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PEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING CRAZIER
One would think that the world cannot sink
any lower as we seem to have reached the outer limits of libertine
excess, selfishness and plain stupidity. But the situation
just keeps deteriorating and becoming wackier with each passing
day.
Proof of this is not hard to find. For example:
- Professor Ian Wilmut, of the Roslin Institute
in the UK, who is the scientist who developed Dolly the sheep
by the cloning process, announced that using stem cells for
research is far more ethical than using animals because "this
saves potentially many animals' lives."
Obviously, Professor Wilmut thinks human life
is expendable in scientific experimentation but that the lives
of animals are more precious. Professor Wilmut is seeking
a license to experiment on embryonic stem cells.
- Gareth Kirby, Editor of the homosexual
newspaper Capital Xtra (August 11, 2005), commenting on how
homosexual couples can stay together stated "… most
long-term gay relationships work because the couple has come
to an understanding that monogamy and fidelity are not the
same thing and that it's okay to have sex with others in an
agreed upon honest way."
Homosexual activists insisted that their right
to marry was based on the fact that their relationships were
equal to those of heterosexuals. There appears, however, to
be one critical difference between same-sex relationships
and heterosexual ones. Sexual fidelity is crucial to the stability
of opposite-sex relationships but this is obviously not the
case in homosexual relationships. This major difference has
long range ramifications for the institution of marriage and
for children who require stable relationships in order to
thrive.
- Ex-inmates of a Remand Centre in Edmonton
were given permission by the Alberta courts to sue the jail
because it violated their constitutional rights in that inmates
were strip searched, overcrowded in the cells, given cold
food and were denied fresh air. The Supreme Court of Canada
denied the Edmonton Remand Centre Leave to Appeal when it
sought to appeal this decision of Alberta's lower courts.
Instead, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the prisoners
have a right to sue for a declaration that the living conditions
at the jail were unacceptable.
All along we thought that prisoners were detained
in jail because they had violated the law and were placed
there as punishment, rather than for their comfort and convenience.
- Gens Hellquist, executive director of the
Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition, who was formerly employed
by Gay and Lesbian Services of Saskatoon, claims that homophobia
has caused crucial problems for homosexuals. These problems
include a suicide rate six times higher than that found in
the heterosexual community, smoking and alcohol abuse, illicit
drug use, unemployment, physical violence, HIV/AIDS and depression.
He claims that the "chronic stress" placed on homosexuals
having to cope with society's negative responses and stigmatization
due to their homosexuality is responsible for these problems,
which he estimates cost the social and health care system
in Canada about $9 billion dollars annually. He also claims
that stress is responsible for the death of 5,500 homosexuals
in Canada last year.
Taking personal responsibility for their homosexual
lifestyle apparently isn't relevant to Mr. Hellquist and his
fellow homosexual activists. Neither is the fact the homosexual
lifestyle, rather than "homophobia" is causing the
harm, since, in countries such as the Netherlands , which
is especially open and accepting of homosexuality, homosexuals
are experiencing the same serious health and social problems
as homosexuals in Canada.
- Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew
has not been a shining light in his portfolio. Mr. Pettigrew
is a homosexual who has not helped his credibility either
by taking his personal chauffeur, Bruno Labonté, at
the public's expense, to Europe and South America, visiting
Lima, Mexico City, Brussels, Paris and Madrid in 2001 and
2002 (Globe and Mail, September 14, 2005). The chauffeur's
trips abroad cost the taxpayer $10,000.00 even though he did
not chauffeur the Minister during these international visits.
On the European trip, for example, Mr. Labonté accumulated
tabs of $2,641.98 in hotels and meals in addition to his business
class ticket, which cost $5,602.38.
Cabinet Ministers do not typically travel
abroad with their own security advisors or chauffeurs, as
these are provided by local authorities in co-ordination with
the Canadian embassy. A spokesperson in Mr. Pettigrew's office
explained that Mr. Pettigrew's chauffeur accompanied the minister
on his foreign trips because the chauffeur "had some
responsibilities that are not on his official job description."
We can only imagine.
These are only a few of the more recent examples
of the insanity that surrounds us today. Truth, decency and
common sense are no longer required to conduct oneself in
society.
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