Thursday, March 31, 2005
Hypothetical Trumps
I had resolved not to mention this particular matter on the blog because so many others already have. But I came across this piece that is the best I've encountered. Civilization Watch - March 20, 2005 - Whose Life Is Worth Living? - The Ornery American: "Why do we let the hypothetical trump the real?
We do it with our current abortion law: In order to save hypothetical women who might die from illegal back-alley abortions, we allow the killing of millions of separate human organisms for no better reason than their erstwhile parents' convenience.
Likewise, because Terry Schiavo might hypothetically prefer death to her current state, we seem poised to allow the very real woman to be starved to death despite the desperate concern of her family who want her to be kept alive.
It is death that trumps life in this twisted, sick, upside down version of America we live in now.
Thus evil wins over and corrupts a whole society, because by our silence or inaction, our selfishness or laziness, we conspire in the slaughter of the innocents. "
Go read the whole article.
We do it with our current abortion law: In order to save hypothetical women who might die from illegal back-alley abortions, we allow the killing of millions of separate human organisms for no better reason than their erstwhile parents' convenience.
Likewise, because Terry Schiavo might hypothetically prefer death to her current state, we seem poised to allow the very real woman to be starved to death despite the desperate concern of her family who want her to be kept alive.
It is death that trumps life in this twisted, sick, upside down version of America we live in now.
Thus evil wins over and corrupts a whole society, because by our silence or inaction, our selfishness or laziness, we conspire in the slaughter of the innocents. "
Go read the whole article.
// posted by Zerin Hood @ 4:18 PM 
