Random rant: Abortion

I'm not falling asleep yet, so I figure I will rant about what is possibly the most contentious topic the the country today: abortion, or the termination of a pregnancy.

First of all, anyone who says that an abortion is not taking away a life, but then proceeds to say that they would never themselves get an abortion (or allow their partner to get an abortion), is fooling themself. Abortion is taking away a life, and anyone who claims that they wouldn't get an abortion believes that, even if they don't realize that they do. Also, people claim that, somehow, rape and incest are special circumstances, so abortion should be illegal unless a pregnancy is a danger to the mother or they have experienced one of these special circumstances. Frankly, I don't see how a baby conceived from a rape is any less of a baby than a baby conceived by mommy and daddy being stupid. So, the only explanation for the rape/incest exemption is that it is purely a moral thing. Morals do not belong in policy. Period. Laws are here to protect you. They are not here to make you be good, moral Christians. I am not interested in sex, but if I were, I wouldn't want the government stepping in and telling me I can't have consensual sex. That's what my parents are for. So, if my partner were to get pregnant, I don't think it should follow suit that she wouldn't be able to get an abortion unless she was raped.

Yet, if you know me, you would know that I am pro-choice. Then why in Christ's name would I ever post that last argument which I really hope Sarah Palin doesn't find, because she'll steal it? Well, I'm glad you asked! You see, most people don't want abortions. A mix of hormones and common sense tells you that killing your baby is bad. And I tend to agree. However, those who do decide to get abortions tend to have extreme circumstances, and they wouldn't be able to raise a baby, most likely, or they might not be emotionally ready to be a mother, or a plethora of other reasons. In any case, if they feel so strongly about getting an abortion, they're going to get an abortion. If abortions are legal, then they will be performed by experienced doctors who have been medically trained. If abortion is not legal, they will be performed by shady people, probably without any medical training, or worse, at home with a coat hanger. That is, of course, a huge danger to the mother, and a huge danger to anyone involved. An abortion that doesn't go well could sterilize a woman, or cause her permanent damage, or even cause an infection that could kill her. That would almost never happen if an abortion is performed by a doctor, but if it's no, who knows what could happen? Keep abortion legal, keep abortion safe.

Random rant: Jan Brewer

To start out this lovely blog, well, I suppose there's not much to introduce. I like to rant, because ranting is fun. So, to start out, I will not waste time and go straight to a rant on Arizona's own governor, Jan Brewer.

There was once a time (that, I must add, not many people are particularly proud of) where it was a federal law that you had to turn in all black people (presumably escaped slaves) that you saw. That just sounds horrible today. In the Third Reich, Similar things happened with Jews. Hitler once said, "If only one country, for whatever reason, tolerates a Jewish family in it, that family will become the germ center for fresh sedition. If one little Jewish boy survives without any Jewish education, with no synagogue and no Hebrew school, it [Judaism] is in his soul. Even if there had never been a synagogue or a Jewish school or an Old Testament, the Jewish spirit would still exist and exert its influence. It has been there from the beginning and there is no Jew, not a single one, who does not personify it." In other words, unless everyone banishes Jews, they will still exist, no matter how naturalized they are, and that is in some way bad. Once again, that is horrible. Recently, in Arizona, it has become law that any person who is reasonably suspected of being an illegal immigrant (i.e., a Hispanic person) needs to be arrested. If they can't show their papers, they get deported. That's somewhat of a problem, but not nearly as much of a problem as those who can show their papers, but don't have them, or even if they do have them, they know that they are being profiled, and they know that they are subjects of racism. I have half a mind to hire a Hispanic person to go to Arizona and intentionally get arrested, so I can go and sue the shit out of Arizona, because somehow, I don't see Sonia Sotomayor letting this one go by. Better yet, we should send Sonia Sotomayor herself to get arrested in Arizona, because the Supreme Court would have a fun time letting that one go by... Hmm... My rants go off on tangents when I write them at midnight... Do you like tacos?

In any case, this is clearly a law seated in hate and racism, and I don't see how anybody can not see that. Besides, how would you be able to tell a Canadian immigrant by looking at them? This law clearly targets Hispanic people, not illegal immigration. Not only that, but Arizona's lovely governor has had the audacity to say that most illegal immigrants smuggle drugs. This is completely unfounded, and completely based in hate and fear. What if, oh, I don't know, it kind of sucks to live in Mexico, and people are trying to find a better life for themselves and their families? But no... Because Jan Brewer is a racist shit. And by the way, if you haven't picked up on this already, I don't really have a lot of tolerance for racists. To be more precise, I think racists are the dumbest, most disgusting, and generally the worst people in the world. Jan Brewer is a racist. By the law of detachment, I have no tolerance for Jan Brewer. I just don't see how she can think that this is okay. I don't know what went wrong in her childhood. I don't know what her problem is, but she is a horrible person. She's the kind of person who makes me wish that we lived in a parliamentary system so that we could hold a vote of no confidence and restore the dignity of Arizona and the United States.

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." -Martin Luther King, Jr.