When This Blows Over

But if they are people, then the North has the moral right and the
obligation to have the government step in on that person's individual
choice and protect that individual. That's the fundamentals of the
pro-life position: it has its own unique genetic code; it cannot defend
itself; it is no longer subject to your choice. It's a person and we're
going to protect it.
Is it a person or isn’t it? How do I know? We
know conception; we know birth -- and that's
all. And because the spectrum is
uninterrupted, we find ourselves in this
horrible conundrum which pits me against
my desire to protect innocent lives that can't
defend themselves and against the disgusting,
repulsive idea that any institution - including
the government - can tell you what to do and
when to do it.
Everybody automatically demonizes the other side - automatically
assumes they're evil. I suppose I've been guilty of that to some degree. I
try to focus that kind of vitriol on people who I am convinced are
aware of what they're doing. You know, not just people… most… all…
virtually all liberals… well, I think many liberal policies I consider to
be very poor, and some of them I consider to be downright evil. But I
will certainly grant that the huge majority of people who support
these policies do so for fundamentally good reasons. They think it's the
best way to help people. They think it's the kind thing to do; they think
it's the nice thing to do. I don't question their motives, but the people
who are enforcing these policies know what the consequences are in
the real world, and those people have a problem…
- Bill Whittle