At least not until we figure out something even more important.
You might think a post like this should have something more relevant like a baby or a women’s rights march. Are you kidding? It’s a baby puppy! He’s here to remind us to have fun and enjoy the topic.
This is one of my favorite political topics to think about because it’s really a proxy for a much more interesting and slightly awkward topic: “What is a human being?” But even that is just the surface topic. It’s really a surrogate for the even more uncomfortable topic: “What makes a human being valuable?”
On one extreme, is the view that it is a unique set of DNA, or even just each gamete (egg or sperm cell) that is potentially a unique person (or half of one) and therefore worthy of protection. On the other extreme is the view that only people who are capable of complex rational thought—even to the level of only including adults—have a right to life. Most people consider both extremes, well, extreme, and are somewhere in the middle.
Even in the less extreme positions, one side protests that if their view is correct and life begins at conception, then mass murder is occurring. The other side counters that if their view is correct then many women are being oppressed and their fundamental rights trampled. Both of them are using completely valid logic and coming to sound conclusions—but they are only right if their related assertions about personhood are correct.
My point here is not to advocate for a particular point of view. Instead, it’s to point out that we really should be having this much more difficult discussion about what makes a person worth protecting. It’s harder to do than to just complain about the implications of what other people are doing from the perspective you already have. Like you probably do I have some pretty strong opinions on this subject and I believe we have to draw the line somewhere—but I could be wrong. If you’ve got it all figured out then maybe you are much wiser than I am.
That is true, “It’s harder to do than to just complaint” it always ends at complaints and nothing is every truly resolved. You hear people say according to the bible. Yes, I agree but there are millions of people that do not have the bible as their guide. What is their morality what ethics do they follow? What is important to them?
At the grocery store: Do you steal the grape -or- taste test before you buy -or- do you graze? Whis is the right answer and who said it is right? It All the same coin but what side are you looking at?