Buried deep within the bowels of Chasing the Wind are the comments section, where most of the time it seems to be the place where you can disagree with me. Sometimes y’all agree with me, sometimes you don’t.
On a recent post, I made the observation that the view toward abortion has become more commonplace, more cavalier, a lifestyle. I cited a study for the basis of my opinion, and included a partial transcript from an abortion contest on a radio show.
I’m not sure why some think that’s controversial; Planned Parenthood makes millions of dollars off of abortions every year, and the Democrats have a woman’s right to have an abortion in their party platform. If anything, “cavalier” is too mild a word. There are some I see in the news that go beyond that, almost to the point of encouraging women to get abortions. Planned Parenthood needs the dough.
Sean expounded on the need to resist softpedaling; a true anti-politically-correct message that needs the light of day. It cried out for the front page, so here it is:
Call a thing by its name.
Softpeddling the truth is not much good, and allows people to make morally bankrupt decisions – but they feel good about it. “Therapuetic cloning” for example. What a nice way to say it, don’t you agree?
Other examples spring to mind, such as “Freedom of Choice”, “unviable tissue mass”, “Pro-Choice”, “Progressive”, “Reproductive Rights”, “Woman’s Health Issues”.
Why is it that the Inuit have so many names for snow? Because it is important to them. In a similar manner, I think that the Pro-Abortion crowd keep throwing words up on the wall to see if there is a better way to describe the killing of babies, that can make people feel good about their actions – its important to them.
So, now, brand me as a man, right wing wacko, member of the patriachy, gender biased radical sect, and that label allows you to ignore my position. These words are simply straw men.
While I don’t mean to offend, and I support all that we can do to prevent abortions by preventing pregnancies through abstinance, I cannot retreat from the true meaning of the action. Abortion is the murder of children by their parents, it is infanticide. The Western world since pagan times has not allowed this to be seen as morally right. To think otherwise, is simply to fool oneself into a morally unacceptable act.
“What is Truth?” and herein lies the problem. Truth, if it is variable, or able to be twisted and re-defined by cultures, or people (“that’s your truth”) has no value. Meaning, that without the guidance of truth to steer by, you have no moral path, no test of faith upon which to base action, and thereby you accept feelings as a substitute to compunction. That’s a long winded way to say the culture’s equivalent: If it feels good, do it.
Shame, compunction, feeling bad about bad decisions all have served humans well. It is the whispered voice in your heart that we all should listen to. It’s just easier to overlay the voice with platitudes that appeal to our animal nature: BUT WHAT ABOUT MEEEEEEEEE????. The soul, however starves on platitudes. It needs the sunlight of truth in full measure. This, in my simple belief if why the culture accepts this horrible act, and is more concerned with the feelings of those who commit it, than it is with the innocent victims.
Somewhere, we have gone horribly wrong, when wrongs are called right and right things are called wrong. – don’t you agree?
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