Why PROLIFE?
I've asked myself that question often of late. Why would someone choose such a name? One would think, "A person choosing the name PROLIFE must be a person who believes in the sanctity of life and the right of every living thing to share in the wonder of life here on earth."
Of course, in American society the word PROLIFE takes a different meaning. It is defined as a person who is anti-abortion, but, negative connotations of the term "anti-abortion" being what they are, the rules of good public relations demand a more genteel and life-affirming name, even if the intent is not to affirm life. How may one assume that a person self-named PROLIFE may not be pro-life?
Look at the evidence. A man, in the name of saving lives, bombs a building in which innocent lives are taken. Another man, in the name of saving life, takes a rifle and murders a doctor who performs abortions, thus destroying that doctor's life and ruining the lives of the members of his family. These are just two examples of manifold incidents in which those claiming to be pro-life have taken not only the lives of those they deem to be "out of control," but also the lives of innocent bystanders.
What, then, can be the real motive of those who claim to be pro-life but in the act of supporting life, kill?
Look at the name as it appears here on SI. PROLIFE - all caps. That's not a statement - it's a shout, it's a scream, it's an ORDER.
It's an order. It's an order to bring everyone into agreement with the pro-life faction - or prepare to die. "I'm PROLIFE and I will bring order by force, if necessary, if that's what it takes to CONTROL you."
CONTROL. That's what your name should really be, PROLFE, because that's what you desire, CONTROL. That's why you so fervently support GW Bush. He's your great hope for CONTROL
of those whom you deem to be out of control. And the thing you admire about Bush is his fervency that outstrips even yours in its ruthlessness and savagery. "You will do as I say; I will control you even if I have to kill every last one of you."
Killing someone to control them is, I think we would both agree, an extreme control method, but a control method nevertheless which both your ilk and GW Bush uses with great enthusiasm.
PROLIFE? Not anyone who wishes to wrongly and illegally control others at gunpoint.
PROLIFE? Not Bush.
PROLIFE? Not you.
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