So north of Austin on I-35 there are some billboards put up by Prolife Across America. They are, you guessed it, pro-life. It's one thing to advocate your message like any other group, but you cross a line when you stick up a baby on the billboard and say:
I GOT MY "GENES" AT CONCEPTION!
I quote the billboard verbatim. Including the quote marks. Now, why on earth, if they really meant what they're talking about, would they put the word "GENES" in quotes? It would be one thing if the group were to essentially say: "Look. Genetics. Very well understood scientific fact, right? Well hey, your baby you're thinkin' of killin? He's already got your genes. Think about that."
Well, our lovely pro-life friends don't quite do that. Instead, they block off "GENES" as if it's some kind of joke. Yeah, I'm really pretty sure those quotation marks are in direct mockery of the science of genetics. In fact, that billboard is even mocking you, O silly plebeian genetics-believer. The billboard, by my careful interpretation, is saying, "HEY! You and your "GENES" talk aren't welcome here! Look at the baby over there! Feel sorry for his harmless self! DON'T YOU DARE THINK OF KILLING HIM, OR WE'LL SEND YOU TO HELL."
Kind of like how in the wake of the Bush administration, half the country doesn't believe in global warming anymore. But I digress.
The real point of this is that history always looks sour in retrospect upon the people who worked against the progress of science. If there were a movie made about Copernicus, Galileo, Darwin.. oh wait, there have been movies about Darwin, and the guy who's against the scientific reasoning is always the bad guy, and he always loses.
So pro-lifers, contemplate this one little point. Do you accept that when the movie is made about your kind, you'll be the bad guy?