tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post116062418791725828..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Christmas in October! September's California Educator Magazine ArrivesDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1160964789660020482006-10-15T19:13:00.000-07:002006-10-15T19:13:00.000-07:00“Cameron said... ‘We can't craft laws around what ...“Cameron said... <BR/>‘We can't craft laws around what 7 crazy parents in California might do.’<BR/><BR/>I'm willing to bet just about anything that there are more than seven parents in California that would go insane over the notification of their child having an abortion. In fact, I can think of more than seven people that live on my block that would be severely punished or thrown out if that happened. If it passes, some people's lives are going to be ruined.”<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cameron, it’s not the state’s business what happens in my family as long as it’s not criminal. I beat up my daughter, that’s one thing. I scream at her, that’s another. Parents must be aware of their minor (i.e. under 18) medical condition. Whenever a law like this is considered, there is a provision for a judge’s hearing with an “uninterested” third party such as NARAL to provide legal representation to a minor child. <BR/><BR/>Something being right may be difficult or uncomfortable, but being right is often not the pleasant way of doing things. And what the law must be is a decision to be made by the people directly via referendum or indirectly via the legislative process. <BR/><BR/>I wonder something Cameron. Why is it a 16 year old can’t get a piercing or a tattoo without parental “permission”, but can get surgery without “notification”?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1160922666838926542006-10-15T07:31:00.000-07:002006-10-15T07:31:00.000-07:00A thirteen year-old is not a woman, nor can she "w...A thirteen year-old is not a woman, nor can she "want" to have an abortion. You can't have it both ways. Either minors have the ability to make all choices themselves, which opens the gates to child molestation (and you have to drop the "power" argument), or they do not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1160882857524527342006-10-14T20:27:00.000-07:002006-10-14T20:27:00.000-07:00Perhaps you can explain, then, why a teachers unio...Perhaps you can explain, then, why a teachers union needs to take a stand on abortion.<BR/><BR/>Remember, teachers are the ones who always say they want the parents involved--except when it comes to something they may make the "wrong" decision about, and then we want parents kept totally in the dark.<BR/><BR/>Seems like a very hypocritical stance to take, to me.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1160881131094201992006-10-14T19:58:00.000-07:002006-10-14T19:58:00.000-07:00I don't really know what that had to do with my po...I don't really know what that had to do with my point. The ethics of abortion can be argued and re-argued, but it's an impossible thing to get everyone to agree on. If we're trying to minimize the "amount of life ruined", then this proposition is a bad idea. You can talk about lives being ruined due to an abortion, but do you think that someone won't have an abortion now, due to the proposition passing? If your answer is "yes", then you've definitely just ruined the life of the woman that wanted to abortion (or at least negatively affected it to some, large degree) as well as the life of the unwanted child. The mother can either put the baby up for adoption and hope it goes through as little trauma as possible, or attempt to raise the baby.<BR/>In any case, your comment was unnecessary. I know that abortions are a sort of personal thing for you, but I still can't agree with any reasons for it being supported.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1160868654113971882006-10-14T16:30:00.000-07:002006-10-14T16:30:00.000-07:00In every abortion, someone's life is ruined.In every abortion, someone's life is ruined.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1160858139612300782006-10-14T13:35:00.000-07:002006-10-14T13:35:00.000-07:00"We can't craft laws around what 7 crazy parents i..."We can't craft laws around what 7 crazy parents in California might do."<BR/><BR/>I'm willing to bet just about anything that there are more than seven parents in California that would go insane over the notification of their child having an abortion. In fact, I can think of more than seven people that live on my block that would be severely punished or thrown out if that happened. If it passes, some people's lives are going to be ruined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1160839160420535942006-10-14T08:19:00.000-07:002006-10-14T08:19:00.000-07:00Easy one to answer. CTA doesn't care about educat...Easy one to answer. CTA doesn't care about education because it's not supposed to--it's supposed to care about your (and my) pay, benefits, and working conditions. But those are too mundane--those would make it merely a labor union, rather than what it really is, which is another arm of the Democrat Party.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1160828433652874622006-10-14T05:20:00.000-07:002006-10-14T05:20:00.000-07:00I'm sick of how my union dues (taken involuntarily...I'm sick of how my union dues (taken involuntarily from my paycheck) are being spent. Why is CTA supporting (with MY money) causes and candidates that undermine education in the long run?CaliforniaTeacherGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765655907043136511noreply@blogger.com