St. Valentine's Day

...has been distorted into a celebration of the over-sexed consumer-driven diamondsareforever 50Ksuprise recreational car gifting culture. Pardon my cynicism, I just get tired of hearing the advertisement for the new 8GB Ipod "now in Pink - just in time for Valentine's" (aka buyyoursweetie/currentlover an expensive toy or you won't get any tonight) Day. Even ads for White Castle are sexifying their burgers. Seriously.

Maybe some will categorize me as one of those bitter Catholic women who sadly has been brainwashed and bound under the feet of men, then forced to adhere to the mysogynistic and archaic doctrines of the Church - among these values -modesty and chastity- the active practice of which is considered in modern-culture to be peculiar and anomalous at best, and at worst, a sign of psychological disorder and an attack on the radical feminist movement (which is struggling to "liberate" us from stifling clothing and the chains of unwanted pregnancies).

What baffles me more, is the ultimate irony of the pro-choice ideology: that women empowerment is equated with unrestricted choice for what to do with their bodies. So, let's say, there is someone who is pro-choice and says they would personally never have an abortion, because they believe it is murder. If said person believes they would keep the child should they get pregnant, and yet supports others who would choose the alternative - to abort - the foundation of her conviction of human life at conception is shattered and broken. And thusly, her perogative to protect life is grossly limited to her own body- since by the Choice-credo, it would not be fair to mess with others' business. If she were really convinced that human life begins at conception, she would fight to uphold her belief, and protect it, irregardless if the life were in her womb or another's! After all, isn't murder...murder?

From modern relativist's perspective, the woman who chooses to abort, the woman who chooses not to abort, and the woman who lets others abort, can all live harmoniously in the world - living out their respective truths without any consequence on the other. If we all have an unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, this relativists' scenario is LOGICALLY impossible. When matters of morals are dissolved into watery pools of yours and mine, responsibility and accountability can no longer exist. What a scary world to live in - not being allowed to care what's going on - or justify doing anything about it - since of course, that would be an attack on freedom!!! The modern culture of today, with its impetus for 'Progress' is only furthering the objectification and exploitation of women, fueling the fire of discrimination, and denigrating the instrinsic value and meaning of Life.

"...If we try to hoard our love, we will end up with nothing, for love cannot exist in the same space as possessiveness, dependency, or selfishness. The very essence of love demands that we give it away."
-Woodeene Koenig-Bricker