For me, something that stood out with the (semi) recent passing of Health Care Reform in the United States were those who were so outspoken against it on the grounds that you are losing the rights to make decisions about your own body to the Government. While in a radical state of mind I could understand the fears behind such an argument, there was one thing that really irked me.
Not to lump all those for who stand for either viewpoint in one group, but I found that a great deal of those putting forth this argument tended to be fundamentally Pro-Life, and very eager to have Roe v. Wade overturned. Wouldn't imparting heavier abortion legislation carry forth the same principle you had just argued against in the case of Universal Health Care? If the government is handed the rights to make that decision for women, does that not take away her right to make decisions about her own body?
According to the First Amendment, No religion shall be imposed upon any person of the United States, and isn't nearly every argument in the pro-life arsenal somehow rooted in Religion? I do not mean to say that every person who is Pro-life has associations with a particular beliefs system, only that the inclusion of ANY religious beliefs when it comes to Personal rights and Freedoms should be quashed outright.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
An Observation of Something that Rings Very True..
A while back, I came across an article that contained a line that resonates so well in our current state, it's almost unreal.
"And the fact that most of our elders call us "the worst generation" for relying on a comedy program for our news, while we call them "the insanest generation" for creating an environment in which a comedy program is one of the more reliable sources of news, seems like one of the more interesting conflicts of the decade." Quoted by Michael Swaim, in an article on Cracked.com circa December 2009.
Hmm. Very true. For those who don't put much weight in the words of an article from Cracked, give it some thought.
Personally, I love The Daily Show (And Cracked). While I regard it as the satirical news show it is, the fact that a show on the comedy network is held in higher esteem in the eyes of much of my generation than MSNBC, or FOX, is utterly backwards.
It just goes to show how, both influential and dismissed mainstream media can become in the eyes of a population. As my pet project, I'll be discussing the state of (many) nations in my own little online journal.
"And the fact that most of our elders call us "the worst generation" for relying on a comedy program for our news, while we call them "the insanest generation" for creating an environment in which a comedy program is one of the more reliable sources of news, seems like one of the more interesting conflicts of the decade." Quoted by Michael Swaim, in an article on Cracked.com circa December 2009.
Hmm. Very true. For those who don't put much weight in the words of an article from Cracked, give it some thought.
Personally, I love The Daily Show (And Cracked). While I regard it as the satirical news show it is, the fact that a show on the comedy network is held in higher esteem in the eyes of much of my generation than MSNBC, or FOX, is utterly backwards.
It just goes to show how, both influential and dismissed mainstream media can become in the eyes of a population. As my pet project, I'll be discussing the state of (many) nations in my own little online journal.
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