Russia fancies itself a superpower. After losing all of its imperial satellites after the collapse of the USSR, its government still holds on to some romantic notion of Russian importance in the world. Just ask the Georgians.
However, there is just one really big problem. You can't be a superpower without people. You need people to man your economy, hold your cities, spread your culture and form your armies. China has, for now, 1.3 billion people. The US has some 300 million people. Russia, with a territory at least twice as large as the US, has 148 million.
Now, 148 million is a big number. Only, its kinda puny when you look at all the territory this people will have to defend. Add that to the fact that its not a very healthy 148 million. Its a population that is not only small for its territorial size, it is also a population that is declining due to high mortality rates and extremely low fertility rates. This is no way for a superpower to be.
There are many culprits here, but one cannot help but point to one very large elephant taking a dump in the middle of the living room. Russia has the largest number of abortions in the world. According to Wikipedia (I'd link to the source article, but its in Cyrillic):
In 2001, 1,320,000 children were born in Russia, while 1,800,000 abortions were performed. In 2005, 1,600,000 abortions were registered in Russia.
More people are being killed in the womb than were being born. It is a most glaring example of an entire culture slowly and painfully committing seppuku. They are addressing the problem now, with limited efforts. But, one Russian city, Novorossiysk, decided that, for a week, it was going to go all out and ban abortion altogether.
A Russian city located in the southern part of the nation near the Black Sea is starting a campaign called a "Week Without Abortions." The idea is to temporarily prohibit abortions in the city and encourage couples to have children in an effort to combat the growing underpopulation problem.
To me, this sounds like a good idea. Only, it does not go far enough. Why not just ban the abomination entirely? What will you do after a week? Go back to staring your obsolescence in the face?
If only the entire country saw the sense behind the act.
For every child that a family has after the first, the Russian government pays parents the equivalent of $9,200. There's even a "National Day of Conception." None of it seems to be working.
Of course. $9,200 will not cover insurance, education and various other miscellaneous expenses. Any such incentive program must be accompanied by extremely substantial tax breaks, school vouchers, workplace concessions and a whole plethora of reforms just to make raising a kid viable for everybody not rolling in cash. Second, no carrot ought to come without a stick. Ban abortions. Even a monster like Stalin saw the sense in it. Do not frame abortion as "choice", that wonderfully Orwellian lie that the West has been using to rationalize a genocide. The "choice" to wantonly kill must not exist, for far too many men and women would choose to destroy themselves and others to fulfill their own base desires. (Check out Captain Ahab...)
Finally, the cultural problem must be addressed. The legal solutions are all so much bandage. One must strike at the heart of the cancer. What in Russian culture has bred so much hopelessness that women go against their natural maternal instincts and kill their own children? Some of these women have had over 20 abortions over the course of a lifetime. What turns mothers into the destroyers of their own children? And, where the hell are the men?
I suspect that at the heart of it all, Solzhenitsyn's diagnosis is correct. These people have forgotten God. That is probably the single deadliest blow emanating from the legacy of Communism. Communism robs people of God. Communism robs people of hope.
It must also be noted that abortion is widely used in Russia and other former Soviet bloc countries as a means of birth control.
It is a very small step from contraception and birth control to abortion, no matter the lies forwarded by Rep. Lagman's best apologists. And if that ass has his way, we will be making the same deal with the devil the Russians made.
Only, we won't even get to afford pretensions to superpower.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Looks Like I Finally Won Something For a Change...
Joem and I entered this contest:
I just got my essay in 15 minutes before the deadline.
And what do you know...
I just got my essay in 15 minutes before the deadline.
And what do you know...
Hi Jonathan,
Congratulations! you are one of the top 3 winners of our 5th Annual essay Writing Contest.
Please confirm your attendance on our awarding on Dec. 1, 2008 at Embassy Superclub at the Fort, TAGUIG CITY.
I just got this email tonight from the organizers.
So, back to Embassy on Monday night. I wonder if Kuya Ray can take me. I don't really mix well with ravers and party people.
I'll post the essay later in the week.
I just got this email tonight from the organizers.
