February 6, 2009
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Abortion Photos
A woman posted yesterday with the title “Warning: Serial Killer on the Loose.” Here is the link: Link ***Warning: There are photos of an abortion on that site*** Do Not Go There If That Bothers You.
Then another woman wrote a post against what she did. Here is the link: Link ***Warning: She uses the F-word in her post***
What do you find more offensive, the use of the f-word or abortion photos?
Comments (157)
Abortion photos. Hands down.
Abortion
neither, but have seen enough abortion photos and glad people do warn.
Abortion photo.
Being able to hotlink pornography on your site doesn’t really win you the argument.
Abortion photos!
I think I’ve become desensitized to the f-word.
Abortion photos are absolutely horrid, a word hardly measures up
Abortion photos.
I find using swear words to be vulgar and unnecessary and do not allow comments with vulgarity on my blog. when people swear on my blog it is deleted
F word.
Abortion itself is disgusting, selfish, and offensive. Pictures of it are very poignant. I think that people will be much more in control of what they see online than what they hear in conversations around them. I HATE hearing the F-word.
Neither offend me–unless it is lunchtime. The problem with with abortion photos is that they’re unpleasant, not that they’re offensive.
I’m under the impression that such photos do nothing. People getting abortions already know what they look like, and people who like posting abortion photos already know much they enjoy posting abortion photos.
The problem is when it’s lunchtime.
Abortion photos.
The f-word has become so common place that it barely phases me now.
Abortion photos. If I had just miscarried my baby and saw that it could tear me to pieces. Just in general, to me, an aborted baby is offensive.
I don’t cuss, so, I find the “f-word” offensive, as well. All around, I just find cussing pointless, BUT, I’m not going to have nightmares or tears shed because of it.
it’s not like she was just posting the abortion photos up, there’s a reason why she did. and i think the photos prove her point.
and can everyone just stop fighting on xanga? it’s ridiculous.
the abortion photo.
Abortion photos can be poignant. Some people don’t like to be confronted with the harsh reality of “choice”. I don’t like being confronted with it, and I’m anti-abortion. But they have a place.
The F-word can be used to make a point too, but it’s so overused that it’s pretty much pointless any more. All it accomplishes is to make the person who said it look small-minded.
I don’t think abortion photos are OFFENSIVE… but I don’t want to look at them. The f-bomb is part of my daily vocab unfortunately, and I do think it was screwed up of the woman to post the pictures.
I don’t care for cursing and I really don’t want to see pics of dead bodies no matter how they died…. but neither thing actually offends me. I will support others right to post what they like and I will just avoid what I can’t handle……..~Echo
Abortion
Abortion
Neither.
@NightCometh - Well said. : ) Ditto, pretty much.
We SHOULD be offended by the abortion photo. Anyone who isn’t well….. I would question their heart….
It is a shocking practice and the photos bring home the reality of it.
Is that what people are really objecting to…. the reality of it?
We want to make it all clinical and nice, and disassociate ourselves from it…. but it is what it is, you can’t pretty that up.
I don’t think the abortion photo was offensive, just disturbing.
And I don’t like the f-word.
I had many friends who have dropped the f-bomb at some time or another so I’m desensitized to that. I personally cannot bear looking at abortion photos. I agree with a person’s freedom of choice but could never go through an abortion myself.
I don’t like the f word.
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Neither offends me.
See Dan, there you go again… always the provocateur, eh?
call me what you want but i dont find either offensive. i hear the F word alot and see things that arent “attractive” all the time. its just part of life. thats life, i deal with it
Abortion photos, I’d rather not see them. I think I hear the f word so much it hardly bothers me anymore.
I say fuck a lot.
I’ve had an abortion, as well.
But that doesn’t mean I wanna see pictures of it. And if I do, I know where to find them.
Neither.
