Neil Cavuto interviewed Client Eastwood about a number of things. They talked about Iraq, and that was interesting. But Neil also asked him about Million Dollar Baby, saying that he has thrown for a loop as a conservative because of the assisted suicide. Clint responded that the suicide in the movie was there to make you think about the issue.
This thinking thing, it's a problem for conservatives. The only way to hold an ideal as absolute is if you don't actually spend the time to think about it. Because thinking involves questioning, and absolute ideas can't be questioned. But I'll tell yah, anyone with any real life experience understands that the death with dignity issue is a lot more complicated than conservative philosophy allows for.
Conservatives will get a stark reality check when it's their terminally ill mother or father who is in extreme pain and wishing for the release of death. I doubt they will feel as absolutist then. One hopes that they learn from their experience and stop trying to press their absolutist philosophy on the rest of us who understand that end of life issues are very complex.
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