Rights of Citizens

There's lots of talk about whether terrorists "deserve" the "rights of American citizens".

The Framers didn't implement those rights as a reward to people for being born here. They implemented them because they saw them as basic human rights. To ask if someone "deserves" their rights is unAmerican in the truest sense of the word.

All men are created equal, not just all Americans.

Namecalling

Look: anti-abortion-ers, the pro-abortion are not "anti-life", "pro-death", or such.

Pro-abortion-ers, the anti-abortion are not "anti-choice", "forced-birthers", "sexist", "fascist", or "reactionary".

We just hold different beliefs and this isn't getting us anywhere.

"Wait, there's a debate over ______?": Pirates versus Ninjas

On the series of tubes, there's a common question posed: who would win in a fight: pirates or ninjas?

Seriously?

The pirates wouldn't know what hit 'em.

Doe, oh dear.

I've discussed Doe v. Bolton before, so I'll just do a brief overview.

Basically, Roe v. Wade presented what seemed to be a reasonable compromise, and many people still see it as one. However, it demanded that abortions be allowed until birth for "health", which they Doe (decided the same day as Roe) defined so broadly as to cover emotional concerns, familial concerns, the mother's age, et cetera.

In the same thread I mentioned yesterday, someone claimed that this means no elective abortions can be performed after viability. In his/her opinion, a woman could be carrying a postterm baby, the doctors could be about to induce labor, and the mother could decide at the last minute that she wants an abortion. Because she wants it, not getting it would logically have a negative emotional effect. By this poster's logic, killing a 42-week fetus would count as "therapeutic".

Why do people laugh at Roebots?

Only Roebots don't understand why.

H.R. 227

A child dies from abortion 20 times more often than someone dies from lack of health care. More unborn children die every day than were killed on 9/11. 9/11 was a one-time occurrence, yet the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians were considered a fair trade for bringing the terrorists to justice. There's currently a lot of people working on health insurance reform. But the plight of the unborn is not even noticed!

Yet the Sanctity of Human Life Act has gone mostly unnoticed. We seriously need to get our priorities together before we try to democratize other nations.

42 mHz

Every 24 seconds, another American child is brutally murdered in the sanctity of his mother's womb. In this country of ours that declares all men are created equal, we still deny the most basic inalienable rights to the weakest among us.

It is still considered a perfectly legitimate practice in America (even one taxpayers are expected to subsidize!) to slaughter unborn babies for money. These prenatal hit men are allowed to roam free, killing over a million innocents every year.

Ever since this country was founded eleven score and thirteen years ago, we have seen a slow but steady progression towards equality of all our human family. It is for this reason that I hold that we will eventually reach this goal, and there are even advances being made today.

I know it's cliché, but I'd like to end with a quote.

"I am aware, that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hand of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal, and to hasten the resurrection of the dead."

~William Lloyd Garrison

"Wait, there's a debate over ______?": flag burning

Really? As long as the flag is your own and the fumes don't, like, poison people somehow, is this really something some people oppose? Who's rights are being violated?

The flag is just a symbol; what's really important are the ideas America was founded on. Ones like freedom of expression.

Hero(es)

I just watched the Season 4 premier of MSNBC's Heroes.

So, do I have a point to this?

Of course I do; this is a political blog!

Peter saves the wife of a pregnant woman and her twin girls. She gives birth after arrival at the hospital and it is pointed out that he "single-handedly saved three lives".

So what about this situation makes me angry, you ask? Nothing.

Except they were born right after the accident. Had Peter done the exact same thing a few months ago, the lives of the twins wouldn't've counted. The exact same people, all three slightly younger, and suddenly only one life is seen as being saved. What's more, somebody could've been paid to kill the twins, and face no punishment whatsoever.

But maybe I'm reading too far into it.

You are a person iff you are a human.

McDonald's and Nike are persons, but an unborn child is not? What? Are you kidding me?

And why was the due process cited in Roe? "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law." That seems like the last thing you'd want to call attention to when defending homicide.

Gush time!: Roebots

Sometimes, I get tired of pointing out logical fallacies in "arguments" against prenatal rights and politely deconstructing them. Sometimes I just need to vent. But I'm sure you all don't want to hear me at my worst, so I've set aside this post to come back and add to when I need to vent.

Edit: As my venting will likely be quite vile, I will be doing it at my daughter blog.