So, back to Embassy on Monday night. I wonder if Kuya Ray can take me. I don't really mix well with ravers and party people.
I'll post the essay later in the week.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
It's Still a Nice Place To Live In, This Earth...
In between the horrors man inflicts upon man, there are others who occasionally display some of that divine spark that ensure that no matter how great the evil he can perpetrate, man is still worth saving.
Here's the story of a twenty-three year old woman who lapsed into a coma after a car accident. She had been considered a vegetable, and would've been starved to death if not for the persistence of her father in trying to persuade her mother, who had custody, not to withhold food and water. For now, she appears to be safe from death by dehydration, thanks to a new custodial arrangement between her parents.
In another story, a Serbian serial abortionist who worked under the former Communist regime woke up to realize that he had the blood of thousands on his hands. And unlike most who wake up realizing this, he turned around. No more bloodshed. From the story:
There's even a nice dig at St. Thomas Aquinas in the end.
“Influenced by Aristotle, Thomas wrote that human life begins forty days after fertilization,” Adasevic wrote in one article. La Razon commented that Adasevic “suggests that perhaps the saint wanted to make amends for that error.” Today the Serbian doctor continues to fight for the lives of the unborn.
Here's the story of a twenty-three year old woman who lapsed into a coma after a car accident. She had been considered a vegetable, and would've been starved to death if not for the persistence of her father in trying to persuade her mother, who had custody, not to withhold food and water. For now, she appears to be safe from death by dehydration, thanks to a new custodial arrangement between her parents.
In another story, a Serbian serial abortionist who worked under the former Communist regime woke up to realize that he had the blood of thousands on his hands. And unlike most who wake up realizing this, he turned around. No more bloodshed. From the story:
In describing his conversion, Adasevic “dreamed about a beautiful field full of children and young people who were playing and laughing, from 4 to 24 years of age, but who ran away from him in fear. A man dressed in a black and white habit stared at him in silence. The dream was repeated each night and he would wake up in a cold sweat. One night he asked the man in black and white who he was. ‘My name is Thomas Aquinas,’ the man in his dream responded. Adasevic, educated in communist schools, had never heard of the Dominican genius saint. He didn’t recognize the name”
“Why don’t you ask me who these children are?” St. Thomas asked Adasevic in his dream.
“They are the ones you killed with your abortions,’ St. Thomas told him.
There's even a nice dig at St. Thomas Aquinas in the end.
“Influenced by Aristotle, Thomas wrote that human life begins forty days after fertilization,” Adasevic wrote in one article. La Razon commented that Adasevic “suggests that perhaps the saint wanted to make amends for that error.” Today the Serbian doctor continues to fight for the lives of the unborn.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tropic Thunder
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Comedy |
It took some time, but I was really enjoying the movie too much to review it. Several weeks after the fact, and its still awesome. Now, to call it movie of the year may be a bit presumptuous, considering that "Dark Knight" also played this year, but this movie is the one that I will remember most from this year's offerings. Namely because it is both an intelligent satire of Hollywood culture and an extremely funny movie. The Wayans brothers ought to be taking notes. This is how you mock Hollywood!
Now, I won't go much into the technical merits. The cinematography is as conventional as war movies go. The soundtrack is an excellent 60's and 70's montage. But, what truly sets this movie apart is the sheer amount of Hollywood iconography subject to laughs. (First and foremost is Oliver Stone's Platoon and its outstretched soldier...) And, the movie is just so damn quotable to boot! This movie is like our very own version of Monty Python lite.
Just look at these gems:
Kirk Lazarus: I don't read the script. The script reads me.
Kevin Sandusky: What does that even mean?
***
Tugg Speedman: There were times while I was playing Jack where I felt...
[pause]
Tugg Speedman: ...retarded. Like, really retarded.
Kirk Lazarus: Damn!
Tugg Speedman: In a weird way I had to sort of just free myself up to believe that is was ok to be stupid or dumb.
Kirk Lazarus: To be a moron.
Tugg Speedman: Yeah!
Kirk Lazarus: To be moronical.
Tugg Speedman: Exactly, to be a moron.
Kirk Lazarus: An imbecile.
