Posted on 11/27/2005 10:56:54 AM PST by 1066AD
The sanctity of life
By Peter Singer
During the next 35 years, the traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments. By 2040, it may be that only a rump of hard-core, know-nothing religious fundamentalists will defend the view that every human life, from conception to death, is sacrosanct.
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Any decent society would have hospitalized this Nazi years ago. Instead, Princeton gives him a place of honor.
He's an dark, villainous bastard in the mold of Himmler and Mengele and Heydrich and Höss the rest of those devils.
The trouble is, the GOP aristocracy buys into the notion that this crap is "inevitable" as well.
Speaking of rumps...
Some will, some won't, some are already here (how quaint the idea of monogamy - very few actually practice it outside of marriage, and marriage does not calm the urges either).
Ain't that the truth!
I'm sure that Peter Singer HOPES all this will come true. It would certainly validate his own existence.
The thing is, this is true of many young conservative women, and by "conservative" I mean far more conservative than I am. They over-react to it, true, but the general impression remains that many conservative women are not keen on eliminating abortion either. In fact, I know many conservative pro-choice women that have serious reservations when the rabid pro-life crowd goes off (though there will always be a few nitwits who think "pro-life" defines conservative). It is not a strong conservative issue, just a heated one.
The only importance I attribute to RvW is that it was a terrible court decision that should have been sent to the States, which is independent of whether abortion per se is a bad/immoral/criminal act.
He missed my favorites, 'retroactive birth', or 'belayed existence'.
Today we call it homicide, but it is an effective mechanism for social modification nonetheless.
I give this an 80% on the "That's Crap" meter.
Well, that was a depressing way to spend a few minutes.
I love to read article such as these which are so full of hope for the future. Gives my children, and thousands of others, something to look forward to.
sigh.
Polygamy won't happen per se, classical marriage will just slowly disappear which allows for the same result. Given the disgusting state of marriage/divorce law and practice, I have a hard time faulting people who write their own marriage/relationship contracts while staying outside the template provided by the State. As a side effect, this allows far more liberty with respect to alternative marriage structures for those that desire them.
"Instead, Princeton gives him a place of honor."
It's the fawning acceptance of, and open applause for his monstrous ideas that chills my blood. It's a guarantee of slaughter and mass murder on a scale that would make Mao envious. I'll go ahead and say it: anyone who agrees with this ghoul's ideas is not fit to live.
Like any of these turkeys know what the world will be like in 2040. I would like to see what they were predicting in 1970 for 2005. Until I see a reliable five-day weather forecast, I'm not going to put much stock in predictions for 35 years out.
Much as I would love to see abortion outlawed altogether in the US, I think the German plan is the best we could ever hope for. It is possible we could convince people that babies at 12 weeks are formed enough that it would be barbaric to kill them after that, with the exception being if the LIFE of the mother were in danger.
Singer is a sick man. The folks that whole heartedly agree with his thoughts will eventually overplay their hand. They always do.
He should be the first we try these ideas out on.
It was the last one that irritated me.
Then you must have been born after 1989. Because you see, in the "real world" prior to that America elected a staunchly pro-life candidate to our highest office. And not only once, but twice, and in historical landslide victories.
This candidate even had a pro-life book published the year leading up to the 1984 election. I imagine this would've not been deemed a wise act by other candidates, but candidate Ron must've known a thing or two about people living in the "real world".
I'm no historian, but some civilizations followed this decadent path into the dustbin of history
These eggheads are so progressive in their thinking.
More like a bunch liberals (and some libertarians) opened up their pie holes and gave us a peek into their depraved, neurotic, unoriginal outlook on life and where they hope the world is going
In Singer's case, I'd support retroactive abortions up through the 210th trimester. Just to play it safe.
Mark
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