By most standards, when people stand up for what they believe in it’s looked upon as being noble or courageous. But when that viewpoint is an unpopular one, we look at it as a crime.
On Oct. 3 at Carleton University in Ottawa, pro-life students attempted to encourage dialogue on the subject of abortion by placing billboard-sized displays of the Genocide Awareness Project.
This project shows images of aborted fetuses along with scenes of the Holocaust.
This prompted officials at Carleton University to have four students arrested and charged with trespassing.
I find it embarrassing when an institute that prides itself as being knowledge-building denies students the opportunity to discuss and learn about a particular subject.
It wasn’t as though the demonstrations were violent or aggressive; it was done peacefully.
I understand the displays are graphic in nature and are not easy to look at; however, abortion is legal in Canada, so why aren’t we allowed to see images of it?
We don’t arrest someone for having an abortion, but we arrest them for showing us what an abortion looks like?