Abortion again again
I don’t know about you but watching this video of a man carving the figure of a baby has really made me see the error of my ways on abortion. What a monster I was.
And then there’s this one, likening abortion to workplace bullying:
Because having an abortion is just like being bullied at work, isn’t it? At least it probably is if you fall into the clutches of this stripe of hectoring anti-abortionists. Their message is so simple, so effective. Sorry, I meant simplistic effluent.
Watching the current crop of prominent conservative bloggers discuss abortion is so deeply dispiriting. MP Nadine Dorries will be along shortly and the discussion will degenerate to the level of a chimp’s tea party. The term ‘abortion industry’ is less a tawdry euphemism and more a metaphor for the grinding, futile circularity of this debate when it’s in the hands of these people.
Where are the likes of Andrew of Non-Trivial Solutions and Blimpish, both of whom are long gone? They were civil, coherent, willing to defend their positions with honesty (both intellectual and moral), engaging and – very importantly – likeable. I like to think they slipped off to a parallel universe where they now find themselves British political blogging’s leading conservative commentators.
(Via Westmonster)
Posted on February 26th, 2008 at 9:25pm under Blog, bloggers and blogging, Miscellaneous misanthropy, Tories
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Don’t agree with abortion? Don’t have one!
Indeed. And when Muslims try to tell women what to do, these lot go berserk.
Y’know, it was Andrew who made me think that perhaps not all right wingers were irredemable, dishonest wankers. And then he vanished and we were left with Iain Dale.
I should add the proviso, that I do think there are one or two exceptions still out there.
Worth noting that at least one or two of the commenters at CH have given those vids the kicking they deserve. One would assume that they’re Tories, too.
Amen to Blimpish and Andrew / NTS. Sorely missed.