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York University Student Union not playing by the rules

Tyler Handley - June 3rd, 2008 in News 0 votes Vote Up! Vote Down!

“The York University student council has voted in favour of a motion to ban funding to anti-abortion groups on campus. The controversial decision means that groups promoting anti-abortion ideas will not be reimbursed by the student union but will still be allowed to operate on campus, said Gilary Massa, vice-president external of the York Federation of Student.” – Toronto Star

In the National Post story the Vice-President of the Federation of Students at York claims that cutting funding to anti-abortion groups is not a free-speech issue. She’s not even wrong. Anytime you inhibit ones ability to express their opinion it is a free-speech issue. Instead of cutting funding you should be out debating the topic in the marketplace of ideas.

Mind you, anti-abortion groups do have a history of spewing rhetoric and strawman-ing the shit out of pro-life arguments. Arguing pro-lifers is often like arguing creationists (from what I’ve seen): they just don’t play by the rules. Or better yet, it’s like playing chess with a pigeon; they knock all the pieces over, shit on the board, fly away, and claim victory. Now the pro-choicers have broken the rules, and it is not commendable. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

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