Of scorpions and nature
I usually limit my blogging to comments related to culture and the church. I say "usually" because occasionally these two intersect. Rarely has it intersected (or more accurately collided) more clearly than this weekend during (of all things) the health care "debate". The reversal of the vote of Bart Stupak revealed the difference between a "sanctity of life" pro-life position and the inaptly named "dignity of life" pro-life stance. If Stupak held a "sanctity of life" position, he would not have sold it out for a mess of pottage in the form of some dollars for airports in his home state. It revealed the "myth of the pro-life Democrat". To read more (yes it supports the position I've just articulated) check out Phyllis Schlaffly's response at Health Care Vote Set to Expose the Myth of the Pro-Life Democrat and (this one surprised me) Kathleen Parker's column in the Washington Post.
And the Executive Order? It will be overturned at some point because it is a "promise" by the most virulently pro-abortion President we have had yet. Why do I believe that it will be overturned? Because it is in his nature. It reminds me of the Aesop's fable about the Frog and the Scorpion.
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too."
The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of
paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"
Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."
And the Executive Order? It will be overturned at some point because it is a "promise" by the most virulently pro-abortion President we have had yet. Why do I believe that it will be overturned? Because it is in his nature. It reminds me of the Aesop's fable about the Frog and the Scorpion.
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too."
The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of
paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"
Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."
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