I can't help thinking about this and it worrys and angers me. How did the liberal mindset get so skewed. There is an inherant heart for life and the doing of good. But there is also naivete' and a sort of cynicism that both strips away the foundational structure of charity and attacks and condemns even the attempt to charity. On one hand, life is considered sacred so all people from anywhere deserve an equal part of the common wealth of the world. Indeed, even the most horrid sociopath on death row deserves to not be unduly punished by death. But, on the other hand, the death of an unborn or partially born child may be killed in the name of science or mere convienience. A people must create a set of rules of behavior that they apply to a common group to live by in order to have civilization for those people. What we have today is an idea that the benefits that have risen from that system is somehow to be afforded all people whether they choose to live under those rules or not. This has become so confused that another group can appear saying they believe in a better world where everybody has everything and that it's all for good so the first group thinks if they follow these people it will happen.
"You can't get something for nothing, You can't have freedom for free."
- Something for Nothing - Neil Peart, Rush.
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All born life is precious; no living person should be put to death for any reason. What's wrong with life in prison? We would have plenty of room for prisoners if not for non-violent drug crimes. If they let all the non-violent offenders go and only punished them with fines and community service, the prison system would be doing much better. Studies have shown that the death penalty does not deter violent criminals. The state should not be in the business of taking revenge. It should rehabilitate criminals, and if they can't be rehabilitated, they should be kept in jail.
You happen to draw the line for "life" sometime before birth. I draw it at birth. To me, my body (and every woman's body) is more important than any fetus or unborn anything, period because we are people, not unborn fetuses. We have more rights than something that was never born. It's not a matter of death to a living thing.
We all hold different living things in different value, otherwise we would not eat cows and chickens or step on ants. Fetuses are not people.
You're a man, so you don't have the right to make this kind of decision for me or anyone else. You are entitled to your opinion, but that's it.
There are too many unwanted, abused, and neglected children in the world. We don't need more.
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