- Glenn
Greenwald went on for paragraph after paragraph in Salon
Magazine going on and on about why he still deserves to live even though
he's considering voting for a pro-life Republican, namely Dr. Ron Paul,
for president.
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- It is stunning to me how many people would rather have
an abortion than have world peace. It seems pretty selfish to me. But I
guess that's what having an abortion is all about. Men who don't want to
take responsibility for their offspring. It has absolutely nothing to do
with women's rights if you ask me, and I have always been female. It has
to do with the assumption that women must earn a living or else they are
a drain on society.
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- Glenn Greenwald wrote:
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- "There's no question that abortion -- whatever one's
views on it are -- is a vital, even central issue of individual rights...
But abortion isn't the only important issue... of Paul's candidacy."
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- There are actually a lot of questions about what are
the most vital issues concerning the individual rights of women, and how
abortion fits into that picture. If you ask me, abortion is a distraction
from the three fundamental rights of sexually active women.
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- Marriage - the promise of a man to provide for his offspring
and fulfill the needs of his woman.
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- Dowry - a gift given from the man to the woman to legitimize
his interest in her.
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- Maintenance - all expenses paid (food, clothing, shelter,
medical care) for life.
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- In the ideal world, every woman should and would demand
this from any man seeking to enjoy her. Abortion "on demand and without
apology" destroys this ancient security net for women.
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- "If people who support a candidate with the wrong
position on abortion (or gay rights) can be accused of being indifferent
to the rights of women or gay people, then -- by the same exact "reasoning"
-- those who end up supporting candidates who affirm America's right to
act as an imperial power or who want to continue many of Bush's executive
power abuses [as Hillary Clinton certainly does and as even Barack Obama
and (to a lesser extent) John Edwards do] should be accused of being indifferent
to constitutional liberties, the rule of law, and the lives of millions
of innocent Muslims," continues Greenwald.
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- I do not presume to know what the "right" position
is on abortion. Neither does Ron Paul. He doesn't let his personal feelings
get in the way of the Constitution. He says leave it up to the state. There
is no way New York Jews are ever going to criminalize abortion. So it's
a non-issue.
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- mrald@divetta.com
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