tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205326515519788330.post9160692663775654429..comments2009-04-18T09:31:36.093-06:00Comments on The Frugal Catholic Housewife: The Pro-Life IssueJennifer Klaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14270200760032136760noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205326515519788330.post-29808796003201215142008-10-16T09:39:00.000-06:002008-10-16T09:39:00.000-06:00Your experiences lead you to conclusions that are ...Your experiences lead you to conclusions that are very, very different than mine.<BR/><BR/>Usually, talking about my reasons just gets me accused of being "dark and bitter and dwelling on the negative" or even "ghoulish". I guess a person could see it that way, so I've sort of stopped talking about the things that lead me to my conclusions specifically. Why confront people with the specifics of the unpleasant reality? It probably has the same effect that the Army of God people get driving their billboard through the streets. People feel assaulted by reality, and become hostile rather than sympathetic unless they are already part of the choir.<BR/><BR/>(BTW, any idea why the Army of God gets to drive billboard trucks through the streets with their name on them when they have publicly taken credit for bombing clinics and assassinating abortion doctors, and incited others to do the same, and even explained their organization as "leaderless resistance" as being so that they can avoid the law? They aren't terrorists? You would think that someone driving their trucks would at least get pulled over and questioned.)<BR/><BR/>To me, the descriptions of experience you describe seem to barely scratch the surface of the issue.<BR/><BR/>I teach self-defense to special needs kids, and everything you say is true of the kids in those classes as well as a lovely young woman who volunteered to maintain the children's section of our local library many years ago, a young lady that I assisted in an orchestra program a couple of years ago and many others I have known with special needs.<BR/><BR/>But it's only the easist part of the story. There are many situations that would shake your certainly, and they are all around for you to see, but maybe you are not ready for that yet...and that's OK you are only twewnty-five, and you have never had to live with some of the poverty and ignorance, deprevation and isolation that some families have had to deal with, and whose few sources of relief many conservatives would like to cut necause they "chose" to have kids they can't afford to help.<BR/><BR/>I realize that this is condescending, but I want you to know that I just can't think of any other way to express it. It's not to disrespect you, just to say there is more to the story and when you are ready to challenge yourself you can really look at it.<BR/><BR/>Some situations exsist where there IS no "good" option, and I do think that it is best left to the families to decide what they can come to terms with and what they can't.<BR/><BR/>You said that maybe you sound callous. I just wanted to say, that you don't sound callous to me, but that is only because I don't think you really know the whole story yet. I trust that as you research more (and I know you will) you will learn more. And you may still come to the same conclusions, but your compassion will temper the way that you express them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com