And this is why.
I admit that as the whole euthanasia debate had raged on the past few years I have not paid much attention to it. My opinions on the matter were fairly moderate. My Mom was convinced I was a liberal. And perhaps my thoughts (though they were few) were quite liberal. I wasn’t sure how I felt about terminally ill adults who didn’t want to be vegetables or whatever taking lethal injections and ending thier pain. I’m all for small government and what not and I don’t like any laws that seem to infringe on our personal lives. I had not given enough thought to the whole "pulling the plug" thing because I didn't know how I would feel in the same situation.

However, after I read this article my heart broke and I know now that the time (for me at least) to not think through these important ethical issues is over.  I need to form my opinions and convictions, because if I don’t know what I believe, it will be easier for someone else who does, to persuade me. I don’t like to be persuaded by anybody. Not the Left, not the Right. Ask my parents, I’ve never been one who appreciates being told what to think, feel or do.

But here we are. 2006, and the culture we live in is discussing whether or not parents can decide to euthanize* (read that murder*) a severely handicapped child because they don’t want to deal with them. Is it possible that this barbaric idea is being discussed in our day? How did we get to this point? Abortion is a social norm, so why not kill the child a few hours or days after it’s born naturally? Pro life advocated have long used this analogy and now it seems that is could become a reality.

This is wrong. The value of human life is decreasing, and the value of selfishness is on the rise. This is a horrible trend and a frightening prospect. I choose to no longer sit on the fence about this issue. Life is the greatest value on earth no matter who’s life; the handicapped baby, the 90 year-old man who is paralyzed from a stroke, the 21 year-old in a coma from a car accident. I value freedom, I value my free will and I value human life; Yours, mine, all life. I never thought that we would be having this debate over killing newborn infants, but why not? Abortion was a step in this direction, and what is next? Will inconvenienced and retardation be an excuse for killing people now? In that case Britney Spears had better watch out, she’s retarded and let’s face it, the music she made annoys me and it’s inconvenient to change the station. That may be slightly amusing, ok so it wasn’t... but the point is that it’s serious and I don’t know what to do. I have made a decsions, I'm not sure if it's right or wrong, or if I will stick to my guns if it were me. I would pretty much hate to be unable to function and no doubt I would be tempted to be put out of the misery of complete dependence on another.  I have decided that I am opposed to Euthanasia. Even though "Million Dollar Baby" made me wonder if it wasn’t the humane thing to do and should be up only to the people involved. I realize that if we are asked to compromise even slightly about something, soon or later we will be expected to except the next step.

"The morality of compromise sounds contradictory.
Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat.
Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised."
Andrew Carnegie

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