Even so, I was not prepared for a staff meeting with participants calmly discussing flushing a baby down the toilet as if it were some sort of reasonable response to an unwanted pregnancy. They asked for my input, and they got much more “input” than they had bargained for. I had been on call and awake for most of the previous night. Therefore, I exhibited somewhat less restraint than I might have otherwise.“My input? MY INPUT?” I replied, my voice rising in volume, “Have you people lost your minds?”
Friday, March 20, 2009
New Twist on Throwing the Baby Out With the Bath Water
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Steph,
What gets me, really twists my orthodox faith into a flaming knot is the insidious, Hollywood/media/NEA CULTURE that has numbed and dumbed respect for human life. In a society of throw away belief systems and 30 second sound bites, tossing empty cans and bottles and books and relationships away because, well, they just don't matter or fit in our selfish, petulant lives.
We are all disposable!
Yanno?
Well, it's more than that, Sven. Popular culture has distorted when life is precious - a dog's life is precious, a friggin' tree's life is precious.
I will admit, I am conflicted about the death penalty, but when I see people make a super hero out of a thug like Tookie Williams, that is a distortion as well. Quick, ask someone in Hollywood to name one of his victims. And they cannot.
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