Abortion is not murder. To have children is, and worse. [Response: That would be true if you assume life isn’t worth living, which unfortunately sometimes I agree with]

I’m sorry one of you sometimes think life isn’t worth living, and I’m also sorry one of you thinks having children is akin to murder, because you were a child once. (We all were.) I hope you’re both able to find people to talk to when you find yourself sliding into those feelings. If friends or family aren’t available, or you don’t feel comfortable having that conversation with them, you can always talk to someone confidentially at BC Counseling Services (bit.ly/BC-counseling).

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.