Because I cannot remain silent.

[olde_fashioned]

I stumbled across this video quite by accident, but after watching it, I just couldn't not post it here. To be honest, I think I would have felt guilty if I did not.

If evil triumphs because good men do nothing, and ignorance the root and the stem of every evil, then perhaps I will have done some good by speaking out against this horrific atrocity.

Watch the video, and look at the pictures.


Warning: The video isn't graphic, but the pictures that I've linked to below, are, quite frankly, horrific. This isn't CSI we're talking about, with fake dead bodies, these are real human beings. Dead babies that have been murdered. Living souls that have been snuffed out like so many candles. Tiny hands that will never grasp, little hearts that will never beat again.

Unless you're prone to squeamishness, I strongly advise looking at the images, but also taking care while you do so. They are not pretty. They're sobering, they're shocking, and they're thought-provoking. I know it's not fun to look at dead babies, but I think we need to see this.

I do know that a lot of people don't believe that abortion is murder, because a fetus isn't a baby, right? It's not a human being, it's a "fish" or some other such entity. Right? Well, you take a good look at these pictures, and then you tell me what abortion is.

This is what "a woman's right to choose" is. And this, and this, and this. This baby was beheaded.


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*sits back and waits for the firing squad*

Comments

[madame-faust.livejournal.com]

Not watching since it deeply disturbs me to see images like this. I just wanted to comment that I think it's commendable that you gave the warning before linking to the video. I have absolutely no problem with people speaking out against abortion or protesting, but there is a certain pro-life group in my state that shows these images on the side of a trailer they drive around city streets, no warning, no explanation, just pictures of aborted fetuses. By contrast, there is another pro-life group that buys billboards that show living babies or babies still in the womb, which I think is far better for communicating a message of life to the public.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

you gave the warning before linking to the video.

Well, even though I think every person who supports abortion seriously NEEDS to see those photos, I'm not going to shove them under someone's nose.

By contrast, there is another pro-life group that buys billboards that show living babies or babies still in the womb, which I think is far better for communicating a message of life to the public.

There is a place for both, I think, and sometimes the horrific images are called for. We aren't going to prevent wars by showing happy smiling people out on picnics, but images of the atrocities of war might. Pictures of fluffy kittens and cute baby peeps aren't going to keep people from abusing animals, but bringing to light pictures depicting cruel treatments and injuries sustaining from those abuses might. Likewise, pictures of adorable babies aren't always as effective as the aftermath of an abortion.

[madame-faust.livejournal.com]

I think people tend to put up mental shields and cringe away from pictures that turn their stomachs or are more than they can handle. It makes it harder to open a dialogue with someone and that's what I think effects change most effectively. But then, I'm an incorrigible optimist ;-)