That word got stuck in my ears as I forced myself to watch to the end. Why do we even have to question such unspeakable actions against the innocent and defenseless?
You tell me what kind of creature are we by standing without doing anything about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSW-CkWbqI
To which God (or not) you pray to is irrelevant. To which political ideology or party you affiliate with, it is irrelevant. Are we human beings or not?
Abortion is only one of the self-centered acts that humans do. And it is not the worst of them. At least "abortion" sounds somewhat technical, civilized.. a routine if you like. With abortion there is at least some emotional detachment. Far worse is same thing being done as an act of hatred or some demented sense of satisfaction.
Imagine this: 2-month-old baby nailed with a 10-inch knife trough the chest to a wooden post. And the only reason for it was the nationality of the baby. Sounds like some b-horror plot? Or a legacy from the dark ages? Nope. It is an event that took place some 15 years ago.
My point is: those things are still happening no matter how "enlightened" we think people are.
Here is my quick-list of human-specific categories of irrational, yet widely accepted behaviors:
- annual slaughter of baby seals and skinning them alive.. and for what? Money? Food? NO!! For a fashion statement and a social status symbol.. (I'm referring to consumers of the final product that are making the market for it. How vain and self-centered can one be, I ask myself.). I used the baby-seals because they are the most popular.. in reality, it is a common practice in the leather and fur industry to skin animals alive. They say that fur looks prettier that way..
- brainwashing 15yo girls to blow themselves up in a overcrowded plaza (I'm sure that it was not their idea) or making soldiers out of 9yo boys (9yo kids should be playing with toy-guns.. not killing with real ones)
- walking through the forest, armed with 12-gauge, night vision, binoculars and a camouflage outfit, killing animals at random, perceive it as a recreational pass-time and calling it a sport. (A Sport? A SPORT!!?? It would be a sport only if deer had guns too. Humans are THE ONLY creatures that kill for fun.)
- Using lies to influence the masses and provoke them to do all sorts of the hate-driven monstrous atrocities, like murders, lynches, genocides, wars.. or just a plain "it's OK to wage wars" approval.. IT IS NOT OK AND IT WILL NEVER BE!!
- Killing unborn babies.. that is an extreme display of how unwanted some babies are. Or even worse: a display of how trivialized a human life has become.
Unwanted babies.. When I think about that term, I can't help but to assume that it is acceptable to think that babies can live only if their moms WANT to have a baby at that particular moment. Otherwise, a baby is nothing more than a benign tumor that needs to be removed. Also, WANTED baby must be some sort of pet or a fashion accessory (or a publicity stunt, if you are a celebrity).
I guess some people just can't wait for an excuse to kill somebody.
I guess the existence of one is the reason enough.