What a question…
Who gives a f about the f-word these days? Really? I would rather hear and see the f-word than to have to ever see a picture like that again. That picture broke my heart. Now I’m not saying I’m for abortion, I could never do that. In some cases it is warranted. And I do get annoyed by overuse of the f-word. I get the point of both posts. I can’t really choose who is right or wrong. Though I must say I really feel sick to my stomach right now.
Abortions for all!
Papillon_mom’s post makes me want to go get pregnant and get an abortion right now.
Seriously.
Abortion photos. I use “FUCK” myself. Not for malicious intent. I love using colorful language in times of distress caused by my lack of coordination.
the f word doesnt bother me.I feel that people that curse are ignorant and have a small vocabulary(especially those that use it in excessively ). The abortion photos are nothing. Try watching a silent scream and see if that bothers you. I dont know anyone who has watched it and not had some type of emotion come from it. I do not agree with abortion. It is MURDER!!
you can find the silent scream at www. silentscream.org
so parts are long but the ultrasound video of the actual abortion procedure is the part that shows the fetus pushing away from the vacuum and you can see its mouth open as it could very well be screaming.
I don’t use the f-word, but I’ve never taken a photo of an abortion either.
Abortion photos.
@TakingxOverxMe - Hahahaha, that made me laugh.
@TakingxOverxMe - Huh?
Neither really bothered me that much. You can see as disturbing images on tv all the time and I tend to hear the “f” word just about every day. Hard to phase me with stuff like that.
Definitely abortion photos, but with a purpose. It isn’t always a bad thing to be offended, and I would say that both abortion photos and the f-word have their place.
The abortion photos. People have a right to post them, but I’m appreciative that there’s a warning because as a Pregnant woman, I don’t think I could bare to see such photos.
Hahaha, I pwned that post. I’m awesome and hilarious.
I don’t really find either of the two offensive.
Anyway, it’s their own blogs… they can post what they want. She did have a warning about the photo, plus it’s not like she was posting ‘em just for shits and giggles.
Honestly…NEITHER of those offend me.
Those “abortion photos” are usually photoshopped, anyway.
Besides, most people don’t know enough about developmental anatomy to know that the zygote in that “photo” only looks “bloody” because at that stage of development, it doesn’t have what we would define as “skin”.
I already told her what I thought.
i’m not a huge fan of the abortion blog. urgh.
@randomneuralfirings - Abortion photos can be poignant. Some people don’t like to be confronted with the harsh reality of “choice”. I don’t like being confronted with it, and I’m anti-abortion. But they have a place.
The tactic definately has a palce. It causes pause and reconsideration of people’s idea on abortion. It is a serious topic after all.
But it’s really lame when pro-lifer’s aggresively peddle their pornography and offering it itself as an argument. The nastiness of an aborted fetus contributes nothing to answering the moral question.
@wherever_we_go - Right on Ria!
I personally find that abortion is an offensive vile act, definitely more so than the F-Bomb. In my line of work the F-bomb is used everyday. Abortion on the other hand is (to me) apalling. I find it sick that the liberal facists who advocate for civil rights and humanitarism, shun the life of an unborn child and feel that someone else should choose whether or not it lives or dies. Pro choice? What choice would that child want? I should think it would want to live. But then again maybe pictures of abortion should be shown so that people will realize the brutal, barbaic way unborn children are disposed of in this country.
Neither. Besides I knew what I was getting into in both cases. Did the first post originally not come with a warning? The blurb I first saw made it pretty clear that there would be graphic material. If people find the picture repulsive, I can understand that. But to be surprised by the content? I don’t get that.
@huginn - I agree. It’s pornography. I see photos of actual dead people all the time–people who die of voilent deaths, and I still found it disgusting. You said it well and I don’t need to say it again.
If I do not like something I leave the site , not take offense.
Abortion pictures. PM had great intentions and all but there are more tasteful ways to get the point across, thank you.
The abortion photos, obviously. It’s a lot easier to get offended by something you don’t see or hear every single fucking day.
Then again, this -is- the internet.
