Friedman's Blue State World
October 28th, Thomas Pecksniff Friedman complained that Bush pushed "a far-right Republican agenda, domestically and globally, for which it had no mandate." Seven days later, 'Sniff Friedman concludes Bush "does have a mandate," with a slim 51% of the popular votes, and then he complains that Bush won with a "message" that connected "with America's heartland."
'Sniff Friedman has swallowed Senator Edwards' sophistry and rhetoric, so he tells us America is "Two Nations." As 'Sniff has no desire to live in my Red State nation, I have no desire to live in his Blue State World.
In Friedman's world, harsh, unpleasant, or judgmental words cannot be used, so abortion is encrypted as a "woman's right to 'control her body.'" In 'Sniff's world, forty million abortions have been performed, since the Supreme Court decided they would legislate our moral values -- generally speaking, in civil society, moral values are codified as a laws, since many people frown upon murder, larceny, brutality, false testimony, and so forth -- by their divisive ruling in Roe v. Wade.
In Friedman's world, less than 7% of the 1 million-plus abortions performed each year are due to fetal or maternal health issues, so roughly 900,000 Americans will be aborted or killed this year because they are unwanted, inconvenient, bothersome, or ruinous of a personal relationship or a promising career.
In Friedman's world, Ron Fitzsimmons, the former executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers, admitted that 450-5000 partial-birth abortion, or "D&X-type" procedures, are performed each year, and "in most cases both the mother and fetus are healthy."
In Friedman's morally superior, godly world of secular rationalism, how merrily his neighbors logically leap from partial-birth abortion to Harvard's Steven Pinker rationalizing neonaticide to Princeton's Peter Singer rationalizing infanticide. As Pinker and Singer reason, if it's acceptable to kill a person before they're born, why not after they are born? As David Hume observed, reasoning left unchecked destroys reason.
In Friedman's world, it is inappropriate for 11 of 50 states to reject the notion that same-sex marriage is wrong, and they should defer to the wisdom of 5 judges sitting on Massachusetts' Supreme Judical Court. In 'Sniff's world, Cicero was homophobic for castigating the Greeks for their widely accepted practice of homosexuality. In 'Sniff's world, Cicero was wrong for teaching us laws should be based on customs, traditions, or natural rights; whereas, Friedman believes a "preference" should be the basis for law.
Amusingly, Friedman appears to believe that homosexuality is a "sexual preference" and disputes the notion that it is genetically determined. My guess is, 'Sniff stepped into a big pile of dog dookie with his Blue State neighbors with that heretical declaration of apostasy.
In Friedman's world, a "mandate" to govern is only permitted to those as enlightened as he believes himself to be. In 'Sniff's world, a democracy can only decide secular things. In 'Sniff's world, Platonic Guardians should rule the Red State barbarians, since we are only suited for Aristotelian slavery.
In Friedman's flat-earth, two dimensional world, John Galt was a real inventor that stopped the world, cold fusion technology was suppressed by Darth Cheney after being invented by Keanu Reeves, N-rays are real, the Star Gate is hidden in Area 51, and "conservation" fuels the 4 cars he owns.
I thank God, I don't live in Friedman's Blue State World.
'Sniff Friedman has swallowed Senator Edwards' sophistry and rhetoric, so he tells us America is "Two Nations." As 'Sniff has no desire to live in my Red State nation, I have no desire to live in his Blue State World.
In Friedman's world, harsh, unpleasant, or judgmental words cannot be used, so abortion is encrypted as a "woman's right to 'control her body.'" In 'Sniff's world, forty million abortions have been performed, since the Supreme Court decided they would legislate our moral values -- generally speaking, in civil society, moral values are codified as a laws, since many people frown upon murder, larceny, brutality, false testimony, and so forth -- by their divisive ruling in Roe v. Wade.
In Friedman's world, less than 7% of the 1 million-plus abortions performed each year are due to fetal or maternal health issues, so roughly 900,000 Americans will be aborted or killed this year because they are unwanted, inconvenient, bothersome, or ruinous of a personal relationship or a promising career.
In Friedman's world, Ron Fitzsimmons, the former executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers, admitted that 450-5000 partial-birth abortion, or "D&X-type" procedures, are performed each year, and "in most cases both the mother and fetus are healthy."
In Friedman's morally superior, godly world of secular rationalism, how merrily his neighbors logically leap from partial-birth abortion to Harvard's Steven Pinker rationalizing neonaticide to Princeton's Peter Singer rationalizing infanticide. As Pinker and Singer reason, if it's acceptable to kill a person before they're born, why not after they are born? As David Hume observed, reasoning left unchecked destroys reason.
In Friedman's world, it is inappropriate for 11 of 50 states to reject the notion that same-sex marriage is wrong, and they should defer to the wisdom of 5 judges sitting on Massachusetts' Supreme Judical Court. In 'Sniff's world, Cicero was homophobic for castigating the Greeks for their widely accepted practice of homosexuality. In 'Sniff's world, Cicero was wrong for teaching us laws should be based on customs, traditions, or natural rights; whereas, Friedman believes a "preference" should be the basis for law.
Amusingly, Friedman appears to believe that homosexuality is a "sexual preference" and disputes the notion that it is genetically determined. My guess is, 'Sniff stepped into a big pile of dog dookie with his Blue State neighbors with that heretical declaration of apostasy.
In Friedman's world, a "mandate" to govern is only permitted to those as enlightened as he believes himself to be. In 'Sniff's world, a democracy can only decide secular things. In 'Sniff's world, Platonic Guardians should rule the Red State barbarians, since we are only suited for Aristotelian slavery.
In Friedman's flat-earth, two dimensional world, John Galt was a real inventor that stopped the world, cold fusion technology was suppressed by Darth Cheney after being invented by Keanu Reeves, N-rays are real, the Star Gate is hidden in Area 51, and "conservation" fuels the 4 cars he owns.
I thank God, I don't live in Friedman's Blue State World.
posted by Tony Harrison at 7:49 AM
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