Tugg Speedman: Yeah!
Kirk Lazarus: Like the dumbest mother fucker that ever lived.
Tugg Speedman: [pause] When I was playing the character.
***
Kirk Lazarus: Everybody knows you never go full retard.
Tugg Speedman: What do you mean?
Kirk Lazarus: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
***
Alpa Chino: No, I always wanted to. I guess I just never had the courage to ask. It's complicated.
Kirk Lazarus: Nah! It's simple as pie man, you plant your feet on the ground, you look her square in the eyes you say "Hey! baby, you and me's goin' on a date, that's in the story"... What's her name?
Alpa Chino: ...Lance
Kirk Lazarus: You say 'Listen here, Lance'... Lance? What the fuck did I just hear? Lance?
Kevin Sandusky: Did you just say Lance?
Alpa Chino: No! No, I didn't say Lance. I said Nance.
Kevin Sandusky: It sounded a lot like Lance.
Alpa Chino: Dammit, I'm Alpa Chino! 'I Love Tha Pussy', aight? Lay yo ass back down and look at the stars.
***
Kirk Lazarus: I know what dude I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!
***
Alpa Chino: [mocking Kirk] Hell yeah! Ha! That's how we all talk? We all talk like dis, "suh"? Yes suh, ha! Yeah mmm-hmm get some crawfish, and some ribs, ha! Ye-aah. You're Australian! Be Australian! Excuse me, Kangaroo Jack!
[hops away like a kangaroo]
Kirk Lazarus: [confused] I get excited about my foods, man.
***
Kirk Lazarus: Alpa and I are already wearin' Earth Mamma's natural night camo.
Alpa Chino: Cool it, Benson!
***
Tugg Speedman: This is insane. Are you really going to abandon this movie? We're supposed to be a unit!
Kirk Lazarus: Suck my unit.
***
Kevin Sandusky: Tugg. Tugger. You're the last piece of the puzzle buddy. We need you! Your men need you. Are you with us?
Tugg Speedman: [pause] I'm a rooster illusion.
Kevin Sandusky: Fuck it. We'll deal with him later.
***
Tugg Speedman: I killed one, Rick... the thing I love most in the world.
Rick Peck: A hooker. Oh Jesus, you killed a hooker!
Tugg Speedman: No, a panda. I killed a panda...
Rick Peck: Amanda? C'mon dude, that's probably not even her real name...
This movie is going to be immortal. Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black et al. have outdone themselves. They even got Tom Cruise to quit acting and just be Tom Cruise! Insanity for the win!
After the Heavy Stuff, Some Light-Hearted Bashing is in Order
Continuing on my Twilight Hate-a-thon (its a long week), I found this little ditty while trawling the inter webs.
To wit*:
50 Edward Cullen Traits Every Guy Should Have
List by wildcats13 posted 5 months ago
Ok. so I found this as a group on facebook and totally agree... I mean who wouldn't want a guy, or *vampire* like Edawrd? So here's the list.
1. Be inhumanly attractive
2. Drive 200 km/h
3. Save you from death
4. Have an amazing body
5. Be incredibly wealthy
6. Be too much of a gentlemen
7. Have an elegant way of walking
8. Be inhumanly strong
9. Crooked smile
10. Have an extended an sophisticated vocabulary
11. Be really smart
12. Good taste in music
13. Smell extraordinarily nice
14. Suddenly appear out of nowhere and kiss you passionatley
15. To tell you that you ARE beautiful, not that you look beautiful
16. To be able to enter your room without anyone noticing
17. To be willing to sacrifice his life for yours
18. Have eyes only for you, even if he is surrounded by attractive girls
19. To be ale to read minds except for yours
20. Quote Romeo ( Shakespear )
21. Stand in front of you in a protective way when you arein danger
22. Give you his jacket when you are cold
23. To stay young, gorgeous and sexy forever
24. Have morals
25. Love you for what you are inside, not for how you look
26. Be charming
27. Be jealous of your guys friends ( Jacob, Mike, etc... )
28. Sparkle in the sunlight
29. Write you a song
30. Wait for the ideal girl to come along
31. Be a virgin
32. Whisper nice things in your ear
33. Be able to make you beautiful and immortal
34. Tell you that the outside world hols no interest for him without you
35. Be comprehensive
36. Have a nice family
37. Play the piano
38. Kiss you in the middle of a fight
39. Always pay everything
40. Hug you behind your back
41. Have been pretty much single since 1901
42. Hold your face while he kisses you
43. Doesn't sleep at night, stays by your side taking care of you
44. Speaks no lies
45. Have a good taste in clothes
46. Have beautiful and expressive eyes
47. Own amazing cars
48. Be able to carry you with no effort
49. Tell you that you are the closest to heaven that he will ever get
50. Be willing to spend eternity by your side
Don't don't lie and say that's not what you all want!!! Oh, my favorites are 9, 28, 38, 43, 49. Omg, so romantic!!!!! <333
Bella and Edward FOREVER!!!
