81% not listening
Gordon Cheng / 28th December 2004
/ The ones they wouldn't publish!
No, not just to me. To God...
Dear editor,
It's no surprise at all that 81% of Australians surveyed support abortion rights. It's also utterly irrelevant to whether abortion (or any other ethical question) is actually a good thing or not. The rightness of an ethical judgment can't and mustn't be determined by majority vote.
Since only God can determine what is right, the 81% figure simply gives a rough indication as to how many people aren't listening. As a result, they have no sound basis for ethical decision making.