There is a real debate about this country about the legality of both the death penalty and abortion. I am going to attempt, in my own rudimentary way, to explain my views on both and come full circle. There are many comparisons between the two. Both involve consent. They involve judgement. They involve equal participation. They involve final consequences. They involve a bit of morose intrigue. Whether the left chooses to acknowledge it or not, they both involve death.
Abortion. The mere mention of it ignites fire in any discussion. There are three distinct voices in this debate. There is the right, the left, and the passive observer. The right has a valid point. Abortion is termination of life. It is the termination of human life in my opinion, but at even its lowest common denominator it's termination of life period. The left sees it as a right or a choice rather than a termination of life. The passive observer probably has no opinion until the situation presents itself.
Let's look at the left first. Abortion is a right to choose argument. A woman should have complete control over her body. It's her body and it's her right. That's a strawman argument in and of itself. There was only one immaculate conception that I know of. Ever since then and before then, it's a mutual excercise. It was a choice to engage in the practice. I mean no one has an accident on the highway and then takes their right to terminate a ticket. You make a choice to drink and drive. You don't then get to revoke the ticket, the courts, or the time you get. There is a choice, an overt action, and a consequence. Therefore, there is a responsibility to act in a manner consistent with nature that doesn't result in a termination of a natural occurence. This is the same side that will give dog more rights over humans.
The argument to rights becomes null when there's a consenting action there. It should be noted I'm not lumping crime in there. Rape, incest, those create a vaccuum of rights plain and simple. I'm a Christian, but I'm not going to envoke divine providence over a human being. In crinminal situations, that argument holds water. A hook-up in a bar is not the same thing and cannot be seen as such. The argument of rights has to give way to responsibility. Will being responsible stop the process of unintentional procreation? Probably not. Is a child the end of the world? No, it is not. And it's time we stopped treating it like it is.
The right says it is murder. It will be when we grow a backbone to stand up to the court systems and challenge the process with a legitimate argument. As with religion, the right never has asserted that the nine wise people in Washington revisit anything. So we're stuck at the moment with public funding for something that should disagree with eighty percent of the country. As I said before, the act of abortion is termination of a life. We give more rights to animals than we do to unborn humans. It's not just the termination of a life, it's a termination of the plan. The cure for cancer might be in a vaccuum tube right now. The next Manson might be in one too but I'm willing to gamble.
Now then, how can I be against abortion and for the death penalty? No, I do not believe we should be killing kids. Let me get that out there right away. -Most- kids have a chance with proper guidance. The death penalty may not be a deterant to crime but it will stop that criminal once and for all. If someone has done unspeakable things, then that is the remedy. I can guarantee they won't break out and do it again. I can guarantee they will no longer pose a threat to society. The Bible is clear on it too, so all you Rules for Radicals readers can just calm it down a notch or twenty.
How can the left justify a stance that leaves Gacey on the market while killing a kid who has done nothing? Liberalism in its pure form has parameters that simply say we can work it out. I don't agree with that at all. They say the criminal has rights. We are about the only country left that lets you even be innocent until proven guilty. Much less rights for anyone. Ask those three kids who just got out of Egypt. I say what about the rights of the dead? Did all Gacey's victims have rights as well? What about those? No answer is readily forthcoming. And there never will be.
This is by no means a complete synopsis. In the coming weeks, there will be more break downs and analysis of the stances. Why is this so important? 2012 is closer now than ever. The next President you pick will have a say over whether we have 20 years of complete Liberalism, or sanity. Look well to your ballot and vote for the good of America.
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