Shorter ... I think

Time Asleep Last Night: 03:30
Time Awake This Morning: 12:37
Today's DAR: 6PP

Today's is supposed to be a shorter because apparantly Emma gets offended if I actually attempt to fill you in in any detail on what has gone on in my day. Personally, I'm quite impressed with how I manage to write so much despite doing so little.

I didn't have much to write about my day, but there was something I read in the newspaper today that irritated me somewhat. It was an article on the situation regarding abortion in America, and how anti-abortion campaigners are having increasing impact and success. It has gotten to the state, according to this article, where while you can have one legally, it is still a constitutional right, you simply can't have one practically.

To me, this is absolute nonsense. I'm a guy here, so I have very little in terms of say in this - and I don't see why other guys should become all preaching with women should do this and shouldn't do that. Which is effectively what it is. The vocal majority of the anti-abortion community is male, which is illogical. It's about a woman's right to an abortion, not a man's right to force a woman to bear his child whatever he thinks. And that's pretty much what it is.

The other thing to me is that if someone is so convinced that it is wrong and an abomination, then the simple option would be not to have an abortion if you believe that. So why do people who think that abortion should be controlled simply not have abortions - and allow the others to have theirs if they think it is allowed? People who think there should be more gun control don't go around attempting to close gun shops and say that yes, while the constitution says you can bear arms, you can't actually purchase them at all.

One person's beliefs shouldn't override another - it is what makes a democracy, that while you disagree on things, noone should bend another to their viewpoint and force them to act against their wills. Okay, some things, such as murder, rape, arson, theft, there is a common sense of rules or we would have anarchy. But abortion is completely illogical to include on a similar level. Meh, just my whine at the silliness of that, don't take offense anyone with contrary beliefs to me on this.