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leavethesky) wrote2006-02-19 05:59 pm
leavethesky) wrote2006-02-19 05:59 pm
OT -BSG 'choice' rant
A lot of people are using the latest ep of BSG as an entre into political discussion about choice. Actually, that's not true. They've taken the opportunity to sermonize me and other LJers with anti-choice rhetoric. So let me just get this out there so you people can de-friend me if you like:
You will NEVER convince me (not even the tiniest bit) that abortion (or birth control) should be illegal or even regulated. You know how important the Bible was in your household when you were growing up? That's how important a woman's right to control her own body is to me and my family. In my childhood home, a woman's right to choose was the holiest of Holy, right up there with First Amendment rights and that whole "separation of church and state" thing. Nothing you could possibly say or do would convince me otherwise.
So, please, defriend me if you must, just understand that I don't agree with you and simply writing more and more on the subject in angrier language really isn't going to change my mind. In fact, it'll just make me defriend you because I know I'll never change your mind either and I'll just end up getting pissed off and stressed out and really I can't be bothered. If we can agree to disagree and know that our love of femslash transcends all of our differences, great. If not, see ya! [/rant]
You will NEVER convince me (not even the tiniest bit) that abortion (or birth control) should be illegal or even regulated. You know how important the Bible was in your household when you were growing up? That's how important a woman's right to control her own body is to me and my family. In my childhood home, a woman's right to choose was the holiest of Holy, right up there with First Amendment rights and that whole "separation of church and state" thing. Nothing you could possibly say or do would convince me otherwise.
So, please, defriend me if you must, just understand that I don't agree with you and simply writing more and more on the subject in angrier language really isn't going to change my mind. In fact, it'll just make me defriend you because I know I'll never change your mind either and I'll just end up getting pissed off and stressed out and really I can't be bothered. If we can agree to disagree and know that our love of femslash transcends all of our differences, great. If not, see ya! [/rant]
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Freedom is our most cherished principle: people should realize freedom does not exist without choice, no matter what that choice happens to be.
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And thanks for the supprot.
Believing in choice is not an affectation, nor is it a mood or a passing fad: it's a belief, often a moral one, and it is therefore neither inferior nor superior to any other.
Amen and thank you for saying it better than I could.
also, I think one of the most nauseating thing about the fundamentalists and their president is the way they have co-opted that word freedom and stripped it of all meaning.