The Culture of Death

I have not blogged yet about the Terri Schindler-Schiavo case, mostly because the topic has been covered so well by Peony and Pansy, as well as by many others. Since the Kapo, I mean Florida judge, has sentenced her to death by dehydration and starvation, I am really at a loss as to what to say about where our society is headed. In 30 years over 40 million have been killed by the tragedy of abortion. Paul Hill was executed because he killed to show that killing was wrong (the sort of perversion of justice at every step of this shows how twisted our society has become).

This woman, who is clearly not brain dead, is going to be murdered by her husband with the full cooperation of the State of Florida, and the "civil liberties" community is going to remain silent, not wanting to take a stand for the basic protection of human life, because it might rock the boat with their other pro-death positions. I am sure that they will remain silent at every step as the Culture of Death advocates expand their web: Down's Syndrome children, people with Cerebral Palsy, eventually will it come down to those who do not have blue eyes?

"Really, it is better that they not live rather than have the horror of untermensch features. There. There. One shot in the arm and it will all be over."

I am known for the occasional bit of hyperbole, but this isn't it. The West fought Hitler and won the battle, but surely the number of untermensch babies murdered in their wombs, as well as this case would have brought great delight to the little housepainter with the funny moustache. Our birthrates are declining to perilous levels, we (and I include, especially include Europe in this) are threatened with Mohammedan expansion at every turn, and, as a culture we just do not seem to care.

Overall I find the whole business quite depressing, to tell the truth. I have signed petitions, but I do not know how much good they do. Certainly I pray, but I feel like I am dropping the ball on fighting the Culture of Death, like there is something more that I should DO. I am not sure about the efficacy of protesting, I actually don't think that a political solution will work. Certainly an armed uprising or any other desperate moves like that are doomed to only bring about more misery. I am convinced that we need a cultural solution to this mess, but I really don't know what it is. Massive street corner evangelization? Dropping pamphlets around town?

Sometimes I think the best is to do what we do in our daily lives and just be alert to ways to at least insert a germ of truth in the minds of our coworkers, friends, associates, etc. But that gets to be depressing, as well, when you know too many intelligent people who fall for the traps of relativism, materialism, paganism, and assorted tomfooleries and humbugs. I am not sure what is bleaker, to encounter a Catholic who consults a horoscope (or you can't find a major daily paper without one) or to encounter someone who has left the Catholic faith to join the Wiccans (after a brief pause with "scientific" naturalism).