Market Theocracy

Recently, on a certain internet forum, I engaged in an argument (I won’t even bother calling it a ‘debate’ or a ‘discussion’) over the eternally touchy subject of abortion.

Or, as I prefer to call it, baby murder.

You see, this is not a subject of debate for me, no more than the subjects of rape, torture or theft is subject to debate. I have read literally millions of words on this issue and my mind is made up. Monochrome. If/then and for/next in unalterable sequence.

Abortion is murder. Abortionists are murderers. The women who have abortions (and the ‘men’ who encourage them to do so) are not fit to live in a civilized society. They are not worth my good will, my attention or my association.

I have standards.

Before I lay out my reasoning, I’d like to make a few things crystal clear:

1)I am an anarchist. The only government I recognize as legitimate is self-government. The only law I consider just is autolexic: the law that individuals make and enforce themselves. I neither support, need or desire government law making abortion illegal, no more than I need imposed laws against other forms of murder, rape or theft. History and contemporary life shows that such laws are not only ineffective, they act as a wedge for the power mongers to solidify control and act against true human freedom.

2) I do not encourage or condone violence against abortion clinics, abortionists or those failed human beings so lost that they can overcome a million years of bone deep human instinct and murder their children, just as I do not wander around avenging other murders or rapes or robberies. I simply refuse to associate with such scum. I would not piss on them if they were on fire, give them a drink if they were dying of thirst, or offer a molded crust of bread if they were starving. I’d watch them die with casual disinterest and sleep soundly that night.

Civilization is created by the choices, actions and interactions of individual human beings. It is not a system or any form of imposed order, just the sum total of individuals making moral decisions.

Pro-Choice? Sure. You chose to have sex. You chose not to use any of the vast array of birth control options. You chose to destroy a human life out of convenience or laziness or whatever idiotic justification you’ve cobbled together to convince yourself that you aren’t a piece of filth.

And I choose to send your baby murdering ass to coventry.

3) I have heard every argument in support of the ‘right’ to murder babies. I have also seen every one of those arguments shredded by men and women far more intelligent and eloquent that myself. Spare me your clumsy attempts, please. As i said: my mind is made up. This is not an invitation to debate. This is simply a statement about how I think and feel.

I hope I’ve made myself clear. Now I will explain why I think and feel this way.

I believe that the human race is special.

I believe in that intangible aspect that, for lack of a better word, I will call a ’soul.’

And I believe that the human race has a destiny. That we are destined to conquer this universe and turn it to productive use.

Please note that I did not say ‘immortal soul’. our souls may very well be no more than a firefly flicker against the scale of cosmic time. That makes each one even more special — unique and unrepeatable. Sudden awareness in this cold and bleak and hard world. Creative intelligence peering at the web of nature and trying to figure it out. Thinking, feeling minds shaping tools to shape matter to their own ends and uses. Creating beauty, spreading joy.

How many great symphonies and novels have we lost to the abortionists? How many medical breakthroughs and paradigm shattering inventions? How many geniuses have we flushed away?

You may think me inconsitent for claiming the unique worth of every baby yet admitting that I’d let abortionists and those who have abortions die. Not so. The difference is basic: innocence and potential. Just as the concept of prior restraint is evil, so is the idea that a human soul can be judged before it takes any intentional action.

Perhaps you don’t believe in a soul, and I’m not here to convince you otherwise. But I have a suggestion:

Listen to Bach and Vivaldi, please. Look at the works of Rembrandt and Van Gogh. Read the words of Shakespeare and Sandburg. When conceived, no one knew what these souls might accomplish. Would the world be better or worse without them? How about Newton? Pasteur? Einstein?

Even simpler, hold a baby as you watch a sunrise. Study the wonder in those innocent eyes. Let it touch a butterfly and feel a cool breeze on a hot day. You’ll see a soul there. You’ll feel a soul, like a vast magnetic pulsation, communicating with a mysterious universe.

If all that leaves you cold and unmoved, don’t worry. I don’t hate you.

I just feel deeply sorry for you.

The human race is special.
The human race has a destiny.
And we need every chaos born soul, every strong back, every clever mind and hard earned drop of wisdom to achieve it. We need every unique soul conceived to build our bridge to glory.

Pro-Choice? Oh, yes.

Responsibility or hedonism?
Civilization or savagery?
A culture of life or a cult of death?
Universe conquerers or just another ignorant, scratching beast?

Choose.