Then Don't Impose Your Views.
This letter to the Globe needs no set-up so here it is:
Editor,
Mr. Rick Klein had it exactly right when he wrote, "Throughout his career, (Sen.) Kerry has said he is personally opposed to abortion but would not impose his views on others (Kerry urges cooperation to reduce abortions, September 19, A1)."
This is exactly the kind of ridiculous sentiment that garners the Senator the well-earned, nickname "The Great Equivocator". To wit,
He's for raising taxes and he's prepared to impose this view on the hard working people of this Country. What, is he not "personally" in favor of raising taxes? Lucky us, he gets to impose his view!
He's for cutting and running from Iraq and he's prepared to impose this view on the people that want to defeat terrorists. Is he not "personally" in favor of cutting and running so he's free to impose?
He's against reducing our dependency on foreign oil by voting against sourcing oil from Alaska and he's prepared to impose this view on those of us paying $3.00 for a gallon of gasoline. Again, is this view not a "personal" view?
The list of the Senator's views that he seeks to impose on the American people is endless. Yet, only on the abortion issue does the Great Equivocator seek a nuanced escape clause? What a political coward. This is my view and I hope the Boston Globe allows me to impose it on its readership. (End of letter.)
I thought the only thing politicians did was impose their views. What a coward.
This letter to the Globe needs no set-up so here it is:
Editor,
Mr. Rick Klein had it exactly right when he wrote, "Throughout his career, (Sen.) Kerry has said he is personally opposed to abortion but would not impose his views on others (Kerry urges cooperation to reduce abortions, September 19, A1)."
This is exactly the kind of ridiculous sentiment that garners the Senator the well-earned, nickname "The Great Equivocator". To wit,
He's for raising taxes and he's prepared to impose this view on the hard working people of this Country. What, is he not "personally" in favor of raising taxes? Lucky us, he gets to impose his view!
He's for cutting and running from Iraq and he's prepared to impose this view on the people that want to defeat terrorists. Is he not "personally" in favor of cutting and running so he's free to impose?
He's against reducing our dependency on foreign oil by voting against sourcing oil from Alaska and he's prepared to impose this view on those of us paying $3.00 for a gallon of gasoline. Again, is this view not a "personal" view?
The list of the Senator's views that he seeks to impose on the American people is endless. Yet, only on the abortion issue does the Great Equivocator seek a nuanced escape clause? What a political coward. This is my view and I hope the Boston Globe allows me to impose it on its readership. (End of letter.)
I thought the only thing politicians did was impose their views. What a coward.
posted by Zack at 6:10 PM
1 Comments:
The same is true for the argument made by non-politicians that say they don't want laws against abortion because, although they wouldn't do it themselves, "I wouldn't want to impose my morals on others". The entire criminal code is based on our morals -- murder is a crime expressly because people think it is morally wrong; same for rape, burglary, assault and most if not all other crimes. Abortion is the killing of an innocent human life, it is immoral, and it should be against the law.
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