tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873160920540394292.post6082443094490702933..comments2023-10-31T00:30:11.189+11:00Comments on The Bureau of Counterpropaganda: Anti-lifeErnie Halfdramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463362099448607727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873160920540394292.post-70593773818533744782007-05-16T23:10:00.000+10:002007-05-16T23:10:00.000+10:00I think your interpretation fo the Christian Right...I think your interpretation fo the Christian Right's definition of life just about works, ABIM. But it's profoundly dishonest. After all, they claim life begins at conception and continues after death, there is this little lacuna between birth and death - the one everyone else calls life, that they don't mention. But that's ok in the deeply principled way the Christian Right has of giving themselves dispensation from things like the ten commandments.<BR/><BR/>It reminds me of a joke (have I told you this one before?):<BR/><BR/>Four old women are arguing about abortion. The Catholic woman asserts, 'Life begins at conception. There's no doubt about it.' The Aboriginal woman reckons, 'Don't be silly. Every woman knows that life begins at quickening.' The Protestant woman says, 'No, no, no! Nothing could be more obvious than that life begins at birth.' And the Jewish woman retorts, 'You've all got entirely the wrong end of the stick. Life begins when the kids leave home and the dog dies.'Ernie Halfdramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463362099448607727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873160920540394292.post-34931211700682468472007-05-16T22:44:00.000+10:002007-05-16T22:44:00.000+10:00Many people are puzzled about why anti-abortionist...Many people are puzzled about why anti-abortionists call themselves "pro-life". This is especially the case since the Christian Right is also anti-contraception, pro-death penalty, pro-military, and viscerally hostile to <I>anything</I> which would improve the quality of life of the vast majority of society.<BR/><BR/>The solution to this conundrum is that the Christian Right is using the word "life" in a very specialised way. For them, "life" is a process that stops at birth and takes up again after death. When looked at from this angle, everything falls into place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com