Melanie and I watched CSI last night and it was a blatant Hollywood swipe at pro-lifers. The story was about a loony Christian virgin who adopted an IVF embryo and gave birth to him. She died, and in the course of investigating the oh-so-hip-and-cool CSI women show up at the pro-life group that makes the adoptions. Predictably, the pro-lifers were mean, nasty, and ignorant, while the CSIs were intelligent and had all the snappy answers that could not be refuted. Never mind that their supposed historical and theological pro-abortion arguments are the same, old bunk.
Melanie fumed at it because of the misinformation it puts in people’s mind, but I said, “A few years ago, I’d be pretty mad too, but now I know that there are a dozen bloggers rushing to their computers at this moment to write devastating refutations of the illogical and idiotic propaganda foisted on us by the Left Coast elites.
Lo and behold, Gerald Augustinus proves my point. He executes a masterful takedown of CSI’s pro-abortion drivel. After all, why should a “pro-choicer” oppose a woman’s choice to give birth to an unwanted child? How does that have anything to do with a “woman’s right to choose”? Someone should email the CSI writers and producers a clue.
The cultural elites no longer have a monopoly on information flow to the masses. Oh sure, how many people of the massive CSI audience will actually see one of those blogs? Not many. But the tide is shifting and eventually people will get to hear it all, not just the one-sided claptrap disguised as entertainment.
Dear Dom,
I saw that snippet and realized that she just didn’t get that science informs the Church in particular matters. Truth is static, but our understanding grows. Therefore, her logic was quite flawed.
I flipped and saw something else instead of torturing myself.
The various Law & Order shows have also put forth similar “pro-choice” propaganda over the years: pro-choicers=good, enlightened, compassionate! pro-lifers=mean, small-minded, nasty (and usually ugly, to boot).
It was Catherine who made the stupid comments. She is the CSI whose life is most disordered. She consistently makes bad decisions when it comes to men so it’s not surprising she has issues with what to do with the outcome of the union between a man and a woman. She is to be pitied…
From William Donohue and the the Catholic League…
November 4, 2005
CSI TO VIEWERS:
THE REAL CRIME IS RESPECTING LIFE
The Catholic League was bombarded with complaints this morning about ked so strange (lol).
This is the extent to which these crazy pro-abortion people will go. They literally re-arranged my face to make me look mean! (lol)
Umnnnhhhh…CSI is Hollywood.
IN a way, this was a good thing—at least people will ASK the questions which Gerald Augustinus has answered—and armed with his responses, we can win that battle.
…except for those who wish to remain invincibly ignorant, like CSI scriptwriters.