Daniel Philpott, a political science professor at Notre Dame, writes movingly of the events of last Sunday, when the University of Notre Dame hosted President Barack Obama as it's commencement speaker. I have included a portion of the text below, but please follow the link and see what our good friends at ilsussidiario.net are doing these days:
When
I got home, I went upstairs and read Obama’s speech, which had just
been posted on the internet. For eloquence and tailoring to local
circumstances and culture: give him an A! The point that he made best
was one about charitable argumentation and debate, not demonizing the
other. I certainly agree with that, and this part brings up his grade
somewhat. But on the quality of its reasoning, I am afraid I cannot
give the speech a passing grade. Already that evening, a blog entry on
the site of the magazine America, which does not at all have a
reputation for being a foe of Obama, called it a paean to relativism.
Since we cannot settle our differences, let’s learn to talk about them.
That is very important, to be sure, but Mr. President, you forgot about
one small thing: justice. The leaders of the great justice movements,
Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Lincoln, the 19th century suffragettes,
were good at being charitable and well-reasoned but they didn’t stop
with simply talking about differences. They demanded change -- an end
to unjust exclusion. Obama spoke of the civil rights
movement. Of course, he has every right to, and I was as moved as any
American on the night that he was elected when I thought about how far
we have come in race relations. But there is great irony here, for he
is radically committed to upholding laws that exclude an entire class
of persons from their right to life. Can anyone imagine Martin Luther
King saying we disagree deeply about our differences but that the
important thing is that we learn to talk about them charitably -- and
leaving it at that? No, he said: I have a dream. And he demanded
justice for those excluded. Obama’s reasoning is remarkably similar to
the reasoning that Douglas offered to Lincoln in the famous debates of
1858: this is a moral and religious issue which cannot be resolved, no
one is asking you to approve of slavery, only to let the states decide
for themselves, etc. Obama’s speech included what I thought were rather
small and uncertain measures to get the numbers of abortions down. If
they do, then great. We'll see. But he failed to confront any of the
real questions. If the unborn are persons, then is it not a fundamental
injustice to have laws that allow us to kill them? And if they are not
persons, then what are they? For that matter, if they are not persons,
then why are you so concerned about getting the number of abortions
down? Why be committed to protecting a mere blob of cells or flesh?
This is excellent. Thanks for sharing, Stephen!
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if the unborn aRe persons??//??
they must be boRn to be bouRne to be judged.
you can't judge a fetus unless you are GOD!
TO BE BORN AGAIN MEANS THAT YOU LISTENED TO GOD KNOT MY SON THAT YOU CALL JESUS. AND I CALL HIM WHAT EVER I NEED TO GET SOME THING DONE USING THE HOLEY SPIRIT. (yes properly spellt)
if a politician goes to religious service for a vote and then holds his own for a vote then who is denying GOD? remember the BIBLE says that all literitsure will cease.
means that the churches are closed for the last saint has been declared for all canons and the fucking pope has made appointments to visit abroad after passports of all christian clergy had been visa voided YEARS AGO.
the popes army knows screwed for being catholic. let alone to protect a loser that GOD said HE WILL LET ALL THE SINNERS OF THE HOLE WORLD KISS HIS ASS, AND LET HIS ARMY LEAD THE WEIGH...
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phoenix lead the way.
I want a record of all expenses paid to any police department SENT TO THE FBI FOR ANY SERVICES TO ANY CHURCH OR CHURCH SCHOOL SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WILL PAY BACK GOD UNLESS THE CHURCH HAS A RECEIPT SIGNED BY GOD, AND THE FBI HAS A COPY OF MY SIGNATURE ON FILE FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS.
SO THERE WILL BE KNOW FORGERIES FROM THE CLERGIES. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD TWICE ACCORDING TO THE WORDS THEY lLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII... ABOUT!
Posted by: truth and power of THE ONE AND ONLY | Nov 11, 2011 at 06:20 PM
ALL YOU POTICIANS THAT SET IN CHURCH AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY TELL YOU ABOUT GOD HEAR THIS...
YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO DIE AND EXPLAIN EVERY THING TO GOD ABOUT HOW YOU DISOBEYED HIM IN VOTING FOR AGAINST LEGISLATESHUN OF GODS LAWS TO THE WHOLE WORLD, AND THERE WILL BE JUST-ICE...!
Posted by: truth and power of THE ONE AND ONLY | Nov 11, 2011 at 06:24 PM
c.o.s. you did get a warrant against national security and tried to find JESUS you were warned.
for a vary long ty-ME
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - BORED? | Nov 30, 2011 at 07:53 PM
THE BIBLE Was written in such d'tail that it act-chewly says that they will post look outs at the doors to see if the PROPHET is coming to sea if they are on their knees while they sneak bread and water in.
alsew that the would THE PROPHET thinking that HE is GOD help a lady who has a bad reputation for teaching with a say-ain'tly appearance.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - BORED? | Nov 30, 2011 at 08:07 PM
also that wyatt arrp (alf) did like faro and phara-oh worshipped cats as well as coy-oat-tees eat cats and 21 is MY favoRITE game and the dates on the SON DIAL EQAUKNOKS.
LET'S SEE IF YOPU CAN FIGURE THAT ONE OUT SCOTTS DALE COS THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU "JUST" LIKE TRAVEL CITY AND SAY YOU AMERICANS ARE INCREDIBLY STUPID PEEPILL.
sWALL-LOW your pride assoul.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - BORED? 21? | Nov 30, 2011 at 08:16 PM
ewe-are luz-zon ZEN !
fill-leap-pay...
