====== PBS310Y: Idea Bundling ====== FIXME covered briefly in [[PBS200Y]], what's the more detailed follow up here? - Introduce the concept with a story, e.g. [[https://www.utsfl.ca/2009/07/02/against-idea-bundling-in-the-pro-life-movement-plagal-on-prolife-unity-radio/|PLAGAL and Jesse Brown]] - Explain the difference between Worldview politics and strategic social reform, horizontal versus vertical action (e.g. Humanae Vitae politics) - Types of Idea Bundling to explore - Ethical (bioethics versus sexual ethics, etc) * 2006 Life Chain Press Release * "More Issues" on website menu * Generation Life: "By spreading the message of chastity, we will end abortion at its root cause" - Religious (e.g. Catholics and Protestants, Christians and non-Christians, religious and atheists - theological debates) - Political (e.g. equating "pro-life" with "Conservative" or "Republican") - Balancing Beliefs * No one-denominational cliques * The primary purpose of a club is not to form a prayer group, but to be an activist organization * Accommodation of various identities, big tent (not uniformity, but unity) * Lead by example, set the tone for members, find the right balance - Interesting question: euthanasia and assisted suicide * Explicitly in the mission statement of some pro-life groups (UTSFL, TRTL) but not others (CCBR, WeNeedALaw) * Still a right to life issue - but a very different right to life issue * Our solution: branding, different projects * Still, there's a primary and secondary focus - specialization on end of life issues is needed - Also, major difference between activism/apologetics and analysis or activiation * activism/apologetics: specialized, separated * analysis (e.g. The Culture War, TOB): integrated * activation (e.g. recruitment from churches): collaboration