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Old 10-25-2013, 05:32 PM   #1
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Default Pro-lifers on Deerfoot and Douglas Glen overpass

Protesters had a pretty graphic banner of an aborted fetus hanging over the side for south bound traffic - pretty grim sight.

I have no problem with people having a belief or opinion but this is a little graphic for public consumption and no chance to filter it.
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Old 10-25-2013, 05:33 PM   #2
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I don't get em, I'm pro choice but that doesn't mean I'm pro Abortion.
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Old 10-25-2013, 05:35 PM   #3
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Imagine if there were pro-burial protestors who hijacked public spaces to show graphic videos of cremation. That'd be way cooler.
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God, not these idiots again.
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how many unwanted crack babies are these a-holes adopting?
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I find these signs very distracting and they are seemingly always on Deerfoot, one of the busiest and most dangerous roadways in the city.

Is there any law under which they can be ticketed/arrested? Does this qualify as "stunting"?
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I find these signs very distracting and they are seemingly always on Deerfoot, one of the busiest and most dangerous roadways in the city.

Is there any law under which they can be ticketed/arrested? Does this qualify as "stunting"?
It's within the law. The group that organizes this (CCBR) is very careful to stay within the confines of the law, but aren't scared to utilize loopholes in it either. This is why the signs are never tied onto the railing for example, but are held up instead.
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I saw a group of them in a park in west hillhurst yesterday. Seemed like a really random spot. Maybe a flurry of anti-abortion protests as a prelude to lobbying politicians at the Conservative convention next week?
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It's not stunting, nor could it possibly be as they're not in vehicles... but I think somebody had posted something about a bylaw prohibiting distracting propaganda or something such.
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I hear dead fetus is good with gyoza sauce.
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I saw a group of them in a park in west hillhurst yesterday. Seemed like a really random spot. Maybe a flurry of anti-abortion protests as a prelude to lobbying politicians at the Conservative convention next week?
There's an abortion clinic on 5th avenue & Crowchild. I always see protestors there, but usually they don't have graphic images.
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Old 10-25-2013, 06:36 PM   #12
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There's an abortion clinic on 5th avenue & Crowchild. I always see protestors there, but usually they don't have graphic images.
What gets me about these protestors is there are often little kids protesting there. To me, that is irresponsible parenting to make your kids hold up protest sings (regardless of what you're protesting).
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There's an abortion clinic on 5th avenue & Crowchild. I always see protestors there, but usually they don't have graphic images.
Oh okay that's exactly where this was.
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Is it legal to masturbate in front of these guys to the photos? Something to equally horrify these prudes.
maybe in Sweden

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...ight=sweden%2C
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Old 10-25-2013, 07:52 PM   #15
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Well, good for them. That stunt changed my mind. I'm totally on their side now!
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Old 10-25-2013, 07:54 PM   #16
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I saw these guys on deerfoot a few months ago. I honked and flipped them the bird as I went by and it felt great.
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All I can say is thank god the anti-abortion activists weren't aborted or who would protest abortion?
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Abortion is murder. Lets call a spade a spade.
If someone wants to abort a baby then it is completely within their right to do so.
Not sure why pro-lifers waste their time with these protests.
Public opinion is split and isn't going to change.
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Abortion is murder. Lets call a spade a spade.
It's not that black & white, sorry.
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Abortion is murder. Lets call a spade a spade.
If someone wants to abort a baby then it is completely within their right to do so.
Not sure why pro-lifers waste their time with these protests.
Public opinion is split and isn't going to change.
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