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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Abortion and Society's Avoidance of Responsibility

 
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This is what one supporter of abortion said in an anti-Obama group when the comments began to gravitate towards abortion (I corrected punctuation and added a few bracketed words for clarity, but other than that, the words remain the same; apologies for his vulgarity):

"Alright, suppose after a night on the town, you bring a 'lucky girl' back to you're place after she's way too drunk to make any real decisions. You aren't taking advantage of her [though] because you're shitfaced too. She doesn't mention anything as far as protection before you have sloppy, drunk sex, and you don't take it upon yourself to wear one because you 'really don't like the feel. She calls you back later, saying she's pregnant. Will you say, 'Don't you dare abort it! You better have it tear open your vagina! Now that my cum, which I didn't put in a condom, [has] attached to your eggs, abandon you're career and your future dreams, bitch, cause it's living now, even though its a fuckin tadpole!' Beautiful, isn't it? This is what God wants? 'Oh well, at least its alive'. Yeah, great. Look at some of the people that make mistakes like that: mostly teenagers. I'm obviously not saying its exactly like this every time, but are teenagers going to be able to raise a child very well?"

This seems to be the common attitude among Americans today, especially young people, and it makes me ashamed of my country.
     But let's answer his questions for him:
     Will I insist the girl allow the baby to live? The baby that is just as much mine as it is hers? Yes. After all, we both acted incredibly irresponsibly that night, and what kind of society are we that we believe we should not have to take responsibility for our actions, whether those actions were accidental or intentional? If you make a mistake, you need to deal with the consequences instead of taking the cowardly, easy way out.
      As far as teenagers go, if they feel they cannot take care of their baby, give it to another couple who actually deserve him/her, maybe to a couple who cannot conceive and who want nothing in the world but a baby. Isn't that the more loving act? To not only permit your child to live, but to also give an infertile couple a much-wanted gift?
      What kind of society are we that we value convenience or a good job over an invaluable life; that we fight so hard for mere convenience or a good job that we will do anything it takes, even snuff out the life of a baby, in order to achieve it?
 Posted 12/21/2008 2:39 PM - 189 Views - 16 eProps - 22 comments

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this is very organized and well thought out.

good job.

-molly irene

Posted 12/21/2008 4:21 PM by awriterscourage - reply

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I agree with that all the way!
Posted 12/21/2008 4:27 PM by ProjectHappy Xanga True Member - reply

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@awriterscourage - 

Hey, thanks for that
Posted 12/21/2008 11:42 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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Good, haha.
Posted 12/21/2008 11:42 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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Exactly.

What kind of country are we? One that deserves communism or worse.

I really like your writing, Bud; i'm eager to have internet access at my own place again.
Posted 1/1/2009 9:27 PM by Roaring_T_Rex - reply

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@Roaring_T_Rex - 

Hey, thanks a lot! I hope you realize, though, that I usually just write ridiculous stuff. Serious stuff takes up maybe 35 or 40% of this Xanga. So...yeah, don't get too excited for future writings, 'cause it's about time I write another ridiculous thing.
Posted 1/1/2009 11:40 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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Though I disagree with your views on abortion (the argument that it's good for an infertile couple doesn't work for me. There are so many children in the foster care system already. I accept though that there are other reasons to be against it) , I agree that people don't take it seriously. There's a major lack of responsibility and accountability. Everyone should read Tina Fey's book, "Your Mouth Can't Get Pregnant".
Posted 1/18/2009 3:19 AM by tvPUFF - reply

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Man the bastard who said that should rot in the firey pits of hell. I completely agree with you. I think it's pitiful that two people can be stupid and careless and then punish a baby (who did nothing wrong) for their actions. 
Posted 1/18/2009 4:21 AM by ciara8993 - reply

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@tvPUFF - 

Yeah, a lack of responsibility and accountability when it comes to the people sexing it up, and a lack of necessity when it comes to abortion.

