Yes, we can.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

This graphic approach was very common back in the 80s, and I never saw anyone respond to it in any way except to feel contempt for those who put up the display. It's not an approach that changes people's minds. (
and apparently, these trucks will also feature images of the Holocaust, lynchings, and 9/11. Won't the children be delighted! Won't parents have a fine time getting them to sleep that night.)

I gotta agree with JWB. Disgusting, not to mention stupid. (I imagine even the more thoughtful among "right=to=life" supporters will hate this just as much.)

I can't say I'm against the approach, although it's a tricky question as to how much "reality" people should be exposed to that might distract them from the higher principles being served. For example, people protested when the Bush administration would not allow photos of flag draped coffins of soldiers coming home. If abortion photos are not relevant to the discussion, are images of the horrors of war, nuclear weapons, etc. relevant to the decision to engage in such conduct, or should we avoid them because we've already reasoned that the ends justify the means and we don't want the emotional impact of the means to distract us from the ends?

I'm also not sure that such displays can't have an impact on people. There are people who go around inner city schools trying to teach the kids the reality of gun violence, i.e., you think it's cool being shot? Look at these kids in the hospital and how messed up they are. And so on.