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School Bans Pro-Life T-Shirt - Seventh Grader Sues {ParentDish}
Jul 8th 2009 6:26AM I am pro-choice. That said, I have nothing against the child having this slogan on her T-shirt. I do think that graphic pictures of this kind are inappropriate where 7th graders can see them, on behalf of any cause; that's why we have a PG-13 movie classification, right? In any event, if the behavior of the school authorities is accurately described, I do think they overreacted.
Recalling Dr. Tiller: Abortion Opponent On 'Loving the Unlovable' {Politics Daily}
Jun 1st 2009 8:19PM You say, "Liberals generally don't believe in objective morality. They don't believe in a Universal source of truth, or morality." How would you know what "Liberals" believe? How would you know anything about their morality, when you won't dialog with them, or communicate anything to them except epithets and sermons? Above all, how wou;d you know anything about a universal morality, when all you know is your own? How can you be so sure it's "universal?"
I'm a Jew. I'm neither a liberal nor a conservative. I was on the receiving end of slurs from anti-Semites as a teen-ager. What I learned from that experience was not to hate them, but rather not to be a hater myself. The best way for me to lessen hatred in the world is not to contribute to it myself.
Dr. Koop to the contrary notwithstanding, I know that there are cases of women whose pregnancies threatened their health or their lives. I don't think that anyone can morally stop such women from having an abortion. I didn't agree with Dr. Tiller when he was willing to perform an abortion when the mother's life was not endangered, but the baby was going to be born a cripple. However, I'm also not so arrogant as to think that I know everything, or that I am always completely in the moral right.
America is a democracy. It's not a Jewish or Christian or Moslem or Hindu or Buddhist or agnostic democracy, but a democracy of all those who are citizens of this great land. One of the things which makes it great, in my view, is that no-one can legally force his views on anyone else--and if someone does, the Courts will generally give him or her or them a fair hearing.
Aside from a hatred of murder in general, that's where I part company with Dr. Tiller's murderer and the murderer's supporters--they are too ready to force their views on myself and others, without allowing us any say in the matter. That's terrible. Thank you.
Recalling Dr. Tiller: Abortion Opponent On 'Loving the Unlovable' {Politics Daily}
Jun 1st 2009 7:37PM Although I'm Jewish, I've read parts of the New Testament. Doesn't Jesus talk about those casting the first stone who are without sin, and about pulling the thorn out of one's own eye before going after someone else's?
Put another way, how does someone who says that he is "pro-life" commit murder?
I don't think this is an issue with easy and simple answers. Anyone who believes otherwise should ask why the overwhelmingly Christian people of South Dakota voted down laws that would have unconditionally outlawed all abortion, even if the life of the mother was at stake. Maybe they had a different definition of "pro-life?"
Jane Fonda - Still Sexy at 71 {Stylelist}
May 3rd 2009 5:01PM I was very much for the war when it was being fought, although I didn't go to fight because I was 4F.
I would remind everybody that the most American blood shed in any war to this day was shed in the Civil War. When General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomatox in April 1865, the surrender document included a clause protecting the surrendering Confederate soldiers from prosecution if they lay down their arms, went home, and kept the peace. This protected Lee himself a while later when bitter-enders in Congress wanted to try him for treason.
I think that Jane Fonda was very wrong. At the time, I was furious at her. However, this all ended 30+ years ago, and we have more current problems to worry about, such as a possibly nuclear Iran and a resurgent nationalist Russia, without wasting our time on ancient & medieval history.
Thank you.
Setting Deadlines for "I Do" {Lemondrop}
Nov 15th 2008 10:06PM I don't disagree with anything you have said. I think that whether marriage works has to do with maturity much more than age. I think there are some mighty tall children running around. But more than anything lese, you have to want it to work.
I was divorced two years after my marriage to my first wife. I remarried six years later, and had a rough time once again--but this time, I knew myself better, and we were both determined to make it work and did so, albeit after a rather bumpy ride. We are now married 22+ years and very happy.
Bottom line--you have to have at least some idea of your priorities and what you want, and you have to want to make it work.
Good luck!
Galley Gossip: Plane Crazy {Gadling}
Jul 1st 2008 6:25PM I only fly every three or four months. Having said that, I've never seen any of the weirdnesses that Heather describes. I conjecture that most passengers are not like this. Perhaps the ones who ARE this crazy more than make up for the sane majority, but I don't think it helps to focus on the fruitcakes.
Has it come to the 4th of July being cancelled? {WalletPop}
Jun 29th 2008 7:39PM President Bush took office in January 2001. At that time we were at peace. Today we are fighting a stupid and unnecessary war in Iraq, and we've gone from the balanced budge left us by the Democrats, to the largest deficit in our history, courtesy of the Republicans.
"Tax and spend Democrats?" The Republicans spend and spend and spend, without paying any attention to paying their bills. When we Democrats start talking about paying those stupid bills, we become "tax and spend Democrats. TELL ME--DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL? I don't think so . . .
Girl kicked off boys team for being too good? {ParentDish}
May 26th 2008 7:29PM Let's see. She started playing in this league when she was in 2nd grade. She's now 12 and in 6th grade, so she had been playing there for FOUR YEARS before they woke and said: Oh, horrors, we're breaking a rule!! GIRLS AND BOYS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYING BASKETBALL TOGETHER!
Come one, people. Occasional appearances to the contrary, you can't fool all of the people all of the time . . .
Afghan hijacker found working at Heathrow {Gadling}
May 22nd 2008 6:09AM Oh, bosh. This is not your typical hijacker--he was trying to get away from terrorists, not become one. He is as secure as anyone else.
Mrs. Spitzer Stands By Her Man {Politics Daily}
Mar 11th 2008 9:55PM I think 19th century British pol Lord Acton said it best: power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely--and never more so than when it goes to one's head. You're the BMOC, you're on top of the world, and you forget that you're human, with human weaknesses. As for whether she should stand by him--on the one hand, he betrayed her in a very fundamental way. If she left him, no-one would gainsay it. On the other hand, if she stays with him, he might come out stronger and better, and perhaps in all other respects he has treated her well until now. I can't say what I think she should do.
