Apparently, quite a few women in Afghanistan commit suicide (or try to) by setting themselves on fire. How unspeakably horrible must their despair be if they see this as a “way out”?
[via Maclean’s]
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I am somewhat skeptical…
I’ve heard about the joys of motherhood. But, um, pleasurable childbirth? Not so much… They have GOT to be pulling my leg, right?
[h/t The Corner]
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Rebecca adds: I guess if people can walk over glowing coals and not sustain burns, mind over matter even in extremes is theoretically possible … but I’m not terribly convinced that happens, either.
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Tanya says: “Each contraction may bring a rush of joy so overwhelming that the pain recedes into the background.”
Let’s see…rush of joy, rush of pain. Rush of joy…or…rush of pain. I know what I’d prefer. Why find the idea of pleasurable childbearing offensive? Unfathomable; unbelievable. OK. But don’t we have enough to get offended about? There are far too many twisted knickers these days.
On seal pups, people and compassion in The Post
Read more about People for the Ethical Treatment of People in the National Post Full Comment online, here:
Seal pups. Cute, cuddly, fluffy things with black eyes staring forlornly at us from a patch of ice that’s probably melting due to global warming, hoping to avoid the hunter’s club. We can’t help feel compassion. Over at ProWomanProLife, we want to know why such compassion does not extent to people.
In the hope of extending compassion all the way to our own species, today we launched a new T-shirt campaign to draw attention to the plight of women and children, “People for the Ethical Treatment of People.” Because we believe people are, well, people too.
ProWomanProLife on 580 CFRA tonight
I’ll be chatting with John Counsell about People for the Ethical Treatment of People (while wearing my shirt, of course) on 580 CFRA tonight at ten pm. Should you like to tune in…
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Brigitte adds: And we’ll be able to watch, too… (you didn’t know there was a camera in that studio, did you?)
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Andrea adds: For the love of the saints, Brigitte, no, I didn’t know there was a camera in there. I have become slightly OK, over time, with doing radio. The nervous anxiety no longer keeps me up at night. Not so with television, not so. So. When I can’t sleep tonight, I’ll call you!
Launching People for the Ethical Treatment of People
ProWomanProLife is proud to introduce a brand new line of T-shirts:
People for the Ethical Treatment of People
Read our press release, here.
And buy a shirt, here.
These comfortable, cotton, ladies’ tees are ready for the ordering; a subtle pro-life message that hammers home our main point without ever saying the dreaded “A-word”.
The story: At some point I realized our culture has a higher level of sympathy for animals and the environment than we do for women and babies. And at a different point I realized I would wear a T-shirt in defence of women and life, but there were none on the market I’d even consider. ProWomanProLife has now rectified this egregious situation.
Buy a T-shirt for 25 dollars, taxes and shipping included, and make a pro-woman, pro-life statement without saying a word.
A note for men: Yes, these are ladies tees. However, drop us a line/send us a comment if you are interested and we’ll be quick to launch PET-P T-shirts (spoken as if you were saying “pet-peeve”) for men.
Act now – protect freedom of conscience for health care professionals
Or at least, try to. Here’s what this is about:
On January 20, 2009, President Bush implemented regulations that would protect health care workers who refuse to participate in abortion-related activities from discrimination. President Obama and his Department of Health and Human Services have published their intent to overturn these regulations. The regulations are intended to educate health care professionals, as well as the general public, about the rights of medical personnel to treat their patients in accordance with their conscience, free from discrimination or intimidation. They also give health care professionals a way to press charges in the event that they experience discrimination. By law the Obama Administration must leave a 30 day period open for the public to comment on his repeal of the right of conscience. Please write into the Department of Health and Human Service today and tell them that you oppose discrimination on account of conscience!
The link above gives you a form you can complete and email, voicing your concerns. Please consider doing so.
Personal courage and constitutional crises
When Luxembourg voted to legalize euthanasia, the Grand Duke Henri refused to sign it into law.
So their parliament promptly voted to give him a purely ceremonial role. Fine.
I still say it is a testimony to personal courage that a man would risk his position and power to oppose a bad law.
This is what I look for, by the way, in Canadian leaders. A glimmer of hope that somewhere they have personal convictions that they are willing to stand on. It’s rare (see how Morgentaler sailed through the Order of Canada process with most of our elite) but it does still exist, as the Grand Duke Henri shows.
I’ll also add this: The beauty of religious types is that they don’t seek earthly power–making them much more free to conduct themselves with integrity. I believe that as faith increases, so does freedom, and fear decreases, too. This counter-cultural perspective rarely hits the media, but I see it in faithful people all around me.
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Brigitte’s head is spinning: Wow, is that what “convictions” look like? One rarely sees any…
Only people are people
This is an old story. Still, I was unaware of just how much damage the chimp did:
Herold hit the animal with a shovel and then stabbed him with a kitchen knife several times but could not stop him. She then called 911 for help, explaining that Travis had ripped off Nash’s face. (Nash’s injuries were so severe that initially she was assumed to be a man.)
Could it be there is a pro-chimp media bias, to diminish the nature of his crime? “Ripping off someone’s face” sounds pretty bad to me.
I also link to this because the point that only people are people is one worth making. Stay tuned for more on this point…
The right balance…
“One in four pregnancies in Israel ends in abortion”
Given the increasing number of religious Jews in Israel, who have significantly higher birthrates than their secular counterparts, this means that the number of pregnancies ending in abortion amongst secular Jews in Israel is radically higher. Mass abortion is tragic in any context, for any people. But there is something especially bitter about this – there are too many people who consider Jewish lives to be disposable, and it’s heartbreaking that the behaviour of so many Jewish women places just as little value on the life of a Jewish baby as does the basest antisemite.
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