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Irony??I've always had a hard time deciding when a situation is truly "ironic." Alanis Morisette's song is filled with situations that simply stink and are not really ironic at all. "Rain on your wedding day" is not irony. Recently, we lost our GPS. I'm pretty sure that is irony. I read this today and wondered if this statement had any irony in it... President Barack Obama said he was "shocked and outraged" by the murder (of Dr. George Tiller, a late term abortion provider). "However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence," he said. I, in no way condone the murder of a human being. It is not our right to kill another person, guilty or innocent, born or unborn. It saddens me that someone who considers themselves pro-life, would take the life of another person. That being said, I am outraged by the president's comment. How could he call this murder a "heinous act of violence" (which it indeed is), but not call the abortion of an innocent child at even 21 weeks of pregancy a heinous act of violence?? How could he not consider that murder? I will NEVER understand. Is the president's statment ironic? Probably not, it just got me fuming. I have never blogged about anything political before because I just don't feel I am knowledgeable enough to try. I read this today, though, and it made me mad enough that I thought I'd try. I guess I take the "close my eyes and pray for the next 4 years" approach. I pray that this man doesn't destroy our country. I pray for the many, many babies that will die because of our president's ignorance. I pray that in the next election, the people of our country see that this man is NOT what our country needs. I pray and I pray and I hope that God has a plan. I know God has a plan! Submitted by Amy on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 5:45pm.
Oh, and as regards our President's comments, it is appalling to me that he is either so ignorant or so conniving that he will not recognize the value of life in the womb. Either way it is inexcusable, but I'm afraid it is not ignorance. It does seem he has awoken a sleeping giant, though, in that for the first time ever, Gallup found in a national survey more people identified themselves as pro-life than pro-choice! Powerful definition: 2.to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn; give aid to wrongdoing by forbearing to act or speak |
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When I was about junior high age, I heard my dad say something derogatory about a neighbor who had recently died. I chastised him saying, "Dad, have some respect for the dead." He said something to the effect of, "Just because a person is dead, it does not change what he did when he was alive." Now this particular neighbor was 'cheap' or something equally non important, but the truth is that Dr. George Tiller lived as an abortionist and his tragic death does not change that. He killed fully viable children for a job. His death was a crime & a sin, but so were the deaths of the children whose lives he took. His death doesn't change that. I think Katie Rose said it best, though, that she fears Dr. Tiller was not ready to meet his Maker and she prays that God have mercy on his soul.