Shadows of Life

I was reading Pat Buchanon's latest online and I liked this quote he mentioned from Hubert Humphrey. For those of you who do not know, Humphrey was a Senator from Minnesota, then a Vice President under LBJ, and always a passionate liberal.

"The moral test of government is how [it] treats those who are in the dawn of life ... those who are in the twilight of life ... and those who are in the shadows of life."

Wow. Would he be considered pro-life, or pro-abortion/euthanasia?

How about this one?

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
-Joseph Stalin

Since 1973 (after Roe v. Wade), it is estimated that 20 million babies have been killed. Would that be 20 statistics, or such a ridiculous and awful number to think about that we dismiss it. Is that what Stalin meant?

How about an oldy?

"Death is not the worst; rather, in vain
To wish for death, and not to compass it."
-Sophocles

Perhaps he who embraces death, worships it, excuses it, allows it unnecessarily, is worst? Do we worship the words of judges, or judge the words they proclaim? When do we say stop? Do we say stop?

I am getting obsessed with the subject. Tomorrow will be better. It's just that Schiavo died and then the Pope. Who's next, Johnny Cochran?

What? Oh no!