That leaves the idea of free birth control for all way at the top of any list of cures for Abortion, since it eliminates the problem altogether. (Obvious exceptions of nonviable fetuses or endangered mothers considered.) Oddly, the Right rejects this solution, on economic, of all grounds. They have so few 'stock' platform issues they can flash when the going gets tough or the venue demands it, that perhaps they just don't want to give this one up. Abortion is just one of the 'hot button' liberal issues they pull from their bag of tricks without real conviction, because it invites media attention, and like naughty children, they don't know how else to get attention, besides being obnoxious.
It also suggests that we leave sexually transmitted diseases to flourish unabated by modern medicine, and leave the issue of survival to the Great God Chance, or as with that meaner, vengeful God worshiped 'round the World, we can take the Seventh Day Adventists' approach and just let people suffer. I think somewhere in the smaller minds of the Right, a little voice is saying, "Those sinners deserve to die!" when the original admonition concerning sexual promiscuity was likely more of a health warning, like "Don't eat Pork", because those that partook of it often DID DIE.
For the Left's part, the Right is equally intransigent in its response, and all of the people it seemingly represents, to the issue of Global Warming, versus that of those it does not serve, like the little Pacific island nations sinking into the rising sea. It amounts to second-guessing God to them, it would appear, considering the adamant rejection of the notion that we can know what's happening and like an unwanted pregnancy, can actually prevent it; given the fact that we caused it. Presumptuous.
" But so many jobs will be lost if we stop breathing poison!" they quake. Somehow the irony of that defense is lost on them. They cannot see beyond their own existences. They never dropped anything but a fork in the sixties; you can see it in their eyes. It's not "Elephants, all the way down", it's "Bottomless Fear of Consequences".
The Unknown does not invite all minds to conquer it, but draws some like a magnet draws iron filings; and then shapes them to its liking. And if you think you might have one of those fine new minds gestating inside you; and of course the trouble is that it's impossible to know, genetics being the crap shoot that it is; you might consider not aborting it, because while they may be the dullest people on Earth, it's the genius minds that are going to pull all of our asses out of the 'Eternal Fire' one day; not the fiery ire of some angry God, but a witless, flying Hell-fire missile without brakes, from the asteroid belt or beyond.
Random Genius or the Big Plan; there's a hand-over-fist aspect to Evolution, wherein mutations seem to be both random and at the same time to be responding to need; kind of a feedback loop that heightens the ability of the organism to cope with change by actually adapting to changes in the environment.. How that information is delivered to the interior is another mystery, having something to do with protracted use, perhaps the pattern of circulation is written like a digital map somewhere inside us. Its abstract nature can be legitimately confused with prescience on the part of the species; as the task of protecting the planet from asteroids is possibly still thousands of years in the future; and the preparation excruciatingly complex and needless to say, counter intuitive; as we fight, pollute, overpopulate, and create toxic, overqualified weapons, all seemingly under some kind of self-destructive hypnosis.
One would think we knew, long before we could talk about it; what was coming. Maybe all life knows, and we're just the specialized, proactive part; hired to take care of celestial business. Like the beaver , the earthworm, the bumble bee, all of us doing our part. Only our business is ultimately off-planet; but it involves a thorough familiarity of everything crawling around here, since we're going to have to package it all up for travel when, inevitably, we have to leave Earth.
The geniuses seem to flock together like a band of angels; and flight is certainly their mission, among other things. They will take the age old ability to fight to the sky; where we'll meet up with the Creator Himself, according to some who posit that water, gases, and Life in some form have been carried around by comets and asteroids since time began. Only this meeting will have dire consequences, as we knock some deadly comet off-course for the first time, and redeem our sorry asses in the process. We have no choice in this matter; we've been elected. We are the 'Chosen People'; not the Beaver People, nor the Elephant People, though their tasks on Earth are formidable; we, the Human People have to take it all a step further.
It's the thumbs. Who knows what the bumble bee is thinking? But he can't pick up a wrench and make his dream a reality. I'll tell you what he's thinking. He and every other Living Thing are thinking that they'd like to stay alive. They can handle their jobs perfectly, they just can't do a thing about asteroids, meteors, comets; things that can ruin a peaceful day forever. That's our job; and except for ice dancing and music, we should really leave all the other stuff alone.
Childbirth and what we put in our mouths are basically the only choices we really have. Think about it. If you think you have a choice, it probably doesn't matter what you do. If the choice is "Who will father my child?", the fact that it seems to matter like crazy is a good indication that it's a real choice. The food thing is rapidly becoming legally protected information; only Monsanto knows for sure; so there goes that choice: Just shut up and eat.
Now, if the Government can force us to give birth; how long before it can take steps to prevent it? Those who think it's such a good idea to legislate birth, those also so fond of drumming up his image when it serves some trivial political aim, should reignite the neon Hitler sign for this one, only put him on their own flag along with the Red Elephant; because he's their man when it comes to Eugenics.
Just don't be too hard on the Right; because those of us who briefly dared to ride the stars back in the sixties know that it is Magic, this Life, and anyone who says they really understand it is selling something... probably themselves.
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