I didnt find these two posts offensive… but that’s besides the question I guess. But in the end, these are personal blogs made available to the general public. It’s still their blogs, offensive or not, I think it’s their right to write what they want? *shrugs*
those photos…absolutely.
I find the fact that people (adults) find the need to scold people for putting up offensive material. Grow up and be appreciate of the ability to say what you want to say – that’s my advice.
Neither. People who over use curse words are usually people I ignore. I cuss like a sailor on occasion, but if f word (I really just have the urge to spell it out<33) is used with every other word in your sentence than you don’t seem to bright.
Abortion photos are just that. Abortion photos. Yeah they’re sad and disgusting. But it’s a reality of what happens. Whether you’re prolife or prochoice, that’s still the way they remove the fetus. Just deal with it. If you don’t like it, avoid looking.
Honestly I was way more grossed out by that picture you posted of that poor lady with neurofibroma, rather than the pictures of aborted babies.
abortion photos, by far.
I have decided that people on Xanga need a life off of Xanga.
That’s my opinion of all of this.
Well I guess you already know that abortion photos don’t offend me. : )
The photo’s. Although I’m not offended by it, or the swearing for that matter (I’d be a hypocrite if I was), it’s just disgusting that it was posted. We don’t need that on Xanga. That picture should have been censored. Hand’s down.
I am desensitized to both. I worked at an abortion clinic and have witnessed many abortions, and I have used and heard the F word so many times, I really don’t care.
I don’t find either of them offensive.
abortion photos.
i don’t like the use of the f-word, but i’ve become numb to it.
Abortion photos.
The photos.
I honestly don’t know what to say. I understand the use of harsh language in regards to the shock and disturbance seeing that photo might have caused.
I wonder who goes looking for abortion photos? Personally, I choose life – I would never want to go searching for an abortion photograph. Why even photograph it? The mothers who chose to have it don’t need to be reminded – Just because it’s “choice” doesn’t mean they are happy about it – why should anyone shove it in another woman’s face, or a man’s for that matter, because often they have less say in the matter, but it might affect them just as much!
I must say neither of them offended me. I have seen tons of photos on the internet and can believe that a ton of the photos that are posted up are probably fake, so unless that lady went into a doctor’s office where someone had an abortion and took that photo herself, whose to say that is really a photo of an aborted fetus?
I believe that women should have freedom of choice. I had a scare a little over a month ago, that I might be pregnant, and was going to get it aborted if it was true. I took an at-home pregnancy test, it said positive. I went to the doctor and the results came back negative, so I was rather lucky to not have to go through it because I can imagine it is probably something hard to live with, but we are just not prepared for a baby right now. And yes we were using birth control. We have a two-year-old son right now and do not wish to have any more kids.
neither are offensive.
Abortion photos, no doubt. *shudders*
Abortion photos are way more offensive. In our current culture, explicit words such as “fuck” are becoming more common…people are becoming desensitized to them… On the other hand, however, no one will ever be desensitized to the image of a dead fetus, ever…
Abortion photo’s. That’s pretty sick. Swearing just doesnt seem like a big deal anymore.
the photo’s, but at least it painted a more realistic picture. abortion’s more than merely wrong – it’s a sign of what we’ve become.
Neither.
So..
Fuck this, i’m getting an abortion.
(I Kid, I kid^)
But srsly. Neither should offend anyone unless:
a.) You’re christian
b.)You’re a failed abortion.
c.)Someone cursed you out.
d.)Someone cursed you out because you’re christian/not christian.
e.)Someone cursed you out because you were a failed abortion.
etc;
(:
Neither of them? I swear and joke about dead babies all the time…sometimes I even combine the two.
Like, how many dead babies does it take to paint a wall?
Depends on how fucking hard you throw them…
abortion photos..was distrubing..wasn’t offensive like that other lady..maybe she’s too sensitive.
why should either be offensive?
