Malfunction; Abort

A couple of days ago, some friends gathered to meet for an event called Re-inventing The City where a visual performance on various cities like Seoul, Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur was shown. Some of the visuals were breathtakingly beautiful and after experimenting with shots on my pathetic camera phone and learning a couple of techniques from my photographer friends, I could see how angles were used and what shots worked and what didn't. I'll be experimenting with my new camera soon and hopefully I could come up with some excellent photos to put up.

So after the visual performance, we all met up in this overrated local coffee shop and started to talk about social issues such as religion. The topic which started it off and brought in quite a few different debates was abortion. I am Pro-Life, so I found the lighthearted chat about getting pregnant and just going for an abortion morose. Abortion should not be taken lightheartedly and is something that we should not abuse. It disgusts me to think that teenagers and men and women in their 20s are not taking an initiative to prevent pregnancy and think that abortion is a quick-fix solution to their problem, especially when condoms (even though it works 98% of the time) and birth control are easily available.

Then there's the question of what if the woman is raped and got pregnant with a bastard child? I know it isn't easy, but there's always the solution of giving the child up for adoption. A friend of mine also brought up the notion of legalizing abortion but having guidelines on whether a candidate is viable for abortion. I think that is a pretty good idea, but being realistic it would not work. It's idealistic and people always find loopholes to abuse it. Even though I don't fully believe in God, I believe that people should not play the role of Shiva and decide who lives and who dies.

We are living in a cesspool world were morals and ethics are no longer black and white.

Everything is just a shade of grey.