There's no respect.

How do you combine calling abortion murdering a child with the outspoken right to bear arms? The reasoning of "guns don't kill people, people do" doesn't work. A person does pull the trigger, yes, but had they not had that gun the outcome would have been different. Fists do harm, but they don't slice up a body the way a weapon does.

Then there's the argument of using weapons to defend oneself from other people with weapons, that doesn't quite work either. The less guns that are floating about the less access criminals have to them as well. Carrying one always involves a risk, it can be turned against you.

The biggest problem I have with it is the fact that not everyone has impulse control. Killing shouldn't be easy. It doesn't take much to fire a weapon, while it does take physical strength and power to kill someone with your bare hands. And to me, if you have a weapon in your possession you are willing to use it, you're willing to take another person's life. I have no respect for that. None whatsoever. A murderer is a murderer is a murderer.

This is also why I don't understand the glorification of soldiers. They're professional killers! Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity (good old saying that one). I simply cannot understand it. Especially not in coutries without general conscription, then it's an active choice to join the army. Do people who choose a career based on bloodshed deserve my respect? There are excuses involved in this as well, especially after battles gone wrong, such as "He was just following orders", of course, but it's always a choice whether or not to join the army. I have much more understanding for those prisoned for conscientious objection than those who put them there. If you join the army, you have to be ready to kill, and if you kill you're a murderer. There is nothing one can say to make me change my mind about this. It's 2009, we should have come further than this.

Don't get me wrong, I do know we live in a global world, trading crosses political borders, so wouldn't we benefit more from working together, than against each other. Even though we all live on the same planet there's enough room for all of us.

(On a small side note, when you complain about production moving abroad, be ready to pay more for the products produced in your own country, and they'll stick around. When you want cheap, the production is cheap and made where labour is cheap.)

Then, to the abortions. Again, this is 2009. We shouldn't even be having this discussion. As long as the fetus is a part of the woman's body, it is in fact a part of her body. Unfortunate pregnancies will happen no matter how the law is stated. Women will have abortions, no matter how it's done, why not give them a chance to deal with their mistakes in a safe way? As far as the baby goes, I think it's extremely sad, but you can't see a fetus as a person, it can't live outside the woman's body. In some countries perhaps the latest week of abortion should be lowered, but I doubt that most abortions are made in the later stages. One of these days I'll research it as well.

So, the bottom line is, we need to find more unity and stop the labeling using "us" and "them". And what is the difference between a "freedom fighter" and a "terrorist"?