I would have to say the f-bomb is more offensive (not that it offends me, but just between the two choices…), because it is unnecessary. Expletives can be used, of course, in the same capacity as the pictures, to prove the person’s point, BUT. Swearing is tasteless when trying to make a point, whereas although the pictures are probably disturbing (I’m not going to look at them) they actually are an effective way to drive the point home to readers/viewers.
Offensive in the sense as you use it for the f-word doesn’t strike me as appropriate to use when talking about abortion photos. Different kind of offense, methinks.
God, I write everything like it’s an essay now. Forgive me, people of the Interwebs.
@ohGEEitsMANDI - Lol!
I dont think those two even compare…
what kind of question is this? “picture worth a thousand words” just one f-word is almost innocuous. however, the abortion picture is much more powerful a tool as it leaves a mental imagery in us…
Neither shocks me or offends me. More important crap to deal with.
In my opinion, abortion photos are far beyond offinsive yet pales next to the act of abortion itself. The f*** word vrs. abortion photos? Is he kidding
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I applaud papillon_mom for OFFENDING people. It’s about time people started being offended. I’m certain God is offended by abortion. How about the aborted, torn apart fetus? I imagine he/she would be offended as well if he/she had a voice in the matter. I’m offended as are millions of others in the United States who view abortion as murder.
I don’t think abortion photos are offensive, but they sure aren’t something I would LIKE to look at. I hear the f word pretty much every day in some form, so I think I’ve become desensitized to that. So if I HAD to pick, despite the fact that I’m offended by neither, I would pick the photos. They are quite gruesome. Most people can’t handle it. And as a woman who had a miscarriage at around the same gestational age as the photo on the first site, that was something difficult for me to look at.
It shouldn’t matter. If you have to rely on either to make your point, you’re probably an idiot.
(Hypocrisy Notice: I say fuck a whole lot. And I’ve had like thirty abortions, all on film. Just sayin’)
I don’t come to Xanga often enough anymore… all the drama I’m missing….
neither
the abortion photo BROKE MY HEART. i dont think i will ever forget it. this question was not even a question. (that photo or the f word??)
@KQforever - amen to you sir.
abortion photos. Pathos and the use of other logical fallacies is irritating and, in this case, disturbing.
Definitely the F word.
The picture of the aborted baby is the truth, and the truth needs to be shown. If I were to say the Holocaust was horrible, and someone didn’t believe me, should I not show them the pictures of the bodies stacked like firewood, and the pictures of the emaciated men, women, and children?
@entendezmavoix - Pathos is not a logical fallacy. Appeal to pity is a logical fallacy, but the use of emotion in presentation is not.
@Undercover_Librarian - are you sure? In my AP Lit class we learned…ooh, wait. Nope, you’re totally right. haha, my brain died. Oh well, what’s the internet for if not to make a fool of yourself to a much broader spectrum of people then was once physically possible?
@seedsower - wise words. Something I have learned the hard way.
Neither really affects me. The picture of the aborted fetus isn’t that bad…to me at least. I’m Pro-Choice and have used the F-word many a time so I can’t say either one was offensive.
abortion photo., but also the f word
@logicalemu - lol What’s worse than 10 dead babies in one garbage can? One dead baby in 10 garbage cans. You brought back a lot of memories of me and my friends telling dead baby jokes…..how morbid….
Oh how cute, PapillonMom blocked me even before writing what I’m sure was a ludicrous attack on choice.
Abortion photos, because they’re used as propaganda.
The f-word doesn’t bother me; I use it all the time.
well for me the first thing i wanted to say was abortion is not offensive its digusting and horrid..which is offensive to me so never mind
but thef-word is useless so..abortion
I think people don’t want to see abortion photos because they don’t want to face the truth about this abhorrent practice. It is an “out of sight, out of mind” thing. If they don’t see the photos and know the reality, then it is an ok practice that each woman should be allowed to choose to do or not to do. I wonder how many people would be for it if they had to participate in it. Sort of shines a different light on it, don’t you think?
abortion photo. although i think they’re both overblowing things.
