Vandals should be praised, thanked
It seems that some valiant Americans decided that comparing George W. Bush to Hitler was a little crass and decided to tear down the posters on the infamous door in Coates. Bush is the president of this republic not a politician that has made a career by engaging in race-baiting anti-Jewish politics like Al Sharpton. But we would not put a Nazi flag behind old Al would we? NO! He is two things in this country that can commit no wrong: a Black and a Democrat.
I took a Women’s Gender Studies class this past intercession. I highly enjoyed the class and even managed to winnow out a few interesting things. The text for the class and the teacher made remarks about what a horrid thing it was that Clarence Thomas was accused of sexual harassment and still was confirmed to the Supreme Court. However, Bill Clinton, a man who has been accused of rape and/or sexual harassment by Juanita Brodrick, Jennifer Flowers, Kathleen Willey etc. etc. was a hero in the WGS class and is a hero to the Left in this country. Ah, the manifest irony!
Now, drawing the most obvious contrast between Bill and Al, i.e. Bill is white and Al is black, it seems that my previous assertion that blacks and Democrats can do no wrong in this country needs to be modified.
Apparently it doesn’t matter whether you are black, white, or zebra; what matters is your party affiliation.
Therefore, George W. Bush, a man who is responsible for removing from power the greatest mass murderer of our time, Saddam Hussein, is a horrible, horrible person. Who cares that Bush and his Coalition of the Willing removed from power a man who, in conservative estimates, is responsible for the death of 2 million people?
Bush is a Republican and deserves to be compared to a Nazi despite being one of the greatest humanitarians of our time.
So to those who were courageous enough to tear down the posters in Coates, I, those who enjoy pointing out hypocrisy and the silent majority at LSU salute you.
Andrew Whitley
junior
philosophy
Abortion should be banned altogether
The bill former President Clinton vetoed twice to ban partial-birth abortions has been passed by Congress and is waiting for President Bush’s signature.
According to an article in the Reveille, a partial-birth abortion is one in which a baby in his or her second or third trimester is “partially delivered” and punctured in the skull so that the baby’s brain can be removed “causing the skull to collapse.” There is an exception incorporated in the bill, which allows the procedure to be performed if the life of the mother is in danger.
It is time that the lives of our unborn children are protected. The passing of this bill is long over due.
The bill, when made a law, will most likely go before the U.S. Supreme Court. Those who are pro-choice will try to say the bill is unconstitutional. I urge everyone to see this bill for what it is, the opportunity to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
Until all forms of abortion are made illegal, it should be mandatory that the decision to terminate be immediate. Carrying a child through its second or third trimester, partially delivering it, then aborting it is murder. At that point, the child is minutes away from entering this world as a living, breathing creature. The child’s life should not be considered more important than the mother’s life, but I agree with Reveille Columnist Jason Doré when he says, “How could it possibly endanger the mother further to finish the induced delivery?”
Nature has its own way of terminating pregnancies that have complications too serious for the baby or the mother to handle. Therefore, abortions should be banned all together.
These women can give their children up for adoption. That child will at least have the opportunity to live a full, happy life, and the couples that can’t have children of their own can have the opportunity to experience the joys of parenthood. Life is a gift. A gift that is often taken for granted. This vote by Congress should be viewed as a step in the right direction, a step towards life.
Casey Colomb
senior
mass communication