innocent victims
Letter to the Editor
Everyday in America, statues and memorials are dedicated to veterans, outstanding politicians, peace keepers and educators. Each dedication singles out a person or group of persons and honors them for their life however long or short it was.
Some of these memorials are for victims of wars, hate crimes and lives shortened by everything but choice. One of these such memorials is the statue of Mary dedicated to victims of abortion. A statue created in honor of victims of a choice-less death.
Therefore, the statue dedicated by the Knights of Columbus is not a "trojan horse." It is not being used to house some hidden meaning of beliefs every person who sees it should have.
It is meant to honor those whose lives were shortened by no fault of their own. If mothers who have abortions feel like it's a "violating and shattering experience" then they must have honor for those lives that they have ended prematurely.
Therefore, I can see no mother who would look at a memorial to the children who are no longer with them as a "slap in the face." If they did, then their experience must not have contained the violence that was so vividly described in the Feb. 22 letter "Remove the `Trojan Horse.'"
Wars that are fought have two sides, but often only one is honored in a statue or in an artistic glimpse into the experience. This is the side the Knights of Columbus chose to honor because it gives those children a chance to have a name in this world. A name they deserve.
They are the choice-less victims and those who chose to abort them should and, in my opinion, do, recognize this helplessness.
Gretchen Danysh
junior
Pasquerilla East Hall
February 22, 2001
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