bleeding heart
I get the privilege of reading hundreds of notecard responses that are submitted by my peers in Gen 300. Sometimes I am blown away by the things they have to say.
A few class periods ago two profs had a debate on politically relevant issues. The Pro-life concept was related to war, the death penalty and even birth control. I find the sum of these topics to be very important, complex and fascinating to consider. One student wrote this in response:
"Justice does not include killing but rather should be an attempt to restore society to peace. And using violence to bring about peace is like having sex in hopes of restoring virginity."
What a thought provoking analogy.
Also, I have a semi-related question that I have been turning over for a while now. Birth control, especially the "the pill", has become very widely used (a surprising amount of my female peers and friends, most unmarried, use it). Sometimes it's to deal with hormone levels, sometimes it is really to prevent pregnancy. Is this okay? Is sex without the possibility of pregnancy okay--married or unmarried? What about population control? Is there a risk that eventually the wide use of "the pill" will build up those chemicals in our environments and cause a sterility epidemic (I think of the movie Children of Men)? I have that fear, though I don't know how rational it is. I'd like to hear more thoughts and opinions on the issue.
EDIT: This post can also be found on the Gen 300 blog. Lief really likes blogs. And I am very caught up what is becoming a blog epidemic.
A few class periods ago two profs had a debate on politically relevant issues. The Pro-life concept was related to war, the death penalty and even birth control. I find the sum of these topics to be very important, complex and fascinating to consider. One student wrote this in response:
"Justice does not include killing but rather should be an attempt to restore society to peace. And using violence to bring about peace is like having sex in hopes of restoring virginity."
What a thought provoking analogy.
Also, I have a semi-related question that I have been turning over for a while now. Birth control, especially the "the pill", has become very widely used (a surprising amount of my female peers and friends, most unmarried, use it). Sometimes it's to deal with hormone levels, sometimes it is really to prevent pregnancy. Is this okay? Is sex without the possibility of pregnancy okay--married or unmarried? What about population control? Is there a risk that eventually the wide use of "the pill" will build up those chemicals in our environments and cause a sterility epidemic (I think of the movie Children of Men)? I have that fear, though I don't know how rational it is. I'd like to hear more thoughts and opinions on the issue.
EDIT: This post can also be found on the Gen 300 blog. Lief really likes blogs. And I am very caught up what is becoming a blog epidemic.