The scandal of the most anti-life president in history speaking at Notre Dame continues to amaze me. How and why he was given permission by the Catholic hierarchy to do so is simply beyond me. Not being Catholic my knowlege fails me here, for I'm naive enough to think that the bishop in charge of the school should have had the power to prevent this from happening. Please help me out here if you are Catholic and know how this works.
The president called for "civility" of speech even when we differ on this profound moral question. Fair enough, but only up to a point. If a racist, or an anti-semite, or a terrorist wants to take a public podium and speak in defense of their action and attitudes would we be congenial to their explicit call that we should all engage in polite, civil discourse. I don't think so. There comes a time when truth must be spoken clearly. To do otherwise is to let the other side win by fudging and obfuscating the reality of the killing that is being carried out every single day by every baby aborted. Don't get me wrong. By all means let's be civil when we're talking about morally neutral things like color preference for carpets, or types of haircuts, or sizes of nose rings...but when we are talking about the direct breaking of God's commandment, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20, NASV) we're no longer on morally neutral territory. We should have a profound moral distaste for all that is evil and not give anyone the comfort of covering it up with pretty words and euphemisms that hide its horrible reality.
Reminds me of 1984, by George Orwell. The President is adept at "Newspeak", and deliberately "forgets" how to speak truthfully about things like abortion, which is murder, and bailouts, which lead to financial ruin. He is adept at communication, but those who know how to THINK can see beyond his words to the horrible reality that exists.
ReplyDeleteAs one reviewer (http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/) of the book 1984 said, "Newspeak is the control of thought through language and is described as “the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year”. The Party seeks to create this language for two purposes. The first is to drastically reduce the frame of thought that an individual is capable of, which will in turn increase their submissiveness."
It's all about power and control, sadly. In the utopian world of the "Party", babies must be controlled, finances must be manipulated, freedoms must be curtailed...all for the good of the masses.
Come quickly, Lord Jesus!