It's fashionable these days to sigh about "the inherent and inviolable dignity of the human person." The Pope even does it. But what does it mean?
It's like "our common humanity", a high-sounding phrase that delivers mostly obfuscation. It is, in fact, the least common denominator, true enough, but of questionable use.
Let's take the case of the four Black teenagers who planned the murder of the 60 year old Asian pizza deliverer, killed him and then ate the pizza. Well, IMHO, "the inherent and inviolable dignity of (these particular) human persons" is the least important thing about them now, about as significant as being bipedal.
Jonah Goldberg has written a book about liberal slogans as bumper-sticker replacements for thinking; of course this is not a pattern limited to libs, but it certainly is one of their strong points.
It's like "our common humanity", a high-sounding phrase that delivers mostly obfuscation. It is, in fact, the least common denominator, true enough, but of questionable use.
Let's take the case of the four Black teenagers who planned the murder of the 60 year old Asian pizza deliverer, killed him and then ate the pizza. Well, IMHO, "the inherent and inviolable dignity of (these particular) human persons" is the least important thing about them now, about as significant as being bipedal.
Jonah Goldberg has written a book about liberal slogans as bumper-sticker replacements for thinking; of course this is not a pattern limited to libs, but it certainly is one of their strong points.
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