Reality of abortion
Re: I have had an abortion., Oct. 7.
I wanted to let you know that I really appreciated this piece. With all the debating back and forth on hypothetical situations surrounding abortion, it’s only right that someone speaks up about reality, about something that really happened to them.
I myself was tearing down the “Why Abortion is Genocide” posters-usually in the middle of the night when no one would see me and stop me-in part because I was angered at how the emotions of people who had experienced an abortion were being treated so haphazardously. What would a girl or woman who had had an abortion think upon seeing that?
In close, I hope to see more articles like this that address issues that concern all of us and offer new light on stale arguments.
Kate Stone
Murda!
Melissa Richter brags about her abortion but is too cowardly to use her real name. Why? Because abortion is the deliberate and direct killing of a human being in the initial phase of his or her existence. While the term “choice” may sound democratic the person who opts for abortion is neglecting to consider the fundamental right to life of the mother’s unborn fetus.
To claim the right to abortion and to recognize that right in law means to attribute to human freedom a perverse and evil significance: that of an absolute power over others and against others.
Given such a grave situation, we need now more than ever to have the courage to look the truth in the eye and to call things by their proper name, murder.
Paul Kokoski
Revenge of the cradle
I am against abortion, but I acknowledge that we as a society are still very far away from having a democratic consensus on the issue. And until then, I think those in the “pro-life” movement should take a much more nuanced path.
Think of it this way: children are normally brought up to believe and value the things their parents do. But with the number of abortions, a great many children will never be brought up at all-and the children who are killed are likely to be ones who would support the legality of abortion.
As long as we who oppose abortion reproduce and so many potentially pro-abortion people are never even given the chance to grow up, in a few generations we will be the majority and can ban abortion.
Our enemy should be primarily legal abortion and not abortion per se, because the latter has this significant upside to it.
Pete Gavin
Stadium failure lets down students, players
Re: $100 million stadium deal killed after costs soar, Oct 4.
As a 5th year player on the Varsity Blues Football team, I had a lot of personal investment in this project. When I came to U of T five years ago as a recruit, I was told a new stadium would be done in two years. I know players who started 3-4 years before I did and were told the same thing. That would come close to ten years of broken promises.
Let the architects modify the project again and build it sooner than later. We have fundraised one billion dollars, we can fundraise a bit more. There are alternatives to the students footing most of the bill, as Mr. Dellandrea suggested.
The bottom line is the school needs a new stadium. The students, administration and community need to come together now and get it built.
Julius Lindsay
What by-elections?
I was very disappointed by the poor coverage of the SAC by-elections and referendum. Students rely on campus press to be their watchdog, but the Varsity seems to have given up any pretense of investigative journalism or follow-through. The editors apparently can’t even be bothered to write an editorial for each issue.
SAC may be a ridiculous organization full of boondogglers and resume-padders, but they control a multi-million dollar budget. Of the three candidates running for VP Equity, two apparently have little understanding of what the word ‘equity’ even means, as their campaign platforms centre around asbestos removal and bicycle parking.
Referenda are one of the few opportunities students have to make a choice about how their student dollars are spent. The Varsity should be doing its part to get referendum questions into the open and help students make informed choices.
Paul Bowser
Executive Director, LGBTOUT
