Posted on 01/19/2008 1:13:44 AM PST by JohnHuang2
What's the difference between art and politics?
The question occurred to me as I left the theater after seeing the surprising new hit film, "Juno."
With presidential politics taking an unfortunately predictable turn in the direction of the gutter, I took a break from it all and went to the movies.
I don't spend much time going to films, but "Juno" seduced me because of its accolades and because of the subject matter. It's about teen pregnancy, the abortion option considered and rejected and adoption.
Most of what appears in our theaters is anything but art, which is one reason why I spend so little time going. But "Juno" is different. It's a powerful film, despite being made on a low budget and having no big name stars. And it conveys important truths about realities of the American society we live in today.
But to digress to my opening question, I think the difference between the artist and the politician is that the former communicates and the latter manipulates. The artist's communication aims to make a reality which we share clearer and more evident. The politician's communication aims to get me to do what he or she wants.
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They vote Democrat so they can continue having those abortions. Duh.
And no, they don’t really care who Margaret Sanger was.
There are, it seems, multiple reasons why Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the USA.
And if whites continue their love affair with small families and even childlessness Hispanics will no longer be called a “minority”.
If you want a supervisor’s job in California, you better speak Spanish as well. It’s moving to other states, along with their grafitti.
And conservatives, who want black children to live, go to good schools and grow up to get good jobs are called racists and hate-mongers.
Traditional Catholics, Mormons, and protestant home schooling families tend to value kids and want a lot of 'em. The "full quiver" notion is widespread among these folks. (We had to settle for four, since they all came by C-section.) A whole row in the section of the church where I usher is occupied by one family with eight kid, #9 on the way. Both parents earned MS degrees in biology. Another family we know, with six home-school kids, is headed by parents with matching MSEE degrees. Educated and intelligent women can raise very smart, motivated, productive, and happy children.
Having and home schooling a lot of children is the easiest way to shape the future.
Th current number of abortions is about 3 million per year. That is 2% of women. If a woman is fertile for 35 years, that is 70% of all women. Yet, we know that most women never have abortions, so we are left with the conclusion that a few women must be having dozens of them.
Need more like you and the ones you described.
Secondly, I agree with her comparison to the politics of today. This sentence says it all:
"She lives in a society populated by adults who have turned their backs on responsibilities that once defined what it means to be an adult."
This is the same reason that our presidential primaries are more of a "beauty contest" or biased toward the "silver-tongued orators" (forget whether they're telling the truth or not).
Lastly, a recommendation to see another pro-life movie Juno (and like Bella before) which may just help "convey important truths about realities of the American society we live in today." Again, from Star, "The beauty of "Juno" is that the film shows there are some things you can't kill.
Pro-life ping.
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