tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832185204897173677.post2056776738804229773..comments2024-03-16T23:26:48.289-04:00Comments on T C C: The Ripley Paradigm on AbortionM.McSheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809255693603458058noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832185204897173677.post-45746403909780646332009-11-27T06:53:45.770-05:002009-11-27T06:53:45.770-05:00Thank you Debra. You express yourself much better ...Thank you Debra. You express yourself much better than me. Glad I haven't scared you away yet.M.McSheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809255693603458058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832185204897173677.post-3777603290121205052009-11-27T01:03:37.472-05:002009-11-27T01:03:37.472-05:00Peter you sound lke a very nice person with high m...Peter you sound lke a very nice person with high moral values and a compassionate heart. I too love Catholicism and practice it devoutly but I straddle the fence on abortion. I believe in certain circumstances an early term abortion should be left up to the woman and her God. Mike has valid points just expressed differently. We writers sometimes are like that. Please visit my blog sometimes. I share a deep bond with the blessed mother. Peace be with you.Debra Harris-Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890783290789005185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832185204897173677.post-17388045140382637522009-11-26T10:02:48.187-05:002009-11-26T10:02:48.187-05:00I don't know if my previous post went through,...I don't know if my previous post went through, so a re-post. The fact that evidently I haven't immersed myself enough in American high culture to have ever seen Alien 3 makes it difficult to respond. Philistine that I am. In plain English, what is your point?<br /><br /> It seems like the above is a typical diversionary tactic used by those who would rather talk about some bizzare hypothetical rather than the uncomfortable reality at hand. That another unique human person's blood is spilt in what should be the safest place in the universe, it's own mother's womb, is that reality. <br /><br /> The internet is so impersonal, so to make it a little more personal-- I am a young father 3 boys with another baby on the way. I am obviously a Catholic, neither "conservative" nor "progressive". I am opposed to the wars in Iraq and Afganistan, and wish we would get the hell out of there. I am concerned with the poor and weak who are so often abused in our society (oftentimes immigrants, illegal or otherwise). I am jaded by the capitalistic greed I see all around, which is as oppressive as many forms of socialism that the right constantly whines about. I am concerned with the weakest among us, those with very little voice --the unborn, the immigrant (illegal or otherwise), the disabled, the elderly, the poor ... I was a Chemical Engineering major and currently a practicing physician. I enjoy Scotch, beer, smoking a good pipe, backpacking in the winter, and praying with the Holy Mother of God. If bet if you hung out with me, we would actually get along quite well. <br /><br /> I guess I have posted here because of the comments on abortion on demand, as well as the often over the top criticism of the Catholic Church, not all of which is unwarrented I grant. But, by only weakly claiming my own personal subjective experience, I will say that Catholicism can be a very beautiful thing, the thing that has made me human and humane again, for I wasn't always a Catholic.<br /><br /> I will cease to pester you any more Mr. McShea. I will say a prayer for you, and if you could do the same for this poor sinner that would be a great gift.<br /><br />Pax,<br /><br />PeterPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832185204897173677.post-60713598489914709992009-11-25T17:38:27.427-05:002009-11-25T17:38:27.427-05:00Brilliant piece Mike. One of you best.Brilliant piece Mike. One of you best.davenoreply@blogger.com