Good Explanation

I have a perfectly good explanation. Really. Okay, here it goes: nothing happened in the world. Damn, I was wrong. Though there may have been a lack of blogging on my part, there was of course a wealth of opinions and ideas. Some of these opinions were me telling my self, "Hey, you should try blogging. You know, at least more than once a month. " Some ideas being, "Hey, you're right. My blog's state is ridiculous."

Now on to the Schiavo debate. Well, the majority of the religious side would like to call me a cold blooded killer. But I personally find it hard to "kill" someone in a vegetative state. More like letting nature take its course, which the politically religious advocates are usually in favor of. Why feeding tubes but no stem cells?

A discussion I heard via radio was of who is playing god. Now the "pro life" side declares that by removing the feeding tube you are playing god (this usually being bad). But who's playing god by artificially keeping someone alive? Also, her husband has testified saying she told him previously she would not want to be kept alive artificially. Is he telling the truth? I don't know, but I'd like to think so.

Usually by keeping someone alive, you are preserving something. But, and I mean this with all respect, what are we retaining here? Terry Schiavo cannot do much at all. You really get the same of keeping her alive as you do looking at a picture. She does not respond well (if at all) and does not have any chance whatsoever of recovering from her vegetative state. You just can't do it, no matter how we'd like the opposite.

Easter is upon us, and some say that it's not only fitting but that it is supposed to be this way. These people, with all respect, are not understanding that Schiavo can die with some dignity. It's my belief, that this Schiavo case and debate is embarassing, really. When the choice is so obvious, it must be done. The protesters to the removal of the tube are making a simple (though emotionally dificult) decision, to be halted. Emotionally dificult decisions can be made.

Though we never like to lose another one of our own, we have to think of what's best for them, and not much can be done for Terry Schiavo on this earth. We can keep her alive and her parents will be satisfied. Who doesn't want their child to be kept alive? But this is not the way, and we should learn to let go and let her die with dignity.

Consider this, Christian protesters: even if we let her die, won't she be going to a better place? With more than we could offer her when she was alive.


Bonus! Don't you just love bonuses!

I still have about a billion Gmail Invites I can give out. 1000 MegaBiters. Want it? You got it. If I could feed starving children with Gmails, I could 50 starving children.

Free Lebanon?

Lebanon rallied together, as a people, to oust the Syrian-backed government. This is very good news in the middle east, which is of course a rarity.

Syria has troops that have been occupying the country of (roughly) four million. As everyone knows, they are part of the Axis of Evil Version 2.0. We forgot to add them to the first one. Our mistake.

Now that it seems Syrian political domination is coming to an end, the Lebanese people demand that Syrian troops leave as well, which apparently, the Syrian president is all for. This recent happening (if not somewhat of a revolution) has been compared to the Ukraine's rise to (though obviously shaky) democracy.

But I hope it shall become a democracy none the less, because this is what we need in the middle east, obviously. And thankfully there was not massive blood shed to get this far. For once, it seems.

In news about me, I have updated my profile so that it is no longer the bland "Young Political Blogger". But don't worry, I kept that, just in case you might miss it. On top of that, there is my interests, favorite music, and books. A good time will be had by all, discovering me, a blogger.

The real reason I added on to my profile is that it grants easier access for people with similar interests to find my blog and satisfy my addiction to getting this blog hits. Why do cocaine, when you can get hits? My tracker shall hopefully find it's "stash" richer each day. But, I also found it fun to include the information about me because after all, that's what I know best (or the least?).

Goodnight, don't drink and drive. Okay, if you're really careful.