Question of the day #5:

What makes you more upset:
Aborted babies being used for research, or children dying as they flee oppression?

Everyone is talking about planned parenthood. Or refugees.
So there we go. What bothers you more? Or maybe both don't phase you.

As with the rest of my qotd threads, I will come back to this one later to post my thoughts.

 

The refugee/migrant crisis breaks my heart. I want children to have safe, secure homes. It must feel terrible as a parent to feel that you cannot provide for or protect your children, especially when it's out of your control.

I want all children to be loved and cared for. Therefore, I am strongly pro-choice.

 

Death...it happens.
I don't fear it...and it doesn't concern me as it does others.

But I do care about pain.
So it would be the children AND adults...fleeing a civil war. (to me, both are equal...a life is a life)

BUT wars happen...and it's not us that's instigating it. We can't save the world, no matter how much our hearts bleed.
Why? Cause they won't stop...it would be just more war...a mess.
Sometimes, you have to let it happen.
Or repress it...or constrain it.
It's a dog fight.

I'm not naive enough to think our war is any better than others'...our bullets hit any less...our bombs any more precise.
If you do something...there is a price.
Are we willing to pay that messy price??

That's where me and liberals differ...if you try to be a hero...it gets complicated quick...it's not clean.
I know the price. The bad guys don't just stop and run away. And who's the bad guy?? And look where they're fighting...it's not a nice clear target.
And you just can't leap in, leap out.
AND some of those people you're "helping" don't want your help...or don't appreciate your collateral damage while helping.

Yes, it's a shame...but what's the threshold for involvement??
Same friggin' people who don't want war and bullets...also want something to be "done" for the children.
Guess what?? the people fighting aren't coming to the table any time soon.
It ain't magic folks.
If you want something "done"...

I don't mind projecting power or being a policeman/hero...within reason...and for a good reason.
I'm just real about it.
And I'm aware of the price and the consequences.

And if not, then some may die...it happens.
Might as well ask to keep the government out of your Social Security....doesn't work that way, folks.

 

All human tissue should be considered of incredible worth. When I heard that aborted tissue is used for vaccine development and other research purposes, I breathed a sigh of relief. Something good came from that life. The mom chose to donate. Thank goodness humanity can benefit from that life in some way, little or huge.

I do not think that there should be more value placed on the unborn than the mother. All life is equal. The one with a fully formed brain gets to make the decisions for their own body. I am politically pro-choice. I feel strongly that there should be a hygienic, medical "out" for the women who need it. But there needs to be more availability of birth control first and foremost. Birth control and sterilization must be free to anyone who chooses that route. It is in humanity's best interest to consider this preventative care.

With all the struggle and loss I went through to get my 2 girls, I cannot personally fathom making the choice to abort. But I would never stand in a woman's way who has made that intensely personal decision. The same as I would stand beside and offer support to women who choose life.

The other topic:
I am especially distressed by the plight of religious minorities as they flee. This includes athiests who are opressed for their lack of belief. I wish we could air lift anyone who wants out of these places with intense conflict and religious oppression, and drop them into loving communities here in the states. There is room, no matter what is said by politicians. There is room enough here. There may not be public funding to help them get on their feet once they get here, which could be a disaster in itself, but if the US suddenly dropped all foreign military aggression and started using our military as a rescue organization, the world might see us differently.