LINK: Sara Butler points us all towards this post on Wes Clark's abortion litmus test. I'm a little concerned about this:
"“Life,” he said, “begins with the mother’s decision.” Of course, Clark also added this “I’m not going to get into a discussion of when life begins. I’m in favor of choice, period. Pure and simple." But I thought you just said life begins at the mother's decision. I am confused. What a sad state of affairs that candidates have to pander to a vocal minority of our population that promotes infanticide. Of course, I can see why some women might vote for him--he has made them God, determining when and if life begins. What a loser."
I realize I'm about to complain about a structural feature of how we talk about politics, but it does seem like referring to abortion supporters as a minority who promote infanticide might be crossing a line of decorum.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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