An uncomfortable observation

I was looking at the Live Journal picture page a few minutes ago, there are 40 pictures at a time(link on the side), and I came across 2... photos that were kind of related. At least in my head. And my reaction to them has me a little puzzled. I will describe the pictures.

The first one was of a late term abortion. It was a fetus all bloody, on a white towel. Obviously late term. My reaction was mild, I am pro choice, but I don't like late term abortions. I think there should be time limits as to when you can't abort a fetus. My personal opinion. I saw the picture, registered it, thought that's not right, and moved on to the next picture of a kitty. All in about a seconds time. Then I scrolled down to some more pictures.

The second picture was of a baby seal being clubbed to death in Canada. At this picture, I felt outrage. I clicked on the picture and went on to read the Reuters article about it. My anger increased. "What a horrible thing they are doing. Killing these baby seals by clubbing them and skinning them alive," I thought. I was upset by the thought of this going on in 2006. How fucking awful.

I went back to the live journal page and continued looking at the pics. As I was waiting for the next page to load, I realized what a different reaction I had, and it puzzles me. I have outrage for a baby seal, but only mild discomfort for a fetus. This doesn't seem right to me. I feel uncomfortable with this realization. Is there something wrong with me? Am I a cold hearted bastard? I don't think so. I'm not really sure what my point is. It was just a weird observation of self. I thought I would share.

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