___________
And...gag.
Okay, I have two words for "wildcats13": Future Lesbian.
Look at all these traits! No guy will have 10 of them, much less 50. Heck, I don't think we even demand that much from women. Furthermore, many of these dumb-ass traits can only be good in the mind of a hormonal 14 year old girl whose eyes still gaze skywards for unicorns.
1. Be inhumanly attractive
Right. So, with Cullen / Pattinson in mind, the sex offender look is "inhumanly attractive".
2. Drive 200 km/h
I'll bet the state trooper doesn't find that so sexy. Nor will you when he rams his nightstick up your shitty boyfriend's ass.
4. Have an amazing body
5. Be incredibly wealthy
6. Be too much of a gentlemen
He must have the body of a rapist, the money of The Donald and the attitude of Patton Oswalt. In essence, he's Michael Cera of Arrested Development.
8. Be inhumanly strong
What the fuck? Kill your own damn cockroach, b****.
13. Smell extraordinarily nice
Oh, you mean smell like a girl? Must "he" also affect a crude macho walk too?
14. Suddenly appear out of nowhere and kiss you passionatley
Sexual harassment? Check.
15. To tell you that you ARE beautiful, not that you look beautiful
Amazing grasp of worn-out cliches? Check.
16. To be able to enter your room without anyone noticing
Is a stalker? Check.
18. Have eyes only for you, even if he is surrounded by attractive girls
Blind? Check.
19. To be ale to read minds except for yours
Retarded? Check.
20. Quote Romeo ( Shakespear )
Knows only the most hackneyed of Shakespeare's plays? You betcha.
23. To stay young, gorgeous and sexy forever
Be an amazingly well-preserved mummy for the sake of an aging woman with sagging boobs? Uhh...
25. Love you for what you are inside, not for how you look
Must love the empty abyss? Okay....
27. Be jealous of your guys friends ( Jacob, Mike, etc... )
Unreasonably possessive? Check.
28. Sparkle in the sunlight
F**k you...
30. Wait for the ideal girl to come along
Waiting for someone who is way better than you? Definitely.
33. Be able to make you beautiful and immortal
"Hi, I am Dr. Frankenstein, plastic surgeon!"
34. Tell you that the outside world hols no interest for him without you
Be an ersatz Bubble Boy? Umm...
38. Kiss you in the middle of a fight
Be the world's dumbest fighter....you sure?
40. Hug you behind your back
As opposed to hugging you when you know about it?
41. Have been pretty much single since 1901
Pathologically incapable of human interaction? Check.
42. Hold your face while he kisses you
This sounds kinda awkward. How will anybody kiss you with hands in the way?
45. Have a good taste in clothes
46. Have beautiful and expressive eyes
47. Own amazing cars
Be a male Barbie doll. Err...why don't you just date Barbie and save us all the trouble?
49. Tell you that you are the closest to heaven that he will ever get
Be half geek, half Marxist? Check.
50. Be willing to spend eternity by your side
Must be world's biggest loser? Check, check, check.
You know what, the vampire is officially dead. Vampires are no longer scary. I'll bet even Count Chocula can kick Edward Cullen's ass. They are now the gayest monsters in the party, who rhapsodize their cheeseburgers and sparkle like ten year old girls bathed in glitter.
