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Old 06-07-2011, 08:34 PM
 
Location: SouthCentral Texas
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Its going to be a great day in the world when medical science figures out how to transfer an embryo to a male which allows him to carry a pergnancy to term.

Abortion will be a rare and uncommon practice; or condom sales with sky rocket out the freaking solar system...
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Old 06-07-2011, 08:36 PM
 
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Its going to be a great day in the world when medical science figures out how to transfer an embryo to a male which allows him to carry a pergnancy to term.

Abortion will be a rare and uncommon practice.
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Old 06-07-2011, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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It makes me glad that I live in Alaska, where billboards are banned by state law. We would much rather look at the spectacular scenery of our state than billboards.
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Old 06-07-2011, 08:42 PM
 
Location: California
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LOL, that is exactly what I would do. I would put up a billboard that says he has the smallest member she ever saw and that they broke up due to his incessant demands that she "peg" him.
yeah...that's the world I want to live in...

This hiding behind "free speech" crapola needs to be addressed. Did you all miss the part where he originally had her name on the billboard as the acronym of his so-called prolife group? Pure harassment, no questions about it.
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Old 06-07-2011, 08:59 PM
 
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yeah...that's the world I want to live in...

This hiding behind "free speech" crapola needs to be addressed. Did you all miss the part where he originally had her name on the billboard as the acronym of his so-called prolife group? Pure harassment, no questions about it.
Disgusting, awful, distasteful speech - sure. Speech reaching the level of illegal harassment - no.

Part of the blame here also lies with the owner of the billboard for allowing this nut to post this garbage.
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Old 06-07-2011, 09:22 PM
 
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How would you feel if you saw someone beating their child bloody?
Beating a dog?
Abusing an elderly person?

As long as it's not you or you aren't doing it, no prob, right?
A dog and a person are sentient beings. An embryo, according to the U.S. Supreme Court, is not. Talk to the Supreme Court.
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Old 06-07-2011, 09:26 PM
 
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did he lie? Maybe girls would be more likely to keep their legs closed if they think they'll get embarassed [sic].
Did you really just say that?

Maybe men should learn to keep their primary brains IN THEIR PANTS. Or at least wear a condom.
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Old 06-07-2011, 09:28 PM
 
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Apologies if this is a duplicate. I didn't see it posted yet.

A potentially interesting free speech case:

Jilted Ex-Boyfriend's Abortion Billboard Ignites Free Speech Debate (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110606/ap_on_re_us/us_abortion_billboard - broken link)

Brief abstract of the story for those that don't want to click on the link (based on scant details that I glean from this article - other articles might have more details and a picture of the billboard). An ex-boyfriend paid for billboard space which supposedly shows a picture of himself holding the outline of a baby. The caption for the billboard reads: "This Would Have Been A Picture Of My 2-Month Old Baby If The Mother Had Decided To Not KILL Our Child!"

A domestic court is trying to intervene in the process by ordering the removal of the side, but that is being challenged on free speech grounds.

** EDIT: What happened to the rest of the subject line? Silly computer deleted part of it somehow. Pesky AI computers with a mind of their own.
Its funny how the attorney says the ex-boyfriend crossed a line by putting up the billboard. Killing an unborn baby is not crossing a line I guess.
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Old 06-07-2011, 09:46 PM
 
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Hugely insensitive but legal.
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Old 06-07-2011, 09:47 PM
 
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yeah...that's the world I want to live in...

This hiding behind "free speech" crapola needs to be addressed. Did you all miss the part where he originally had her name on the billboard as the acronym of his so-called prolife group? Pure harassment, no questions about it.
Yes I did miss that and now that I know that I totally agree with you.
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