A collection of thoughts occurring in my brain, i felt i needed to share.

24 March 2009

New Age Birth Control? Intelligent use of Resources?

So to be controversial, and split a lot of hairs, I've recently read Freakonomics, and it was incredible. So much, I read it in a day. I've never done that, it was only several chapters, but I couldn’t stop reading. I recommend people read this book.

The evolution of us humans, if we manage to continue our race, is an incredible thing. Most mistakenly, it’s looked at as though it takes thousands of years for us to 'evolve,' but I think that's because we've always looked at the past, and tried to apply our ideas of evolution. Sure evolution means things like growing lungs to breathe air, or growing a fifth finger on our hands. But what about all the other things we as humans do to change, on an everyday basis? What about laws that we pass to control bad behaviors, or rehabilitation services to help the sick that may be mentally ill, or just assisted living programs to prevent them from doing harm in society, and I guess, perhaps, propagating their genes.... (Does that make me prejudice?) All of these things we have done to help people, each other, society as a whole, and society as a whole, along with everyone in the society. It’s kind of like Karma, what goes around, comes around, Didn’t JC say “do unto others, as you would want done unto you”? I mean, that’s basically it. If you (the plural ‘you’ I suppose I could say y’all but that’s just simply lame) are nice, and understanding towards everyone else, and not hateful, angry towards other people, think how much better a world we would live in. I’m not pointing fingers. I’m just saying we need more respect for everyone and everything in this world that we all share.
I support the one child law that China has pioneered the last few years to help combat their insanely ballooning population, still managing to have over a billion people. That’s too many. Plain and simple, it’s too many people. I think China should go further, or maybe the US, and instating requirements to propagate, and if the requirements are met, they could possibly have two or three kids. I know how racist, prejudice, or whatever, but if you ask my opinion, that’s Intelligent Design. But I’m not writing this about government control of births, I’m more thinking of a natural mean that has always been around, and permeates every level of our existence.
With all that being said, homosexuality has been an underrated and underrexaminated, basically just shy of taboo topic, when it comes to anything. But I guess one of my first questions is, “Is the increased awareness and concern of homosexuality rights and fair treatment of recent, somehow a natural response to the burdens and strains of overpopulation?” This is part of the natural order. It seems to me to be a basic concept. It seems to me that if you love the earth, and everything living thing, you can respect each other’s religions, decisions, and choices, would allow them to make them, and respect them for that. I guess this is where it gets controversial with religion and decisions. I’ll just say religion has not been around as long as the Earth, or even us humans. Many religions have much great teachings when it comes to moral and ethical behavior towards each other, but then some other messages get muddled and exaggerated. But there are times when there are plants and animals in nature that are gay, hermaphroditic, and even asexual. Assuming god made all these things, why would he want us to hate them. To say that god put everything including all living things on this earth for us, for our use, for us to exploit, it is just toooooo narcissistic for me. If I will believe anything, it is that god put us all here, to all live together, and respect each other.

And regarding choice, Roe v. Wade allowed the mass murder of thousands of babies. These babies would have grown up, most likely in poor conditions, contributing to the degrading state of society, becoming criminals, committing violent crimes and being sentenced to death, or just spending decades -in jail. If we want to incarcerate people for countless crimes, we should come up with a way to constructively use the prison labor, or try to educate them, with science, math, and humanities courses.

1 comment:

  1. "What about laws that we pass to control bad behaviors, or rehabilitation services to help the sick that may be mentally ill, or just assisted living programs to prevent them from doing harm in society, and I guess, perhaps, propagating their genes"

    >>What constitutes mental illness? I think if we don't allow people to reproduce according to certain standards, we run the risk of opening the door (I hate this argument, but in this case I think it's true) of saying things like "gay people shouldn't reproduce".


    "But there are times when there are plants and animals in nature that are gay, hermaphroditic, and even asexual. Assuming god made all these things, why would he want us to hate them."

    >>I agree whole heartedly. I always used this argument on my parents when they tried to tell me it was a sin. They'd come back with how god want's us all to procreate. So, I'd say well what about barren men and women. Are they not allowed to love simply because they aren't able to reproduce?
    I think that the main argument of the "haters" is that they say it's a consious choice to be gay or that the people are "sick" and need to be "cured".

    "And regarding choice, Roe v. Wade allowed the mass murder of thousands of babies. These babies would have grown up, most likely in poor conditions, contributing to the degrading state of society, becoming criminals, committing violent crimes and being sentenced to death, or just spending decades -in jail. If we want to incarcerate people for countless crimes, we should come up with a way to constructively use the prison labor, or try to educate them, with science, math, and humanities courses"

    >>I disagree, whole heartedly.
    First of all, this postulates that all abortions are the babies of poor people. Look at the earth, it's simply not true. I have no research to back me up, but I think that a lot of abortions are from young white mothers who think it will "ruin" thier lives but are well within the means to take care of a baby. Working in a poor community, having babies is treasured and if you don't have one by 18, you are an anomoly. Some say it's because of the increased welfare check, but I don't buy it. I think it has more to do with the unconditional love that babies have for their parents and it's not something they get very often in their neglected existance.
    secondly, your argument postulates that being born poor means that you will become a violent criminal. That I also do not buy.
    I do whole heartedly believe that the answer lies elsewhere and that abortion is merely treating the result of a much deeper issue. And that issue is the lack of education and social breakdown of the family. Why continue to put band-aids on a gaping wound?
    And lastly, to address the issue of "choice". (Now, for a minute, let's leave the rape/incest out) I do not believe that the parents of any given child about to be aborted do not know how that child got into the womb of the mother. And, to go further... in this day and age, I believe the number of people who do not know about condoms is low. Although the proper use of which may be fuzzy to some of the younger ones.
    So, the choice begins and ends with the act of sexual intercourse. The result of said action, if practiced without caution (sometimes even with) is a baby. Now, why after you knowingly participated in an action which may in fact produce a baby, do you get to say AFTER the fact that "I have a choice with what goes on in my body and if I don't want a baby in it I don't have to" Yes, yes you do... but you already made it. The act of abortion, in my eyes, actually propigates the problem as it says, sure... ok. Be careless. It will all be ok, because if you mess up you can just erase it with an abortion.
    Furthermore, I also don't think that it can ever be erased. Once you have something living inside you, even though it's dead... you're still a parent. Emotional problems result in many cases.
    And that's my speil on abortion :)

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