The vampire has been officially castrated. Anne Rice has thankfully already left the genre. She bailed just in time. Stephanie Meyer just took a gigantic, 12-pound shit on the genre, and no amount of scrubbing is going to take away that smell. Vampires will now be nothing more than the sparkly beings of Mary Sue wish-fulfillment among really bad amateur writers like Meyer. At least, we can thank Meyer for putting a wooden stake through the heart of all the pretenses of vampire fiction. It'll all be just another sub-genre of chick lit now. Count Dracula is dead. Long live Count Dracula.
I'm going to go mourn by downloading some Dresden Files episodes, where vampires still had the dignity to be monsters.
______
*I retained all spelling errors and girly squealing.
To wit*:
50 Edward Cullen Traits Every Guy Should Have
List by wildcats13 posted 5 months ago
Ok. so I found this as a group on facebook and totally agree... I mean who wouldn't want a guy, or *vampire* like Edawrd? So here's the list.
1. Be inhumanly attractive
2. Drive 200 km/h
3. Save you from death
4. Have an amazing body
5. Be incredibly wealthy
6. Be too much of a gentlemen
7. Have an elegant way of walking
8. Be inhumanly strong
9. Crooked smile
10. Have an extended an sophisticated vocabulary
11. Be really smart
12. Good taste in music
13. Smell extraordinarily nice
14. Suddenly appear out of nowhere and kiss you passionatley
15. To tell you that you ARE beautiful, not that you look beautiful
16. To be able to enter your room without anyone noticing
17. To be willing to sacrifice his life for yours
18. Have eyes only for you, even if he is surrounded by attractive girls
19. To be ale to read minds except for yours
20. Quote Romeo ( Shakespear )
21. Stand in front of you in a protective way when you arein danger
22. Give you his jacket when you are cold
23. To stay young, gorgeous and sexy forever
24. Have morals
25. Love you for what you are inside, not for how you look
26. Be charming
27. Be jealous of your guys friends ( Jacob, Mike, etc... )
28. Sparkle in the sunlight
29. Write you a song
30. Wait for the ideal girl to come along
31. Be a virgin
32. Whisper nice things in your ear
33. Be able to make you beautiful and immortal
34. Tell you that the outside world hols no interest for him without you
35. Be comprehensive
36. Have a nice family
37. Play the piano
38. Kiss you in the middle of a fight
39. Always pay everything
40. Hug you behind your back
41. Have been pretty much single since 1901
42. Hold your face while he kisses you
43. Doesn't sleep at night, stays by your side taking care of you
44. Speaks no lies
45. Have a good taste in clothes
46. Have beautiful and expressive eyes
47. Own amazing cars
48. Be able to carry you with no effort
49. Tell you that you are the closest to heaven that he will ever get
50. Be willing to spend eternity by your side
Don't don't lie and say that's not what you all want!!! Oh, my favorites are 9, 28, 38, 43, 49. Omg, so romantic!!!!! <333
Bella and Edward FOREVER!!!
___________
And...gag.
Okay, I have two words for "wildcats13": Future Lesbian.
Look at all these traits! No guy will have 10 of them, much less 50. Heck, I don't think we even demand that much from women. Furthermore, many of these dumb-ass traits can only be good in the mind of a hormonal 14 year old girl whose eyes still gaze skywards for unicorns.
1. Be inhumanly attractive
Right. So, with Cullen / Pattinson in mind, the sex offender look is "inhumanly attractive".
2. Drive 200 km/h
I'll bet the state trooper doesn't find that so sexy. Nor will you when he rams his nightstick up your shitty boyfriend's ass.
4. Have an amazing body
5. Be incredibly wealthy
6. Be too much of a gentlemen
He must have the body of a rapist, the money of The Donald and the attitude of Patton Oswalt. In essence, he's Michael Cera of Arrested Development.
8. Be inhumanly strong
What the fuck? Kill your own damn cockroach, b****.
13. Smell extraordinarily nice
Oh, you mean smell like a girl? Must "he" also affect a crude macho walk too?
14. Suddenly appear out of nowhere and kiss you passionatley
Sexual harassment? Check.
