Thursday, October 06, 2005
Victory is in sight
Here's an interesting approach to trying to get some folks in power to let you do something: insult them gratuitiously.
Religious conservatives' outrage at the Oregon law stems from the belief that human life is a gift from God, who puts us here on earth to carry out his will. Thus, the very idea of suicide is anathema, because one who "plays God" by causing his own death, or assisting in the death of another, insults his maker and invites eternal damnation.
If George W. Bush were to contract a terminal disease, he would have a legal right to regard his own God's will as paramount, and to instruct his doctor to stand by and let him suffer until the last bitter paroxysm carried him to the grave. But the Bush administration has no right to force such mindless, medieval misery upon doctors and patients who refuse to regard their precious lives as playthings of a cruel God.
Well, I guess that's the Ayn Rand way. The insults to the core belief systems of huge portions of America do nothing to support Thomas A. Bowden's argument, but they make a good soundbyte! We'll all remember it as he contributes to the failure of his cause.
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