The abortion plane’s mixed message
On Nov. 16 and again Nov. 17, a small plane towing a banner circled for hours above Lynchburg. According to The News & Advance, the sponsor was an anti-abortion group.
The airplane seems a strange way to communicate what, I am sure, was intended to be a message of support for those not yet born. If members of that group truly care about the unborn of this and future generations, about the women who carry them and about the communities in which children will be nurtured, they might refrain from such excessive use of precious petroleum resources and such gratuitous pollution of the atmosphere.
In the same way, Liberty University, whose logo was featured in your photo of the plane, might consider more deeply how it communicates its priorities.
Surely, clear-cutting trees — the “green lungs” of our planet, whether in the Amazon Basin or in Central Virginia — to create a huge self-advertisement and plastic slopes for entertainment does nothing to ensure or enrich a healthy future for the unborn whose cause they appear to espouse with such passion.
It is important to remember that just as the healthy development of a baby depends on the health of its mother and the healthy development of a child depends on the health of its community, so the health of all humans — and of our cultures and our economies — depends on the health of the planet, including air, soil, water and other species.
We all might consider whether the ways we choose to communicate are consistent with the beliefs we wish to convey.
MARGERY KNOTT
Arrington
He jests, right?
As a lover of satire, I must express great admiration for J.J. Carrington’s Nov. 17 letter characterizing Liberty University and the Falwells as creators of a sophisticated and evil “Machine” run by “bosses” and supported by “torture,” endangering everything from downtown revitalization to democratic elections, from city boards to employee tenure and progress in general.
As a parody of the recent deluge of hysterical anti-Liberty University letters, Carrington’s letter reads like something right off the pages of The Onion. Surely, J.J. jests.
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR
Amherst
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