15. To tell you that you ARE beautiful, not that you look beautiful
Amazing grasp of worn-out cliches? Check.
16. To be able to enter your room without anyone noticing
Is a stalker? Check.
18. Have eyes only for you, even if he is surrounded by attractive girls
Blind? Check.
19. To be ale to read minds except for yours
Retarded? Check.
20. Quote Romeo ( Shakespear )
Knows only the most hackneyed of Shakespeare's plays? You betcha.
23. To stay young, gorgeous and sexy forever
Be an amazingly well-preserved mummy for the sake of an aging woman with sagging boobs? Uhh...
25. Love you for what you are inside, not for how you look
Must love the empty abyss? Okay....
27. Be jealous of your guys friends ( Jacob, Mike, etc... )
Unreasonably possessive? Check.
28. Sparkle in the sunlight
F**k you...
30. Wait for the ideal girl to come along
Waiting for someone who is way better than you? Definitely.
33. Be able to make you beautiful and immortal
"Hi, I am Dr. Frankenstein, plastic surgeon!"
34. Tell you that the outside world hols no interest for him without you
Be an ersatz Bubble Boy? Umm...
38. Kiss you in the middle of a fight
Be the world's dumbest fighter....you sure?
40. Hug you behind your back
As opposed to hugging you when you know about it?
41. Have been pretty much single since 1901
Pathologically incapable of human interaction? Check.
42. Hold your face while he kisses you
This sounds kinda awkward. How will anybody kiss you with hands in the way?
45. Have a good taste in clothes
46. Have beautiful and expressive eyes
47. Own amazing cars
Be a male Barbie doll. Err...why don't you just date Barbie and save us all the trouble?
49. Tell you that you are the closest to heaven that he will ever get
Be half geek, half Marxist? Check.
50. Be willing to spend eternity by your side
Must be world's biggest loser? Check, check, check.
You know what, the vampire is officially dead. Vampires are no longer scary. I'll bet even Count Chocula can kick Edward Cullen's ass. They are now the gayest monsters in the party, who rhapsodize their cheeseburgers and sparkle like ten year old girls bathed in glitter.
The vampire has been officially castrated. Anne Rice has thankfully already left the genre. She bailed just in time. Stephanie Meyer just took a gigantic, 12-pound shit on the genre, and no amount of scrubbing is going to take away that smell. Vampires will now be nothing more than the sparkly beings of Mary Sue wish-fulfillment among really bad amateur writers like Meyer. At least, we can thank Meyer for putting a wooden stake through the heart of all the pretenses of vampire fiction. It'll all be just another sub-genre of chick lit now. Count Dracula is dead. Long live Count Dracula.
I'm going to go mourn by downloading some Dresden Files episodes, where vampires still had the dignity to be monsters.
______
*I retained all spelling errors and girly squealing.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Now THIS Is an American Idiot
An American medical student wonders if she has the balls to join the diminishing ranks of America's legal baby-killers.
Furthermore, you get asides from her enlightened mentors:
Meyers, a 51-year-old obstetrician and genetics expert, has performed hundreds of abortions over the course of her career and, until earlier this year, served as the medical director of Planned Parenthood of Maryland. She loves her work -- it's very rewarding, she said, and women always thank her....
Of course, the fun doesn't stop there. Our little abortionist that could is portrayed as "enlightened", just like her mentors, because they speak about the hard stuff. Like, how do you live with yourself while butchering babies? I'm sure the SS had a few suggestions, if they were still around. Anybody?
"Patients were so grateful," said Lance, who had only vague interest in abortion until she learned about the shortage of providers. "It just became very clear to me that this was where I was needed."
Yeah, that's the ticket. Tell yourself that some people just need some killing, be it babies or Jews or whatever happens to be inconvenient.
To Lesley, these lifestyle sacrifices felt distant. "Nobody's called me a baby killer yet," she said. "I don't know what I would do then."
Let me be the first then, you fucking baby-killer.
The everyday pressure of being an abortion provider can be grating: the self-censorship, the disapproving stares of fellow doctors, the social repercussions in small communities.