I'm no fan of Fey, unfortunately. :-\
Posted 1/18/2009 7:04 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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@ciara8993 - 

Ezactly.
Posted 1/18/2009 7:04 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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The lighting is poor where I am right now and it's hard to read those dark blue letters on the black screen but I totally agree that abortion is based on an avoidance of responsibility. I wrote an article based on the "worldview" angle at this link.
Posted 1/21/2009 7:47 AM by templestream - reply

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the almight dollar is the God of america, and the dollar doesn't differentiate between human life and wealth....there is no moral code in a currency.
Posted 1/22/2009 2:32 AM by christian_is_as_jesus_does - reply

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Personally, I don't agree with abortion and it would never be an option for me.
But I still think it should be legal for other people though, I mean, it's the land of the free isn't it
Posted 1/24/2009 12:45 PM by vanity__kill - reply

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@vanity__kill - 

But to say, "If you don't like abortion, don't have one," is to say, "If you don't like committing crimes, don't commit any, but let others do it if they want." It's like, okay, you and I know abortion is murder. Why, then, would you say, "They have that freedom"? That is just like saying murder shouldn't be illegal. If we keep murder and stealing and vandalism ILLEGAL, isn't that the same as "taking away our freedom" in your opinion? If we illegalize abortion (another form of murder), we aren't taking away people's freedom to have abortions; we're just enforcing consequences. Just like murder is illegal, yet people still have the freedom; if they murder, though, they get consequences. See?
Posted 1/24/2009 7:24 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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@christian_is_as_jesus_does - 

Lawyers will tell you that there was no legal basis for the Roe v. Wade decision, and, as ex-abortionists will tell you as well, the only reason abortion is legal is because it's a very lucrative business. It's illegal to sell human body parts, too, but abortion "doctors" do it anyway. After they tear the baby apart, they sell an arm or a skull to some lab looking to study it. If nobody buys the baby's body, they literally dispose of the body buy putting it in the garbage (unless it's still very, very small, in which case they actually put it down the garbage disposal in the sink).
Posted 1/24/2009 7:38 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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@templestream - 

If you still can't read the text here and you want to read it, you could copy and paste it into a text document and just change the colors. Or try simply highlighting the text here on my site and reading it that way. That should work.

I just read your article. It was good. But what I got from it is that it takes a Christian to understand that abortion is murder. Really, though, you can use wholly scientific arguments to prove abortion is murder. There's even a group called AFL (Atheists for Life, a group of Atheists against abortion).

(I'm not an Atheist, by the way; I just don't want any Atheists reading this saying, "Oh, those crazy Christians and their opposition to killing! What'll they come up with next, that lying is wrong? Hah!" So that's why I'm pointing out that abortion isn't a spiritual or religious issue at all; since when does an opposition to murder require a subscription to a certain religion, you know?)
Posted 1/24/2009 7:45 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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@BecauseIamDonnieDarko - So basically..you're agreeing with me. lol

Posted 1/25/2009 4:08 PM by christian_is_as_jesus_does - reply

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I now understand that you view abortion as murder, which is fine. But your "holier-than-thou" attitude is quite irritating.

Posted 1/26/2009 3:51 PM by vanity__kill - reply

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@vanity__kill - 

Well it's a good thing you didn't address the words I actually said in the comment; for a minute there I was thinking (and dreading) that you were actually going to give me a reason for your opinion, like I did. Thank God you changed the subject by pointing out a flaw not in my views and the reasons behind them, but a flaw in me.

And nowhere did I give you a "holier-than-thou" attitude. In fact, not once did I bring myself into the picture at all. To act "holier-than-thou," I would have had to imply that I was better than someone else, AND to have said it as a fact. The only FACT I brought into this at all was the fact that abortion ends a human life ("human life" being one of the phrases used in medical textbooks to describe a fetus). I then went on to state my OPINION, which was that ending a human life is wrong (though it seems we disagree on that). I didn't say anything about how good I am or how much better I am than anyone else, 'cause, again, I didn't say a thing about myself.
Posted 1/26/2009 5:10 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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@christian_is_as_jesus_does - 

Mkay, that's what I was thinking. I just said all that to clarify my view just in case one of us was confused, which I was and may still be.
Posted 1/26/2009 5:13 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply

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It's unreasonable to be angry at everyone that disagrees with you.

=)
Posted 1/27/2009 1:33 PM by vanity__kill - reply

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@vanity__kill - 

Still didn't respond to my comment....

Regarding YOUR comment, it depends on what the topic is. Is it reasonable to be angry with Charles Manson since you disagree that he was helping God and since you disagree with him about the people he killed? I think it's very reasonable. Is it reasonable to be angry at irresponsibility? Of course it is. Reasonable to be angry at 3- to 4,000 deaths a day? Sure thing.

Is it reasonable to be angry at people who are angry that we want to take away the "right" to kill 4,000 babies a day? Whoever says that it's unreasonable to be angry at this, frankly, doesn't deserve the right to life, the right to liberty, or the right to pursue happiness.

New entry idea....
Posted 1/27/2009 6:20 PM by BecauseIamDonnieDarko - reply


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