November 4, 2009
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Opinions: Abortion and Death Penalty
I have opinions, but I have learnt not to express them. I could write my view on abortion. But what would be the point? Those who agree with me would comment to say ‘I completely agree!’ and those who don’t agree with me would comment with a very long explanation about why I am wrong. How many people are likely to read what I have to say and change their point of view? None. Just like I haven’t changed my own view even after reading countless posts about the situation.
In the words of Morrisey ‘there’s so much destruction all over the world, but all you can do is complain about me’
People like to complain, they like to loudly voice their opinions and wave signs around, but how many people are actually helping to solve the problem? How many of you are out there teaching teenagers to practice safe sex? And how many of you are hiding under your ‘they should wait till marriage!’ blankets. Yes, perhaps they should, but most of them won’t. You can bleat all you like about Christianity, The Bible, God, and abstinence and all the while they will be out there having sex, getting pregnant and sometimes having abortions. So don’t stand there and say you are Pro-Life when you think that an abortionist deserved to be shot, and that no one should do anything to actually prevent people needing abortions in the first place. You don’t care about those babies anymore then the abortionist did. Or are you planning to bring them all up? Are YOU going to give them a loving, caring home? Are YOU going to help those mothers out, help them to provide for their child? All 40,000 of them? Unless someone comes up with a plan to help that many babies then something needs to be done to educate the people getting pregnant in the first place. Before it happens. And don’t you dare take what I said and twist it round to imply that I stated that I think we should kill all those babies because we can’t provide for them. That’s not what I said and you know it.
The same goes for the death penalty. How dare you all sit there and say that someone deserves to die just because no one bothered to step in before that person’s life got to that point. And then say all those babies should be born to people who can’t care for them and thus likely become the people that you are claiming should be killed for their sins. Is it really OK for us to casually watch people around us get twisted more and more until they think that it is a good idea to go around killing or raping people? And then to stand back and do nothing but judge? What happened to caring, what happened to helping? If people bothered to pay more attention to the early years of everyone’s life then less people would have unwanted pregnancies and less people would become criminals. Then guess what? Less people would ‘need’ abortions and less people would ‘need’ the death penalty.
But that’s too much like hard work. So lets all sit back and watch it all happen. And then judge. It’s easier that way.
It looks like I did express my opinion after all.
And that’s your cue to either say ‘I completely agree!’ or ‘you are wrong and this is why…..’
Comments (25)
Yup. I’ll drink to that.
I’m neither pro-life or pro-choice; I’m divided on the issue. I think that comprehensive sex education is important, along with private charities for single moms and caring people that will lend single mothers a hand. Having to take care of a baby is hard enough even without all the condemnation.
Oh, and birth control is real good too.
I love you. As far as the death penalty goes, I’ve never read an intelligent person talk about why it should be legal. Whilst you’ve got essays and novels and exceptional oratory by the likes of Hugo and Wilde and Shakespeare and Gandhi against it! ;D
@TheL0ki - I love you too, but not in a gay way. Or like a lovey dovey way. And surely you realise the death penalty should be legal because some people like REALLY hate some people?
opinions are good to express. they open up conversations.
I completely agree.
You don’t care about those babies anymore then the abortionist did.
That’s just a dumb statement. That’s like saying that someone doesn’t care about all the starving babies in the world because they don’t send money to feed them.
It looks like I did express my opinion after all.
That’s right. You have the right to your opinion as do those that believe abortion is the murder of an innocent baby.
In a perfect world, I would support the death penalty, since it would only put to death those that will never contribute to society and, more importantly, will seek to destroy others. However, this is not a perfect world and study after study has shown that the way it is enacted in the U.S. is severely flawed, with an inequality based on both race and social standing. Therefore, I can’t support the death penalty, even though I used to.
As for abortion, I believe in the freedom of choice. Do I want more abortions, not in the least, most people that support choice don’t. But that option needs to be there. And if you don’t like them, don’t have one. Simple
I completely agree!! =P but I really do. I love your perspective.
I agree
I think it’s a good thing to read material on opinions opposite of your own. It helps you to think and grow. That’s why when I pick up a book on one political hot button, another with the opposite opinion soon follows. Sometimes I get super mad when I read the ‘garbage’ of the other side. And, my opinion on abortion changed because of it. Go figure. ♥
I completely agree
But I used to think very conservative when I was a kid, my opinions changed as I learnt more/ grew up.
I am of the opinion that pro-life inevitably produces a quantity-of-human-life way of living, no matter their intentions. And with people starving, our enormous eco-footprints, deforestation, etc., living for quantity-of-human-life is, in my view, 1000% ridiculous.
Frankly, you seem to view children and humans in general as mere animals, unable to master their instincts. I give kids and people in general a lot more credit than that. Teaching “safe sex” is based on a mistaken belief that simply teaching children that condom use can protect them from danger during sex equates to children abstaining from sex when a condom is not available or undersired. It assumes the ability of a person to overcome their instinct to have sex, but only under certain circumstances. Once that rubber shows up, I guess their control goees right back out the window, huh?
“Safe sex” education certainly does teach abstinence under certain circumstances, yet it’s supporters claim it is superior to “abstinence only” teaching because humans are not able to overcome their instinct to have sex! How does that make sense? In order for that to be logical, we would have to assume and accept that children and humans in general will be able to overcome their animal instincts when condoms are not available, and if they can do that, why is abstinence only such a bad idea?
After all, what is it that makes humans different from other animals? Isn’t the ability to exercise control over their instincts at least a part of it? Why would we not want to cultivate and nurture that aspect of our childrens’ humanity rather than extinguish it?
I’m pro-choice yet anti-capital punishment, and I don’t see any contradiction in being so.
@Axis_of_Doom - I’m meh about the whole thing too. Sitting on the fence.
@happyworld_ofharibo -
I agree with you! (I just became one of those commenters! [sp] LOL ) But yes. You said it probably the way I would have tried to say it but would have come out looking like an idiot!
*Sighs*
WOW! that is my opinion of all of that.
i totally agree with you on that one! i couldnt of said it any better than that
@mellibella - Is that a bad wow, or a good wow or an indifferent wow?
@happyworld_ofharibo - just wow.
@mellibella - Lol but now I want to know the meaning behind the wow!
I do agree..but I think it’s good to express your opinions. People do change their opinions as they learn more and grow up.
I completely agree with you on all counts, but you already knew that lol.
On a related note, I was thinking the other day that it really is essential to teach about various methods of contraception in addition to abstinence because even if a couple waits until marriage to have sex, what are they supposed to do when they finally are married but are really not ready to have children? Or really only want a very small number of children? They need to know how to protect themselves in order to have some control over that. Nobody ever taught me about contraception (damn Catholic schools) so I had to do research and teach myself. Even my mother never taught me anything, yet she continuously tells me not to have children until i’m ready. she just assumes I know how to take care of that (which I do, since I’ve done my research). People only think about the present, and assume that teaching kids about such things will only make them want to have sex (which some will do regardless) but they don’t realize how important the information could be for them years down the road as well.
I completely agree.
… was that good?
I agree with you. Instead of preaching good morality and marriage people need to be out there actively educating and participating. Instead, they beat us over the head with the Bible and expect us to follow through.
I agree you have the right to express your opinion. I disagree with you on some of what you said. I won’t wave a flag and tell you that you are wrong, because you aren’t. To each his own!