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As I was going to my early morning class, I noticed fencing and scaffolding material on the Rudder Plaza (near MSC]. Signboards saying, Warning: Graphic Images ahead and You may be offended by these images were lying around. I couldn’t wait to get back but Monday is kinda a marathon session in terms of classes and labs i.e. 5 straight hours. When I returned in the afternoon, I was shocked to see graphic images of fetuses and aborted babies displayed on a huge poster wall. When I say huge, I mean a 20-25 foot wall. The images could be seen from over 50 yards. I could see students walking by shocked by the graphic nature of images.
Near the display, they had a writing wall titled, Free Speech Wall or something like that where you could scribble your thoughts. There was the usual rhetoric of abortion is bad and how God is angry with those who do it. But I had expected that in College Station but I was surprised by the amount of pro-choice comments as well including some hilarious ones like, Make abortion not just legal but mandatory. To which someone had replied, yup! we should have told your mom that! There were many comments chiding the organizers for displaying such offensive images which they claimed, offended both sides of the debate. Most of the people stood around reading the comments and no one was writing anything at least when I was there. Exercising free speech in presence of onlookers is a daunting task especially when your views are in the minority.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t hang around much as I could see my bus in the distance. But I did observe plenty of volunteers with cameras and notepads. I am not sure if they were really anti-abortion people or merely conducting an exercise in free speech behavior. Probably tomorrow’s Battalion should answer that question.
by Patrix | on Monday, February 19th, 2007 at 3:16 pm | 
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February 19th, 2007 at 6:01 pm reply
With each new generation, comes the realisations of some of the mistakes of the former.
Something to do with evolution I suspect.
Many practices of the past are no longer practiced.
Abortion should soon join the practices of old.
Sometime in the not too distant future, people will look back in disbelief and horror at many of the practices of today.
February 19th, 2007 at 6:53 pm reply
Ausblog,
’should’? I guess we should let choice and free will dictate whether it should. I guess we have plenty of mistakes to look back at, abortion just might not be at the top of that list.