Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Williams Lake Tribune
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Celebrate Life Week speaks to value of human life Editor:
I am writing in response to Carrie Julius’ letter to the editor on Oct. 01/14, “City Hall amiss in Celebration of Life proclamation.” Ms. Julius, Well I read your letter and its sentiments sure offended me. All I read was me, me, me, me, mine, mine, mine, mine, me, me, me. Women’s Rights this and Women’s Rights that. Blah, blah, blah. The one thing that I never hear addressed from the pro-abortion crowd, not even when addressed face to face, is the question: What about the rights of the
baby? Like the right to life. Oh sure, you (pro-abortionists) ravel off the talking points of the pro abortionists, the Radical Feminists and fellow travellers of the lefty/liberal/ progressives, you (pro-abortionists) go on and on because some un-elected, Radical Feminist, activist judges, in a most cowardly and despicable manner, used semantics to absolve proabortionists of their guilt for murdering a baby in the womb mostly for the sake of convenience! That’ll be five million-plus, babies murdered in the womb in Canada so far ... five millionplus and counting!
I object to your (pro-abortionists) so-called reasoning and narcissistic, nihilistic, moral relativism and lack of integrity for not answering that question. What about the rights of the baby? “The Celebrate Life Week proclamation speaks to the value of human life, that this value is not a result of what a person does or produces, but a result of each person’s uniqueness, and that society should be concerned about every human life.” (from the Williams Lake website) How can you object to that!? Dan Mancuso Chilanko Forks
Our wildlife and bears deserve better Editor: I refer to Kay Titford’s letter to the editor of Sept. 24 and agree that what is being done to innocent bears in this community is certainly unjust. It is appalling that people leave fruit on the ground and in the trees in their yards with no regard for the innocent animals that it most certainly will attract. It is time we took a page from the book of Whistler and other communities that respect their bears and make these people responsible for what they have done. They should face huge fines and even jail time for repeat offences of this nature. The money could be spent relo-
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cating animals rather than shooting them on site. Yes, I have heard all the arguments that relocating doesn’t work but I am sure it does work sometimes and that fact alone is worth the effort. I refer to the bear sleeping in a backyard in Port Coquitlam. He wasn’t shot on site. He was frightened away and so far has not returned. I am equally appalled that Ms. Titford was told to get inside or she could be arrested for obstruction of justice. I am afraid the officers would have had to make good on their threat if they were going to shoot two frightened bear cubs in my backyard. And why were they frightened?
They had just witnessed their mother being shot by these same officers. Had that mother bear attacked someone? Not that I have heard. She was just trying to feed her cubs before they went into hibernation. What gives anyone the right to decide that it is OK to gun down these beautiful animals rather than look for other options to undo the wrong that has been done to them because people just don’t care. I am sure that shooting on site is the easiest and least costly option but that does not make it right. Our wildlife deserves better. Heather Philpotts Williams Lake
Question of the week
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What are some of the environmental concerns facing your generation?
Adam Sytsma Garbage being dumped that’s not biodegradable and cigarette butt litter.
Andrew Tyrell I worry about the wildlife and everything going extinct.
Bree Grondines Too much pollution is causing plants and animals to leave.
Jaidyn Parker-Coombes There’s not going to be any land left because there’s too much garbage.
Jovita Miller Too many factories being built creating pollution and not enough trees.
Trey Howarth There’s not going to be much wildlife left if the hunters hunt too much.
This week’s online question:
Have you got your winter tires on yet? Log onto the Opinion section at wltribune.com to vote Last week’s question: Did the closure of Borland impact you? YES: 78 per cent
NO: 22 per cent
Abortions have far-reaching consequences around the globe Editor: The pro-life billboard north of town has again been obliterated with black spray paint. This is the third identical sign in the same rancher’s field to be vandalized. The message, “Abortion Stops a Beating Heart” is as offensive to some in today’s matriarchal society as pointing out in the 1800’s southern states that the black man was a person. New studies have shown the more pregnancies that are terminated, the higher a woman’s
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cancer risk becomes. In China, where 336 million babies have been aborted, Chinese women are now experiencing an alarming rate of breast cancer. The international cancer journal, “Cancer Causes and Control,” has reported a Chinese study from the Tianjiin Medical University Cancer Hospital which states one abortion raises the risk of breast cancer by 44 per cent, two abortions to 76 per cent and three to 89 per cent. Researchers in India (Indian Journal of Community Medi-
cine) found a six times greater risk of breast cancer among Indian women with a history of abortion. People smoked tobacco for years and ridiculed anyone who suggested that cigarette smoking caused lung cancer. Are we at that stage now in the discussion regarding abortion and breast cancer? The mantra of the Women’s Liberation Movement is “Abortion on Demand,” no discussion. Do you abort a baby if it is a girl and your culture values boys?
Do you abort one twin if you only planned on having one child, not two? Do you abort your baby if it is a minor inconvenience? In her memoir, Charlotte Dawson, a successful Australian model and TV personality, writes that she was coerced by her husband, an Olympic swimmer, to abort their child. He didn’t want the inconvenience of her delivering their baby during the Summer Olympics. She attributed her subsequent depression to this event. She fell into alcohol abuse,
a downward emotional spiral, which ended with her suicide in March. When a woman goes for an abortion is she informed there may be unpleasant physical problems in years to come, maybe breast cancer? The myth that abortion is a minor procedure similar to having a tooth pulled should be re-examined. Abortion has far-reaching implications beyond “stopping a beating heart!” Alan Trenzek Williams Lake
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