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- IS SELF FULFILLMENT MORE IMPORTANT THAN HUMAN LIFE?
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- When people discuss ways to prevent the spread of AIDs they speak
- of medical treatment and the use of devices to prevent the
- transmittal of the virus. However, I've heard no substantial
- discussion of the one sure way of preventing the spread of this
- deadly disease -- a change in lifestyle. Why? I believe it's
- because this society now believes that everyone has a right to self
- fulfillment even if it costs the life of another human being.
-
- I'll give you another example -- abortion. No one is saying that
- a cure for this problem is abstinence. If you don't want a baby
- then don't have sex. It won't kill you. Now, I know there will be
- exceptions to this, but I'm sure this statement can apply to a
- large number of the cases. If you do get pregnant then assume the
- responsibility. Then, allow the child to be adopted. There are
- millions of couples out there who want and need that child. Why
- are we still having this problem? First, because people think it
- is their right to self fulfillment regardless of the consequences.
- Second, they value their own convenience over human life.
-
- Finally, there's one more example; however, not quite as serious
- since it usually does not endanger other people. I've always said
- there is a fine line between courage and stupidity. Some people in
- this country have inadvertently stepped across this line. When a
- person risks his life for a good cause, it's defined as courage.
- When he risks his life simply for the rush he gets from the
- adrenaline, it's defined as stupidity. Enough said.
-
- These are statements of my own views. You may delete this file
- from the disk if you like. However, you may not make changes to
- this file before passing it on.
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- Dr. Andrew Motes