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How can one logically be neither? LiterateDog Send a noteboard - 05/03/2010 06:36:02 PM
As I wrote, an early-pregnancy fetus is either a person/baby or not. If it isn't, then aborting it should present no problem. If it is, then it is murder no matter the circumstance. Some mushy, illogical middle ground is thoughtless.
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I expect the Pro-Choice crowd will have mixed feelings about this AgentOrange - 05/03/2010 11:14:42 AM 892 Views
So...the next Sino-Indian war is only about 10 years away... *NM* Tom - 05/03/2010 12:49:24 PM 178 Views
A modern day Rape of the Sabine Women! The Shrike - 05/03/2010 02:14:40 PM 430 Views
Where will they go, though? Tom - 05/03/2010 02:43:28 PM 382 Views
They might end up as permanent foreign workers AgentOrange - 05/03/2010 04:25:00 PM 390 Views
I can't find myself disagreeing with this article LadyLorraine - 05/03/2010 01:38:43 PM 425 Views
Why isn't it? *gears up the flamethrower* beckstcw - 05/03/2010 02:31:20 PM 422 Views
both. *NM* LadyLorraine - 05/03/2010 04:25:28 PM 177 Views
The problem is once you give people a tool they'll use it the way they want to. AgentOrange - 05/03/2010 04:21:25 PM 419 Views
If it's a "child" then it shouldn't be aborted, period. *NM* LiterateDog - 05/03/2010 05:54:53 PM 161 Views
If abortion were illegal, I would want a son for sure. Aeryn - 05/03/2010 01:56:56 PM 427 Views
I figure that there are two things that will come of this stupidity SilverWarder - 05/03/2010 02:13:25 PM 412 Views
So, they need to follow South Korea's model. I wonder how this will affect same sex coupling. The Shrike - 05/03/2010 02:18:31 PM 420 Views
The law of unintended consequences random thoughts - 05/03/2010 04:22:15 PM 380 Views
I'll never understand why they want it “safe, legal and rare”. LiterateDog - 05/03/2010 05:53:50 PM 443 Views
some people that aren't quite either are lumped in with pro-choice LadyLorraine - 05/03/2010 06:20:27 PM 389 Views
How can one logically be neither? LiterateDog - 05/03/2010 06:36:02 PM 379 Views
Then what is the logical moment where it goes from nothing to full person? random thoughts - 05/03/2010 06:45:46 PM 383 Views
The beginning of higher brain function, which is after the midpoint of a pregnancy. LiterateDog - 05/03/2010 06:53:13 PM 385 Views
That is a pretty poorly defined term to use as a razor for what makes a human random thoughts - 05/03/2010 08:04:00 PM 403 Views
well at a certain point it IS a lump of cells LadyLorraine - 06/03/2010 12:39:49 AM 355 Views
I want it rare because I want more thinking beforehand The Shrike - 05/03/2010 06:46:26 PM 393 Views
I don't think that's what most of them mean. LiterateDog - 05/03/2010 06:54:44 PM 389 Views
heh. what exactly are squiky feelings? LadyLorraine - 05/03/2010 07:24:52 PM 445 Views
"I don't like that. I can't tell you why, it isn't logical, but I just don't like it." LiterateDog - 05/03/2010 07:27:58 PM 391 Views
squeamish + icky = squicky *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 05/03/2010 07:29:37 PM 192 Views
How can one post in the wrong place? *NM* LiterateDog - 05/03/2010 06:27:35 PM 211 Views
Why? It's the woman's body, she has the right to decide how to apportion her biological resources. Cannoli - 05/03/2010 06:56:44 PM 524 Views
Why? Aeryn - 06/03/2010 03:33:20 AM 449 Views
Unfortunately... jh - 06/03/2010 09:33:12 AM 435 Views
It is true that some socialist countries force the issue random thoughts - 06/03/2010 12:22:21 PM 421 Views
that still doesn't (logically) explain some things LadyLorraine - 06/03/2010 03:58:19 PM 440 Views
And for every sob story like this, there's one about a female boss with a chip on her shoulder Cannoli - 06/03/2010 10:08:06 PM 499 Views
so because sexism goes both ways LadyLorraine - 06/03/2010 10:40:54 PM 351 Views
I worked for a company that fast tracked female engineers into managment posistions random thoughts - 07/03/2010 02:45:22 AM 367 Views
I know, I'm not saying there's not discrimination the other way too. LadyLorraine - 07/03/2010 05:35:04 AM 370 Views
Well, I am very impressed AgentOrange - 07/03/2010 09:47:49 AM 443 Views
icwhatyoudidthar LadyLorraine - 07/03/2010 06:25:07 PM 366 Views
I just wanted to see how he got from "less average pay" = "less desirable" Aeryn - 09/03/2010 12:09:29 AM 384 Views
You got it backwards IMHO AgentOrange - 09/03/2010 03:07:37 AM 360 Views
Also, men retire later AgentOrange - 06/03/2010 05:28:13 PM 407 Views
I don't think that is a general rule Floffe - 06/03/2010 05:54:28 PM 433 Views
I'd be hard pressed to find any statistics like that AgentOrange - 06/03/2010 08:23:15 PM 369 Views
Statistics suck. LadyLorraine - 06/03/2010 08:41:16 PM 363 Views
They don't make corrections - they search for men and women in the same position with the same stats Legolas - 06/03/2010 09:12:46 PM 408 Views
There's a lot that women themselves can do to help the cause. Aeryn - 09/03/2010 12:35:34 AM 447 Views
You make sense AgentOrange - 09/03/2010 02:53:32 AM 353 Views
I think you overestimate how conscious most women's preference for higher-earning men is. Legolas - 09/03/2010 12:41:55 PM 388 Views
Yes, this is tragic BlackAdder - 06/03/2010 12:57:43 AM 396 Views
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