Killing babies is hard! Waaaah!!! *sinff* *sniff*
Lesley was still fuming about the dean's decision as Carole Meyers, Myron Rose and experts on medical abortion and world population spoke.
Awww, not everybody on-board with your little genocidal crusade? Cry me a river...
It was a hands-on opportunity for second-year medical students to learn how to perform an abortion, using a papaya as a stand-in for a woman's uterus.
Uterus? Duh...
What is it with these people and their hatred of fruit? Aborting papayas and suffocating bananas and cucumbers with rubber....
"This is so cool," said Lesley, who believed she was doing something important to address the shortage of abortion doctors.
Here's another tactic at inducing cognitive dissonance...convince yourself that shit tastes like sausage and that the gutter smells minty clean! Cool!
That's what this guy did:
I personally pray to God that this sort of absolute idiocy, this callous disregard of human life, this wretched Evil, never makes it to our shores. If some moronic med student ever proposes starting a SS..err... Medical Students for Choice chapter on-campus in UST or any other medical school in this country, I hope that idiot is expelled and blacklisted. (Hey, he or she can go abroad and kill some other country's babies.)
Evil comes in the most mundane of forms. And yet...the horror...
Furthermore, you get asides from her enlightened mentors:
Meyers, a 51-year-old obstetrician and genetics expert, has performed hundreds of abortions over the course of her career and, until earlier this year, served as the medical director of Planned Parenthood of Maryland. She loves her work -- it's very rewarding, she said, and women always thank her....
Very rewarding. This guy thanks her too.
SS: Our jobs were very rewarding too!
Of course, the fun doesn't stop there. Our little abortionist that could is portrayed as "enlightened", just like her mentors, because they speak about the hard stuff. Like, how do you live with yourself while butchering babies? I'm sure the SS had a few suggestions, if they were still around. Anybody?
"Patients were so grateful," said Lance, who had only vague interest in abortion until she learned about the shortage of providers. "It just became very clear to me that this was where I was needed."
Yeah, that's the ticket. Tell yourself that some people just need some killing, be it babies or Jews or whatever happens to be inconvenient.
To Lesley, these lifestyle sacrifices felt distant. "Nobody's called me a baby killer yet," she said. "I don't know what I would do then."
Let me be the first then, you fucking baby-killer.
The everyday pressure of being an abortion provider can be grating: the self-censorship, the disapproving stares of fellow doctors, the social repercussions in small communities.
Killing babies is hard! Waaaah!!! *sinff* *sniff*
Lesley was still fuming about the dean's decision as Carole Meyers, Myron Rose and experts on medical abortion and world population spoke.
Awww, not everybody on-board with your little genocidal crusade? Cry me a river...
It was a hands-on opportunity for second-year medical students to learn how to perform an abortion, using a papaya as a stand-in for a woman's uterus.
Uterus? Duh...What is it with these people and their hatred of fruit? Aborting papayas and suffocating bananas and cucumbers with rubber....
"This is so cool," said Lesley, who believed she was doing something important to address the shortage of abortion doctors.
"Yes it is, you hot, blond-streaked young Fraulein, you..."
Here's another tactic at inducing cognitive dissonance...convince yourself that shit tastes like sausage and that the gutter smells minty clean! Cool!
That's what this guy did:
I personally pray to God that this sort of absolute idiocy, this callous disregard of human life, this wretched Evil, never makes it to our shores. If some moronic med student ever proposes starting a SS..err... Medical Students for Choice chapter on-campus in UST or any other medical school in this country, I hope that idiot is expelled and blacklisted. (Hey, he or she can go abroad and kill some other country's babies.)
Evil comes in the most mundane of forms. And yet...the horror...
To Commemorate the Cinematic Release of "Twilight"...
Let me post my favorite picture of girly man / Mary Sue / "vampire" Edward Cullen.
"Bella, I can't feel my legs! Do I Still Look Like a Serial Rapist? Oh, please say yes!"
Isn't he cute when he's all vaporized and stuff?
"Bella, I can't feel my legs! Do I Still Look Like a Serial Rapist? Oh, please say yes!" Isn't he cute when he's all vaporized and stuff?
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