they hold high their prized posession At lunch today I was eating my pizza across the street from work (on the lawn of the Ottawa courthouse) when I noticed policemen on motorcycles getting in position at a nearby intersection. When I looked up Elgin Street I saw more flashing lights and police vehicles. At first I thought somebody important was about to drive by in an escorted motorcade or something. But then up near the war memorial you could see the signs and the hordes of people approaching.

Turns out that today was the "10th annual march for life" which is held on the anniversary of the passage of the law that makes abortion legal in Canada. Ottawa being the nation's capital, we get all the mass protests here, apparently. I was pretty amazed at the size of the parade - the people just kept coming and coming. There were priests in uniform, the Knights of Columbus (who knew they had a position on this), and a whole lot of teenagers.

Teenagers!

I know this is a controversial subject but I gotta say that having teenagers pulled out of their Sunday school classes and youth groups and high schools for this event kinda took away from its credibility. How could a child possibly have an informed opinion on a matter such as this?

On a somewhat unrelated note, Devin pointed out that the signs they're using are a clear violation of the Federal Identity Program of Canada, which states that, "The 'Canada' wordmark is the global identifier of the Government of Canada". Are these people suggesting that the government of Canada supports their cause?  | ¶ 11:58 p.m.