The Watchman, after more reflection regarding the issue over a blogger being or not being a journalist, has decided to make a few changes how future postings are made to Red Flag Days (RFD). Future postings will be identified as either "RFD-NEWS" or "RFD-WARNING". RFD-NEWS is just as you might expect a factual reporting of events locally, state-wide, national, or international. RFDs will rely on similar sources as other news agencies, with proper citation to those sources. The style of these postings will be bulleted items with teaser headlines and hot linked to the complete original source.
RFD-WARNING means the content is the Watchman's personal opinion and comment on events in the news. These postings will have a style that is more in line with past postings on RFD. I will attempt to reference known sources that support my assertions and ideas as appropriate. However, as opinion, I am free to make my case as I see the issues. To paraphrase one talk-show host: Anything you read on RFD should be personally fact-checked to validate information presented. To aid my readers, I am posting links to several info checking web sites.
As editor-in-chief of RFD I am responsible for the content I choose to publish and follow generally accepted journalistic ethics. The content of RFD-WARNINGS will also be copyrighted on the day of public posting. The content may be reproduced and used by others as long as full accreditation to RFD is made by the user and any 3rd party source data remain unchanged. Please note I occasionally edit a previously published posting. This editing is only for correction of spelling/grammar or to correct a factual error, and in that case it is noted. My continual prayer: Oh Lord grant me two gifts, the ability to spell words correctly and remember the names of people I meet!
A third change or addition I have been working on is to create a link to other, more extensive writings I have done in the past several years. One of these efforts is entitled, "BRTD: Better Red Than Dead". This work is a series of essays trying to explain why I am a conservative and express views on issues I am most passionate about. The trick is getting the essays final editted, files saved into a .pdf format, loaded on to a web site, and then linking the site to RFD. Remember this is being done in my "spare" time. Patience is the watchword on this project.
Several friends have asked me for recommendations on who to read/listen to for conservative content and information. I'm working on a review of those conservatives I routinely check out and provided links to those sites. Stay tuned to this station!
These are a few changes coming in 2010. If you have any feedback on these or other comments on how to improve Red Flag Days then shoot me a note or a comment.
Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2010
Monday, August 3, 2009
Witnessing an Abortion
Today I witnessed on the net a horrific abortion. The high pitched screams, gasping death rattle, and the ultimate life ending choking sputter. The attendants watched with dispassionate eyes as a wonderful creation was destroyed, then they laughed to one another when the evil deed was done. Enjoying the killing. It was truly one of the most awful things I've witnessed. The abortion of a perfectly good Volvo.
Yes, you read that last sentence right. I'm talking about Obama's Cash for Klunker's program. (If you can stomach to watch the wanton, willful destruction, and senseless waste of mother earth's resources, go to Fox News.com video entitled "Don't Watch, Car Lovers.) And before all my Christan pro-life friends get in a tither about comparing the abortion of a small innocent unborn human to a car, please let me explain.
Abortion is about power of a woman to choose her own destiny and deny that of her unborn child. Abortion is about self and makes self more important than others. It is about the ability to "move on with life" rather than be saddled with the burden and responsibility of caring for a baby. Abortion is about continuing the good times with little thought or hardly a remembrance of what was killed. Abortion takes what is whole and breaks it in pieces then is flushed into some waste system. Abortion is about having a free lunch and never worrying about who pays the price. It is an attitude of soul devaluing the very living uniqueness of who we are in a universe where we may still be the only senescent life form capable of loving kindness as well as this most evil of deeds.
But extend that attitude out from our reproductive system. Foist it upon other aspects of our our existence. Ask if we can so easily kill a human being, innocent from the warmth of a mother's womb, then how much easier is it to kill a Volvo? My friends please don't laugh. The Volvo isn't a living thing, but it represents a compilation of the wonders of the human mind. Additionally the Volvo brings together the expenditure of thousands of pounds of natural resources, hundreds of gallons of fuel to make and ship, and then ultimately a means to transport humans from home to work and back again, safely, and with a sense of style worthy of art.
