I just had an interesting thought in the shower. I wonder if the pro-life lobby is campaigning against Saddam Hussein’s death penalty? If it is a sin to end the life of a foetus, how much more sinful is it to end the life of a conscious adult human being (no matter what crimes he may have committed)? It’s an interesting question in moral consistency.
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It certainly is an interesting question. I found it reprehensible to see how gleefully Dubya and other world leaders greeted news of Saddam’s fate.
As I said in a post of my own, it makes you wonder why lives are only considered worthy if they’re ‘good’. The Howard government has no qualms about telling a sovereign nation what to do if it involves the life of Australian citizens, yet is choosing to stay out of this. Funny that.