic fallacy here: just because something is does not mean it ought to be. Just because something exists does not mean it should exist. Description, in other words, should not equal prescription. All sorts of things are a fact of life, but there is no reason in the world for us to just accept them, and worse yet, to seek to de-stigmatise them and promote them.
Indeed, let’s just take their idiotic slogan and run with it for a while, and see just how much sense it really makes:
“Rape – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Slavery – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Murder – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Incest – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Hatred – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Arson – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Suicide – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Environmental destruction – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Greed – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Child abuse – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Neo-Nazism – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Lying – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Theft – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Kidnapping – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Anti-Semitism – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Drug abuse – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Bestiality – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Torture – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
“Genocide – a fact of life. Let’s end the stigma”
The list is endless, and I am sure you can think of many more. So I am sorry, but I am just not buying their empty and morally vacuous pro-death rhetoric.
http://www.reproductivechoiceaustralia.org.au/flashmob
Click to access MarchForTheBabies_13oct2012_webA4.pdf
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