Both are horrible to read or look at.
thank goodness so many people find abortion photos so offensive…now maybe they’ll pull their heads out of the sand and find abortions offensive.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-170722
OBVIOUSLY the abortion photos are more offensive than the f-word, I’m pro-choice, and have nothing against anyone who may have gotten an abortion, but the fact that someone would actually post pictures of one, is pretty messed up.
There seems to be some ambiguity when one merely makes the statement is made “I am offended by the abortion photos.”
This may take on two distinct [though not necessarily necessarily mutually exclusive meanings]:
1. I find the abortion photos disturbing.
2. I am offended that someone posted these abortion photos.
One may experience situation 1 and have a situation 2 reaction. Or one may experience situation 1 and actually be glad that the photos have been posted as they expose the horrors of abortion. [And I suppose one could experience many other things including no reaction at all].
I find the use of abortion photos to be more offensive.
Then again, if we were to be spammed with abortion pictures on tv, newspapers and the internet on a constant basis, I think we would become immune to those too.
Of course, there will always be exceptions to either one, as there are people who get offended by cursing, there will always be people who get offended by abortion pictures. That’s what I think at least.
Abortion photos.
The abortion photos are more offensive, and seems to me are displayed by a sick mind.
My point was all along…that there should have been “graphic PIC of aborted fetus” . It was offensive. For all the women out there who have lost children, we deserved a warning that was crystal clear
The f-word is overused but I don’t see what’s wrong with it. It’s just a word. A four-lette lovely word. We’re the ones who attach a negative meaning to it.
But neither bother me although I wondered why the picture showed a fetus with a random quarter…
I don’t find either one offensive. The abortion picture was disturbing and I rather not see.
You know if you take the context out of the article a bunch of people posting
ABORTION PHOTOS!
Is hilarious.
ABORTION PHOTOS!
If the F bomb is dropped more than once I find it offensive, I mean I would prefer that it not be used as all, on a blog (it looks a little immature). I think the abortion photos give people real insight to what is actually going on. It’s one thing to talk and argue about it but it’s another thing to actually see the results of it and to see why people are so split on this subject.
Neither, though if I must chose, the abortion photos.
F word is immature.
Abortion photos are disturbing.
Both are offensive and shouldn’t be displayed on xanga.
I drop the f bomb quite often in my blogs. It’s a bad way to express yourself so often, however. It’s something I am trying to get out of to show that my writing is a bit more than an expletive every other sentence. But it is nothing new. People cuss. I would be more bothered by the graphic nature of the abortion photos. I hate being suprised by those or being unknowingly linked to them. And a lot of the time when the debate comes up, someone has to post them. (Not always, though.) On that same note, we can’t run around silencing these people when they’ve got free speech on their side. As much as I’d like to grind my teeth over the way people take that and run with it, both posters have a right to speak their mind.
Personally, it bothers me when anti-abortionists have to get so radical and so…well…outspoken to prove their points to try and show people how wrong they are or whatever. It seems like they’re so quick to judge what another person does with their body and that’s the thing that pisses me off. Whether it’s because the mother could get very ill or if it’s a personal decision, it seems like the same “it’s murder!!” argument every time. I try not to entertain those blogs because no one really knows what it’s like to walk a mile in that woman’s shoes.
But on the other hand, there ARE people who are against it who won’t get all up in your face. So I can’t say everyone who is anti-abortion is a wild radical. They can disagree without all the insanity.
I guess the photos brought the point home where that blogger’s writing could not, though. Hmm.
I see nightmares in my future (after seeing that photo).
I am personally desensitized to both, having been exposed to those kind of pictures since I was a child….my own morbid curiosity’s fault, and no one else’s. And the F word….its everywhere. Doesn’t bother me unless used just for the sake of saying it.
This depends on what you mean– I feel like some people are taking the question different.
1-Abortion itself is more offensive to me than someone saying the f-word.
