FREEPORT, Illinois, August 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A billboard showing a baby's face and the words "Abortion: The Ultimate Child Abuse" was vandalized in the style of Batman: The Dark Knight villain the Joker.Posted on 08/27/2008 4:09:03 PM PDT by wagglebee
FREEPORT, Illinois, August 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A billboard showing a baby's face and the words "Abortion: The Ultimate Child Abuse" was vandalized in the style of Batman: The Dark Knight villain the Joker.
The baby was made up to look like the arch-villain from the recent batman film, with black spray paint circling the eyes and red duct tape stretched across the mouth in imitation of Joker's signature grotesque smile. Under the pro-life message was spray painted the Joker's famous line from the new movie: "why so serious?"
According to Pro-Life Corner, the duct tape has been removed, but attempts to remove the paint damaged the underlying image. Stephenson County Right to Life, the organization behind the advertisement, will need $400 to replace the sign - a large sum for a small group, says Chris Clukey, the group's spokesperson.
The Joker-themed criminal act is not the first of its type, as other areas have reported similar incidents since the release of the box-office smash hit Batman: The Dark Knight, which features the paint-smeared Joker as the paragon of amoral abandon.
Two weeks ago, the Associated Press reported the arrest of two 18-year-old men in Virginia who scattered terrorist threats on Joker cards.
To donate to Stephenson County Right to Life for a new billboard call 815-815-232-2538, or visit http://prolifecorner.com/?q=support to give via Paypal.
See related LifeSiteNews.com editorial:
Batman The Dark Knight - Should We Fear Imitation of the Joker?
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/aug/08081408.html
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Babykillers are also vandals. Should we be surprised?
Cute. I'd like to see what the people who find this amusing would think of applying the phrase "Why So Serious" to, say, a memorial service for AIDS victims.
+10 points to whoever did this for getting the juxtaposition just right.
-10million points, of course, for being stupid enough not to realize where the line between movies and real life is.
Would it be terrible of me to say that maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing for violence to break out on a massive scale in this country?
The Left is begging for something along those lines.
Americans love life. Especially life for the innocent.
The Anti-Americans love death. Except death for the guilty.
This is easily remedied. Put the sign back up, and assign RTL volunteers to watch the sign every night. Catch the perps and throw ‘em in jail.
Or, alternatively, put up cams. A cheaper alternative, though the capital expense may be high at first.
Another fix: electrify the sign.
That’ll fix the pro-infanticide vandalists.
I saw that movie. My fear, that some will imitate the joker, one of the most eerily evil characters I have ever seen on screen.
Almost diabolical that it begins like this.
Unfortunately for many people, it matters not at all. It doesn't touch their world through any of the senses so it doesn't exist.
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