A Day Late and an Issue Short
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007Well, yesterday was Blog for Choice Day, and I missed it. That in itself wouldn’t be so bad, but I just happened to write a flattering post about a pro-life Republican that day, so it hurts all the more.
I guess the millions of other pro-choice blogs out there covered the issue pretty well without me, and as always, The Onion makes the point as well as anyone. So I don’t really have much more to add to the conversation.
But one thing I’ve never understood is people who call themselves “pro-life” who support the death penalty. I mean, if we respect human life, doesn’t that mean all human lives, regardless of whether or not they share our respect for it? Isn’t respect for life more about how we act than it is about what they deserve?
Feel free to disagree, but then let’s knock off the “culture of life” rhetoric.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains a website of all of their executed offenders, including name, crime, and last statement. It’s a chilling collection, and is almost certain to reinforce whatever beliefs you already have about the death penalty.