I just finished this poem which I think sums up the position of pro-life liberals. - Frank Real People When settlers slaughtered Indians to take their land and place, and, with infected blankets, tried to snuff out their race, there were some prudent voices who called for sympathy: ‘These people mustn’t suffer, why don’t you leave them be?’ But, with a scornful timbre, the others would reply: ‘These aren’t real people, not such as you and I.’ When Blacks were kept like cattle, branded and whipped and bred, their families separated, lives hanging by a thread, there were some prudent voices who called for sympathy: ‘These people mustn’t suffer, why don’t you set them free?’ - ‘A person’s right to freedom to them does not apply: these aren’t real people, not such as you and I.’ When Jews were persecuted with pogroms everywhere for their beliefs and customs and living in despair, there were some prudent voices who called for sympathy: ‘These people mustn’t suffer, why wouldn’t you agree?’ - ‘They’ll never be like others, no matter how they try: these aren’t real people, not such as you and I.’ When Israel gets rid of its natives by design, massacring children, women and men in Palestine, there are some prudent voices who call for sympathy: ‘These people mustn’t suffer, but you refuse to see!’ - ‘They just defend their country, that right you can’t deny; these aren’t real people, not such as you and I.’ When children are dismembered in wombs at others’ whims and writhe in pain and struggle to hold on to their limbs, there are some prudent voices who call for sympathy: ‘These people mustn’t suffer, will you not heed their plea?’ The answer is most likely a condescending sigh: ‘These aren’t real people, not such as you and I.’ There always will be people, no matter what they do, who aren’t just as human as I and maybe you. © Frank L. Ludwig From my collection at franklludwig/heartbeat.html
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:07:34 +0000
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