The reasoning behind this act is equally as evil as abortion. The argument is that it is the right thing to do. We're saving the planet by killing one thing so we can have a new thing that gets maybe 5 or 10 MPG better mileage. As with abortion we're saving the planet from over population. One less mouth to feed. It is the right thing to do.
We can have a better car if we'll just abort the one we have, kill it for money. If our child is less perfect, then we kill it so it won't take up resources that might be better used to promote a healthy pure child. It is the intent, then, to do good, yet it hardens the heart, slowly and deadly. It is illogically to waste one already expended resource so that another car, created with still yet more resources, might be acquired. And not even think about it. Hardly. Justifiable waste. And the truly sad part of the Volvo's abortion was there most likely were many who would have used it well for their own transportation. Denied even the opportunity to be blessed with a car many may have never been able to purchase. All in the name of boosting new car sales. Greed. Avarice. An attitude of self. Much like abortion of our human models, children, who would be loved by the childless.
It scares the Watchman to think of the easy link. The smooth connection between how our society justifies one thoughtless act, abortion, can lead to so many other justifiable thoughtless actions that might lead one day to horrific outcomes. If we can kill an unborn or destroy a car,for convenience, what might come next in this world where ethics is short on principle and our return to barbarity is just a step away?
Yes, you read that last sentence right. I'm talking about Obama's Cash for Klunker's program. (If you can stomach to watch the wanton, willful destruction, and senseless waste of mother earth's resources, go to Fox News.com video entitled "Don't Watch, Car Lovers.) And before all my Christan pro-life friends get in a tither about comparing the abortion of a small innocent unborn human to a car, please let me explain.
Abortion is about power of a woman to choose her own destiny and deny that of her unborn child. Abortion is about self and makes self more important than others. It is about the ability to "move on with life" rather than be saddled with the burden and responsibility of caring for a baby. Abortion is about continuing the good times with little thought or hardly a remembrance of what was killed. Abortion takes what is whole and breaks it in pieces then is flushed into some waste system. Abortion is about having a free lunch and never worrying about who pays the price. It is an attitude of soul devaluing the very living uniqueness of who we are in a universe where we may still be the only senescent life form capable of loving kindness as well as this most evil of deeds.
But extend that attitude out from our reproductive system. Foist it upon other aspects of our our existence. Ask if we can so easily kill a human being, innocent from the warmth of a mother's womb, then how much easier is it to kill a Volvo? My friends please don't laugh. The Volvo isn't a living thing, but it represents a compilation of the wonders of the human mind. Additionally the Volvo brings together the expenditure of thousands of pounds of natural resources, hundreds of gallons of fuel to make and ship, and then ultimately a means to transport humans from home to work and back again, safely, and with a sense of style worthy of art.
The reasoning behind this act is equally as evil as abortion. The argument is that it is the right thing to do. We're saving the planet by killing one thing so we can have a new thing that gets maybe 5 or 10 MPG better mileage. As with abortion we're saving the planet from over population. One less mouth to feed. It is the right thing to do.
We can have a better car if we'll just abort the one we have, kill it for money. If our child is less perfect, then we kill it so it won't take up resources that might be better used to promote a healthy pure child. It is the intent, then, to do good, yet it hardens the heart, slowly and deadly. It is illogically to waste one already expended resource so that another car, created with still yet more resources, might be acquired. And not even think about it. Hardly. Justifiable waste. And the truly sad part of the Volvo's abortion was there most likely were many who would have used it well for their own transportation. Denied even the opportunity to be blessed with a car many may have never been able to purchase. All in the name of boosting new car sales. Greed. Avarice. An attitude of self. Much like abortion of our human models, children, who would be loved by the childless.
It scares the Watchman to think of the easy link. The smooth connection between how our society justifies one thoughtless act, abortion, can lead to so many other justifiable thoughtless actions that might lead one day to horrific outcomes. If we can kill an unborn or destroy a car,for convenience, what might come next in this world where ethics is short on principle and our return to barbarity is just a step away?
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