Dan Minette wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Right to Children Re: Ethics, death, and cost.
>
> > In a message dated 7/22/01 9:57:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
>
> > My only complaint about this is the notions that governments "allow"
> these
> > things to happen as if the governments could prevent them from happening.
> I
> > used to be a liberal about such things but now I have become convinced
> that
> > the government cannot prevent this sort of thing because it cannot control
> > the forces that create these horrors. It is just hubris to think that any
> > government can do this.
> >
> Its true that governments cannot prevent it, but we as private citizens and
> by influencing our various governments can do things to nudge things in the
> right direction. I think we are honor bound to help as we can. While I
> agree it is hubris to think we can control those forces, I also think it is
> cowardly to not do anything at all to stand up to them.
I agree. We can not effectively deny people the right to reproduce, but we
can make an effort to improve the conditions where these children are raised.
IMO, and I apologize in advance if this offends anyone but I think it is
germane to the topic, the Catholic church could do more than any single
government or organization by modifying their policies on birth control. They
decry the number of unborn children denied the right to live, but are
ineffective at discouraging people from bringing children into the world that
they can ill afford to care for properly. And how many of those children
suffer and die? How many are destined to live miserable, impoverished lives?
It's beyond me to understand how such a compassionate man as the Pope can not
see the suffering that his church's policy encourages.
Doug
