Friday, October 29, 2010

What's the Value of Shock?


What do you think about using the graphic photographs depicting the aftermath of abortions?

Pro-abortion people get all kinds of bent out of shape when these images are used in the war against abortion. But why? Because the truth hurts. And informs. And sets people free.

It wasn't until Russian and American soldiers entered German concentration camps in 1944 and 1945 and found the piles of dead, naked, bodies, the ovens and gas chambers, the items made out of human flesh, the stories and records of devils like Josef Mengele, that the world knew what had been going on inside the world of the Third Reich. It wasn't until pictures and film were taken that the world could see what the SS had been up to and be properly horrified at the atrocious, unconscionable actions of Hitler's demonic henchmen.

There's a reason those camps were so secret. Imagine how much harder the allies would have fought in Europe had we had a glimpse inside the camps in 1942 or 1943. It is true that the Allies were 'aware' of the camps, but what was going on inside of them was not completely understood until later.

In a similar fashion, the more secretive pro-abortion activists are about the aftermath and effects of abortion, the more ignorance there is and therefore the more acceptance by way of indifference exists.

We can argue against abortion quite effectively from many angles. There are solid answers to every argument for abortion, and indeed, information is powerful. But what about using the 'big guns' which are the horrendous images I mentioned before.

They are not inaccurate. They are not photoshopped. They ARE shocking, horrifying and possibly more than some people can handle. I myself won't look at these images again. I have seen them in the past but I can't do it anymore. That was enough horror to last my whole life. But strange as it sounds, I'm glad I've seen them. Or perhaps it is better to say that I value how those images reinforced my repugnance for abortion. What do you think? To use or not to use?

Pro-abortion forces use misinformation for the purpose of extermination. So did the Nazis.

Colonel William W. Quinn of the U.S. 7th Army said of Dachau: "There our troops found sights, sounds, and stenches horrible beyond belief, cruelties so enormous as to be incomprehensible to the normal mind."
The same is true when a baby is killed by abortion.

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