2-Abortion photos, while incredibly graphic and disgusting, are less offensive to me than saying the f-word
I read and hear the F-word all the time… personally the abortion picture is a lot more disturbing to me.
I’m not strictly “offended” by either one.
The word is just a word; if the photos were factual then they are just fact. If they were inflammatory, then they were tantamount to lies and THAT I would find offensive,
The truth doesn’t bother me. Langauge doesn’t offend me.
I am a grown-up like that.
photos are ok, good to see. F word is a reality; small doses can be taken. Don’t like it, but we do have freedom. Prefer freedom
Abortion photos are worse
Abortion in general. Saying a curse word isn’t taking the life of an innocent human being.
I find it funny that more people aren’t offended by both.
Neither one of them bother me.
People like to express themselves with curse words, who cares? Abortion is a solution to a person’s immediate problem. Who cares?
It’s not like women intentionally get themselves pregnant and abort the fetus and repeat the process over and over again just for fun?
abortion photos are inappropriate
if you are actually offended by the word fuck in 2009 you obviously are extremely sheltered. beyond racist words i really don’t think people should act is if the world is going to end…
the abortion photos didn’t bother me, it was the rabid propagandist nature of that post that did.
Fuck this shit.
the abortion photo.
WHY WOULD YOU EVEN PUT THAT UP?
Clint Eastwood is right! We DO live in a p*ssy generation LMFAO!
And NONE. I have a strong stomach.
Abortion photos. A single word can never be quite as graphic or mind altering as a single photograph.
@kattshorty - Yeah…I also agree that people should be allowed to kill their children if they want to. It’s their right to choose isn’t it?? Why stop when they are still in the womb??
@rora1286 - Well I guess we agree to disagree then. I know someone who had no choice but to choose abortion due to a condition she had. Had she let the pregnancy go full term she would have most likely died and it would have been uncertain if the baby would have survived. So I have my reasons for being prochoice.
I find the whole response to be offensive.
The original poster gave a simple ’Warning: Contains graphic material, pertaining to abortion”. The fact that she did not say she was posting pictures of unborn/mutilated babies is not her obiligation. She gave a Warning… kinda goes with the saying, curiosity killed the cat, but in this case, curiosity pissed the cat off.
F-word, definitely. I don’t like to look at abortion photos, but at least people posting them are doing something that they believe is vastly important. Using the f-word is just an indicator that the person lacks the vocabulary to express himself/herself in an intelligent way.
abortion photos ><
The F word is too common these days, I say aborted photos.
i do not find abortion photos to be offensive. disturbing, perhaps, but not offensive. the F-word, however, is MEANT to be insulting ( even though i, personally, can’t be too offended by a mere combination of letters that form a [ fairly humorous ] sound ). so, when i think of the two, i would have to say that the F-word is more offensive … because that’s it’s job: to offend people.
Abortion photos.
It wouldn’t be offensive if it was the right people getting aborted.
i agree with what the blogger said in her post… i dont know anyone who WOULDN’T use the f-word if they saw that
I think she was just giving a reality check. The photo is simply a wake up call!
I don’t find neither offensive, however the tactics that the post using the abortion photo used are disgusting.
I think either is in appropriate.
First of all if that were directed towards me, my lawyer would serve her so fast her head would spin. At the very least that is a misdemenor.
I understand people are pro life and such- but judge not lest ye be judged so saith the lord!
all humanity carries sin on their hands and it would be amazing if people could actually just focus on their problems and their life and keep their opinions out of peoples wombs.
@RaVnR - very nice comment! high 5
Photos speak louder than words.
F word
Photos.
Hands down.
I don’t like the f-word at all.
AT ALL
But, even if the point was to try to stop future abortions, those photos are far too graphic for someone to share, even if there is a warning.
@randomneuralfirings - EXCELLENT POST. RIGHT TO THE “F”ing POINT!
@cognoscere9 - THE “fOCUS” as you say, is on the Life with in the womb, and protection of God’s gift. Are you really that simple, or just a Liar?