Letters

National suicide

Greg O'Regan

Contents - Apr 2006 - Buy a copy now Editorial: New cardinals: Benedict XVI signals his intentions - Michael Gilchrist Conscience: Dissenters' appeal to Rome 'a real hoot' says Cardinal Pell - Michael Gilchrist News: The Church Around the World Books: Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church EarthSong: Green Christianity or a new paganism? - Michael Gilchrist Salesian Missions: Cardinal Pell visits East Timor - Michael Lynch SDB Creation: Intelligent Design and the war against God - Stephen Hitchings The Domestic Church: The Christian Family Movement: re-evangelising through families - Leslie Sammut Has just punishment had its day? - Fr Matthew Kirby 1973 Decree: A Fourth Rite of Reconciliation for Queensland? - AD2000 Music and Culture: Benedict XVI, Mozart and the quest for beauty - Mark Freer Letters: Religious education - Saskia Ebejer Letters: Action needed - Kevin McBride Letters: New Age - Yana Di Pietro and Magenta Ray Letters: Translations - George Simpson Letters: National suicide - Greg O'Regan Letters: Anti-life politicians - Robert Bom Letters: RU486 - Brian Harris Letters: Courageous example - Arnold Jago Letters: Inclusive language - Ottavio Kos Letters: Overseas priests - Peter Gilet Letters: Leadership needed - Tom King Letters: Church of England - Jim Turley Letters: Religious life - Barbara Chigwidden Books: Swear To God: The Promise and Powers of the Sacraments, by Scott Hahn - Jacinta Cummins (reviewer) Books: Mother Angelica, by Raymond Arroyo - Stephen Hitchings (reviewer) Books: Fr Martin D'Arcy: Philosopher of Christian Love, by H.J.A. Sire - Michael E. Daniel Events: Holy Week 2006: Classical Roman Rite in Melbourne Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books Reflection: The redeeming Cross: at the centre of Christian faith - Cardinal George Pell

A Federal parliamentarian had the courage to say that demography mattered and the aborting of our young would lead to national suicide. It was no surprise when other milquetoast parliamentarians did not support Danna Vale; but why did she feel the need to apologise for speaking the truth?

Anyone that can count will see that without a drastic increase in the replacement birthrate of the major core of our population, other groups will become more influential by default. If that happens the continuation of our society as we know it will depend upon to what extent these new groups have integrated, in spite of the "multiculties" and politically correct in our midst who prefer the fuzziness of passive cultural diversity to active integration.

Given the pace at which her fellow parliamentarians deserted her and the space and time gratuitously given by the media to the manufactured instant ire of Islamists, there are regrettably many who are content to allow our society to suicide.

GREG O'REGAN
Farrer, ACT

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 19 No 3 (April 2006), p. 15