First off -- I KNOW ... this has been diaried already.
But, simply, this ad is insane:
It is, at the heart of it, nothing by a rehash of the old canardthat many of us have seen arriving in our inboxes for years now:
TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS
Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids
already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally
retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Read the next question before looking at the answer for this one.
Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote
counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates.
Candidate A: Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists.
He's had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10
martinis a day.
Candidate B He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used
opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.
Candidate C He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an
occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.
Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide first, no peeking,
then scroll down for the answer.
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Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.
And, by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said yes,
you just killed Beethoven.
Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging
someone.
Not only is this story so full of shit, it is embarrassing not just to the author, but also to everyone that even remotely agrees with it. There is nothing new about this ad or the premise.
The PREMISE is INSANE
The only logical conclusion that comes from this premise is that ANY woman who is menstruating should seek out and become impregnated as soon as possible -- after all ... Think of all that potential beings flushed away by the billions of unfertilized eggs.
You can make this "potential" argument and extend it out and back and around to Your hearts desire -- but simply, it is INSANE. You don't have to be pro-choice, You can well be anti-choice and still see the absolute absurdity of this ad.
And Gentleman, it is Your duty to go out and assist in this mission as well. Personally, I think that they should have tried to air the original instead: