Is Anyone Else Tired of Talking About Michael Vick?

For the past few weeks (a few weeks too long) we've been talking about Michael the awful and horrendous, he-should-be-jailed--FOREVER Vick. I'm so sick of hearing about the guy. I almost wish our justice system would just sentence the guy so all this crap would be over. Yes, he tortured dogs. Yes, they are innocent (not to be confused with human innocence). Yes, he should be jailed. But let's use a little perspective.

It is estimated that in 2001, there were 875,475 abortions performed in the United States (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5212a1.htm). These are innocent humans. Where is the outrage? Who is going to demand the death penalty (yes, I have heard this suggested for Vick) or even a year in prison for those that kill humans? I know what some will be thinking. "Aww, c'mon Rage, why do you not believe in a woman's right to choose? Why do you want to control women's bodies? They aren't actually humans until "x" amount of time has passed. You're a bigot that hates women and women's rights. Chauvinist pig."

Some will think that, but they will be wrong. And they are wrong because the Pro-Choice (Pro-Death) crowd has done an amazing job shifting the debate around. Framing it in such a way as to distract from the one tiny little truth that they will never admit. Women's choice, women's bodies, time at which "humanity" begins, or anything else has absolutely nothing to do with the abortion debate. Here's why:

Its all about whether or not the parent(s) want the child or not. That's it. Simple, quick, easy truth. When parents find out that they are pregnant, what do they say? "I have a parasite!!! YES!!! Or perhaps they prefer "We are having an embryo." No. It's preposterous to even think of someone saying that. They say "We are having a baby." They get ultrasounds to look at fingers and limb movement, and they start looking for names and baby clothes.

What do parents say when they do not want the child? It's an embryo. It's a mistake. It's not really a human until "x" time. They spend no time on ultrasounds or to see what the baby looks like and maybe they try not to think about names or clothing. Something, anything, to justify what they are going to do. It's understandable. Its what people do to justify killing other people all the time. Cock Roach, Vermin, and any racial slur to bring people down to something less than people.

Try taking the "embryo" or "fetus" from a mother that wants it. Take for example the people who get charges on double homicide because the mother wanted it. Or even who get homicide charges because they killed the baby while assaulting the mother. We understand those who want the baby to be having a baby. Those that don't want it, well then its just a "fetus, parasite, embryo, bunch of cells."

What do women who have miscarriages say? "I lost the baby." Shouldn't they just shrug and say, oh well, that fetus wasn't human yet, thank god. No. That would be unthinkable to that mother who lost her baby.

Prove me wrong. I dare you to try. In every instance that people think of the baby as something less than what it is, for any reason, are justifying the right to murder because they do not want the baby. Its as simple as that. Birth control. Abortion is the murder of babies who are not wanted. That's both sad and disgusting at the same time. Maybe someday Americans will see the current debate for what it is: a distraction from an easy truth.

So next time we have a fit over Michael Vick brutalizing and killing dogs, lets remember how many babies we kill every year and how many more we're going to kill before that awful practice gets outlawed.