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - BORED? 21? | Nov 30, 2011 at 08:20 PM
do the crew here the dog-MA? or yeh!
SHE can BARK THE TREE BEAR, AND I all-ways them what to due. awe-FULL? good movie, THANK YOU! MOM!
it does remind ME of the stupidity of the mormon church, for many rRE-SONS...
DID YOU GET THE ALL
LIVE OYL FROM THE MITTY FOOTY OIL FOOT-AGE-LESS
FI_E
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - POP-"EYE" | Dec 01, 2011 at 12:04 PM
sing it!
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - KNEEL YOUNG | Dec 01, 2011 at 02:34 PM
after the gold rush.
is any body still selling art-I-facts.
THEY WILL "NOT" SELL GOD OR HIS WORDS FOR GOD IS THE THE VERY PAPER AND INK. THAT IT IS WRITTEN ON ASS-WELL AS THE PERSON THAT BI"IS IT. IT IS A COMMAND-MENT TO BE INFORCED.
HE IS EVEN THE COMP-PEW-THER THAT YOU ARE REEDING RITE NOW.
IN A COMPRESSED FORM OF LIE TIGHT AND YOU CAN HOLD HEAVEN IN THE PALM OYL OF YOUR 'BABYS HAND' IT IS THAT "FREAKING SMALL".
AND THAT BOY SAID THAT he went to heaven thee at JESUS held in his lap "lied." get hymn a different kind of cough SIR_UP... cuz the fox was all over it. so I own "FOX"
mayor bisdoc are you still issh-eweing J>R> against GOD. your PROMISED LAND was told not inter fere or I will bring this country DOWN through their own EGG-knor-pHANTS
OF THE CY-CLOPS that wheres the robe.
FORE THEY HAVE TURNED THE HOMES OF GOD INTO HAY DENS OF THI-EVES WHEN TOLD TO LEAVE AFTER REFUSEING TO HANG THEM SELL-VES LIKE THE OLD GOAT THAT BILLY SPOKE "OFF." KNOWS-TRUE-DAMN-US...
LET'S HERE A DRUM ROLL SUM RUM POMP EM PUM FORE THE LIE-IN SLEEPS TOO NIGHT.
you will know that I named reggies baby in 03, the tree and place that the ass-salt was take-in from with the rope hanging from it in 02 and the man that would take it. all from that vary same little book and I only use a few phrases...
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - was NEIL YOUNG WAS TRUE... | Dec 01, 2011 at 03:16 PM
...a-CORD-in-G to living a life with JESUS.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - was NEIL YOUNG WAS TRUE... | Dec 01, 2011 at 03:19 PM
SO
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - was NEIL YOUNG WAS TRUE -_-... | Dec 01, 2011 at 03:22 PM
... to the gold rush in his own way.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - was NEIL YOUNG WAS TRUE -_-... | Dec 01, 2011 at 03:23 PM
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Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - loves ART ! | Dec 01, 2011 at 03:25 PM
pictures of MY SON AND O.R.E MINED FULL IMAGE OF THE PROMISED ONES IS NOT ART, NOR IN THE STREETS SCRATCHING AND SPRAYING GRAFEET-TEA FOR GOD IS THAT SPICE OF LIFE ALL-SEWN IN THE BIBLE.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - loves ART ! | Dec 01, 2011 at 03:34 PM
YOU ARE SPARYING GOD ON GODS FACE. PAINT THAT PICTURE THE NEXT THYME YOU CARVE YOUR NAME IN THE TOY-LET SE-IT. "GOD"-!
HOW DO YOU USE GOD TO SERVE GOD?
IF WE KNOW YOUR NAMES BEFORE YOU WERE THEN WE KNOW WHO WILL BE FAY-ITH FULL TO THE COS.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - loves ART ! | Dec 01, 2011 at 03:41 PM
pick up sum dust and look at how long it. how much time would it take to make that from nothing butt light, and how many times would you have to expand and contract the size of the known universe to make just one sol-I.D. molick-que-L and how many times you have to reproduce GODS body to make the next parteak-call of wood take a vary long time when you are not GOD. so how wood GOD explain him self when a tree knows how to grow straight and your children do knot know GOD they know a street vend-or selling drugs or THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY - AX-PLAN-NATION | Dec 01, 2011 at 03:52 PM
YES, THE BOOK-KEY DID SHOW UP IN D''AISLE AND REFUSED TO TELL GOD HER NAME AT WILL.I.AM's PENN IN THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE.
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"ASSHOLES!"
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are you hacking GOD?
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY GOD | Dec 01, 2011 at 06:15 PM
JESUS SAID THAT.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY GOD | Dec 01, 2011 at 06:17 PM
in HIS time JESUS was asked a question and said THE "FATHER" IN HEAVEN TOLD YOU THAT FOR I(JESUS, & HE "IS" MY SON) WOULD NOT! FORE I (JESUS) WOULD HAVE SPOKEN AGAINST THE FATHER ("GOD") IN HEAVEN.
Posted by: THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD /TRUE FATHER OF JESUS | Dec 01, 2011 at 06:29 PM
WHO SOW EVER SHALL SPEAK AGAINST GOD SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH IS WRITTEN IN EVERY RELIGION EVERY WHERE IN THE UNIVERSE.
KNOW!
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