Comments for The Lure of Sewing on Alligators at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Mon, 20 May 2013 00:19:26 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lure-of-sewing-on-alligators.html#comment-4611 Thank you for the article. Making the case for logical, cohesive argumentation and corresponding action provides an enduring foundation for change. If we paint the walls with polka dots, some other glitzy gimmick is bound to come along, tickle the culture's fancy, and thrust us right back from whence we came. Only the truth can serve as the cornerstone. - Timothy J.A. O'Donnell Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:44:57 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lure-of-sewing-on-alligators.html#comment-4610 I wish I had had one intelligent, coherent, decent professor in law school like Prof. Arkes. - Graham Combs Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:04:16 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lure-of-sewing-on-alligators.html#comment-4609 It seems to me that Mr. Arkes is correct, that if our actions are faithful and integrally and ethically coherant, our success is secondary as it should be. Otherwise, we run the risk of coercian and manipulation which will cost us more in the long run. It is for us to remain faithful to the Truth and see the ends and means clearly enough to not let means justify the ends. Thank you Mr. Arkes for clearly stating what is difficult for us see clearly in these very superficial and emotional times. - Achilles Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:15:15 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lure-of-sewing-on-alligators.html#comment-4608 In this article, (which I'm mostly in agreement), a couple of statements cause concern: "that we can give a morally coherent account of how we have spent our days and years." "that we have lived our lives with acts directed to ends that are enduringly rightful." Yes, those are admirable goals, but it seems you've ended up in a different place from where you began. You begin by pointing to the moral standing of the unborn child,(a reality worthy of primary consideration and focus), but by the end, you've placed the focus on our own moral consistency and coherence. It's a subtle shift in focus, but it's nonetheless there in the above two statements. With that, the argument is in danger of falling into the same pit from which you've been trying to rescue us--i.e. moving the focus to something other than the moral reality of the unborn child. - James Bouzan Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:28:16 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lure-of-sewing-on-alligators.html#comment-4607 Hadley seems to think that a woman who chooses not to kill her baby for reasons other than the baby has made the right choice for the wrong reason. I see a saved baby. Moreover, I see the whole debate over abortion change after the arrival of post-abortive women telling the horror of their bad choices in the public square. Hadley seems to think that we are capable of moving on only one front at one time and that is the legal and legislative front. There are many others including changing hearts and minds. The women-centered strategy that includes the unborn child is a winner and makes possible a change in our laws. - Austin Ruse Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:51:52 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-lure-of-sewing-on-alligators.html#comment-4605 James Kugel referred to "loss of a way of seeing". I am of an age to understand his meaning. But what of those who have been systematically deprived of this "way of seeing." How is it to be regained? One must trust that this will be accomplished by the Holy Spirit working through Dr. Arkes and other teachers of the truth. May God grant it. - Ars Artium Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:17:20 +0100