Damn straight.

And yes SL, they let the kiddies from the Catholic board out for this every year. From all over. And still, they manage only 7000.

That girl photographd on todays Metro News opposite the demonstrators had it absolutely right on her t-shirt:

“Think Abortion is wrong? Then don’t have one”

I shudder when I hear of uniformed young people marching and chanting slogans in unison.

The younger the demonstrators, and the more restrictive the “cause” for which they are demonstrating, the less trust I have for their critical thinking capabilities.

Especially when it comes to children still in school — this may very well be just an outing for them, a chance to do something different for awhile. They might not really know or care about the stated purpose of the demonstration. They can get our of class for the day, and that’s the only reason most of them are there.

When I was in school, I signed up for every event our sports teams went to, and travelled with them on the bus. I didn’t like sports at all. I just wanted an excuse to get out of school, and the ride was free.

The local right to repress rights march went by me as i rode the bus to work this morning. There were maybe twenty people toddling down the street with a few balloons and a few placards. They were about 80% men, most in their middle years and older and a few women and kids. They looked pretty dejected as the day passed them by and ignored them. As the bus sat at the lights, they tried to raise support from the passengers and were quite roundly ignored with the exception of two women. One in her 20s on the way to the university, sporting dreads and the other I’d estimate mid-30s dressed for the office. They were both sat by the windows closest to the sidewalk. When the placards were waved in front of the windows they reacted in unison, sat back away from the windows for a second and then simultaneously shot the marchers the bird. There was a lot of laughter in the bus as we pulled away from the stop.

As for the march of the catholic children, it seems to me that it is highly inappropriate to be dragging them out of class to march for a political cause. That strikes me as stomping all over the separation of church and state. Not only that but since the separate school board is taking public funds, they really shouldn’t be marching kids in the streets for political advocacy. Of course my experience of the catholic system is one of abuse and corruption and I thank dog my folks pulled me out before the sinister cult did any lasting harm.

Next thing you know those uppity Christians are going to want to vote.