Sunday, October 2, 2005
Bill Bennett
Although I am merely another among zillions noting how stupid and tasteless he is, nevertheless I must weigh in on Bill Bennett's idiotic statement to the effect that preventing black babies from being born would reduce the crime rate. This twisted logic rests on at least three utter fallacies: one, that removing some people who might eventually cause a problem would eliminate a problem; two, underlying the first, that only blacks commit crime; and three, underlying the other two, that statistics are anything beyond broadly descriptive. With his reasoning, preventing white babies would reduce serial murders, child pornography, and corporate crime, and preventing all babies would mean quicker departures at airports, quieter dinners out and, in a few years, shorter lines at Disney World. This is simply ridiculous, immoral, illegal, inhumane, insulting and, most of all, a goofy and worthless way to think about or deal with anything. (A rude but irresistable thought: If Bennett had been aborted, there would have been one less psuedo-morality book written by a pontificating hypocrite, not to mention fewer stupid things said on the radio this week.)
Labels: politics, reflections
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| posted by jau at 8:16 PM
jau — at 12:57 PM, October 04, 2005:
| posted by jau at 8:16 PM
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jau — at 12:57 PM, October 04, 2005:
OK, AGIP - here's one of many links to the actual exchange: http://mediamatters.org/items/200509280006. In fairness, Bennett wasn't just freeform saying let's abort black babies, he was responding to a caller's question that included a statistic about more abortion meaning lower crime rates. He should have said what he said as an example of how foolish statistics can be and, as a public figure, he should know not to make nutty comments even if they're meant to prove the nuttiness of other comments.
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