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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:56 pm 
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The wonderful irony here is that unless you support social security, public health care, welfare, and numerous other social programs required for some of these people to survive, that is exactly how you view those people.


Um, no. The design of these programs was not to be survival tools, but a helping hand when a rough patch was hit, or in the case of social security- benefits to a widow. It's not a retirement plan. Welfare was supposed to be temp assistance, not a lifestyle for generations.

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A parent who is found to give their children pot, or even cigarrettes, or even a steady diet of potato chips, is going to be charged with a crime that will vary from state to state and have their child taken away from them. If you believe the pregnant woman has the same obligation to an unborn fetus that a parent has to a child, then you need to apply the same restrictions to both.


I agree, I want consistancy in laws. If a guy kills a 6month pregnant chick, he shouldn't get slapped with double homicide- yet it's happened. But if we are saying that at 6month and 1 day it's a human being, then why don't we currently charge unhealthy moms, or pregnant women who engage in risky behaviors such as smoking drinking etc with at least child endangerment?

You could try a case such as that on it's own merits if the situation warranted it. That's the great thing about our legal system.

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That's a really depressing graph.


Looks pretty good to me. Maybe killing babies isn't such a good thing?


You're right, killing things isn't a good thing. I don't believe that anyone that I've ever talked to who supports the right of abortion thinks of them as a "good thing". However, they DO believe that a woman having control over her body is a good thing, and that sometimes, those women get into situations where they have to make very tough, heart breaking decisions. But the key point is that THEY have the right to make that choice.

That's why the graph is depressing.


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That's a really depressing graph.


Looks pretty good to me. Maybe killing babies isn't such a good thing?


You're right, killing things isn't a good thing. I don't believe that anyone that I've ever talked to who supports the right of abortion thinks of them as a "good thing". However, they DO believe that a woman having control over her body is a good thing, and that sometimes, those women get into situations where they have to make very tough, heart breaking decisions. But the key point is that THEY have the right to make that choice.

That's why the graph is depressing.



The right to kill another human being basically. If you are ok with that then I've got nothing for you. Avoiding responsibility is usually never a good thing.

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And that is where we differ. It has the potential to be another human being, but it isn't one yet.


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And eviction isn't killing. It may lead to death, but it isn't killing.

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And that is where we differ. It has the potential to be another human being, but it isn't one yet.



Nope, it's a person. Keep telling yourself that so you can convince yourself that killing a baby is ok though. Not surprised in the least.

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And eviction isn't killing. It may lead to death, but it isn't killing.



Then again, it should be legal for us to kill babies up to I guess, 2 years old? I mean if my nephew and his wife evict their 4 month old daughter, she isn't going to live.

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Then we'd just be debating whether or not it should be a crime to leave the eggs unincubated, or eat an omelette.


Coming up after the break, the abortion debate rages on: Should you eat your unborn young scrambled, or sunny side up? Stay tuned!


Definately scrambled.

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And that is where we differ. It has the potential to be another human being, but it isn't one yet.



Nope, it's a person. Keep telling yourself that so you can convince yourself that killing a baby is ok though. Not surprised in the least.


And keep using emotionally charged language to convince yourself that your ideals are the right ones.

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And that is where we differ. It has the potential to be another human being, but it isn't one yet.



Nope, it's a person. Keep telling yourself that so you can convince yourself that killing a baby is ok though. Not surprised in the least.


And keep using emotionally charged language to convince yourself that your ideals are the right ones.


Nothing emotionally charged about anything. Just pointing out faulty logic of people who think killing babies is ok. That's what is comes down to. I think my ideals are right, I assume you do as well.

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Nope, it's a person. Keep telling yourself that so you can convince yourself that killing a baby is ok though. Not surprised in the least.


And keep using emotionally charged language to convince yourself that your ideals are the right ones.


Nothing emotionally charged about anything. Just pointing out faulty logic of people who think killing babies is ok. That's what is comes down to. I think my ideals are right, I assume you do as well.


Uh huh.

Noone's arguing that killing babies is ok.

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You said a fetus is a distinct organism from the mother. Therefore, it should be able to be removed from the mother and survive.

This is begging the question. The part that follows "therefore" does not logically conclude
from what preceded it. You are assuming your own argument in the conclusion.

And in any case, what you conclude doesn't align with standard conventions for biologically classification anyway. Even if we grant that a fetus is a parasite, parasites are still considered distinct from, if nevertheless dependent upon, the host organism.

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Incidentally,

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You said a fetus is a distinct organism from the mother. Therefore, it should be able to be removed from the mother and survive.

This is begging the question. The part that follows "therefore" does not logically conclude
from what preceded it. You are assuming your own argument in the conclusion.

And in any case, what you conclude doesn't align with standard conventions for biologically classification anyway. Even if we grant that a fetus is a parasite, parasites are still considered distinct from, if nevertheless dependent upon, the host organism.


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Bad Stat-hole. No Being logical!

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And eviction isn't killing. It may lead to death, but it isn't killing.

Which is why we have squatter's rights.

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Damn you mammalian evolutionary path!

No, that's where titties come from.

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Taskiss wrote:
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Damn you mammalian evolutionary path!

No, that's where titties come from.


Mmmm titties.

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Uh huh.

Noone's arguing that killing babies is ok.



If you think killing the life inside of a woman is ok, then yes we are talking about killing babies.

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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/10/266861 ... z0mYP24Fmv

50 years to life, for killing a parasite? Hmmmm.


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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/10/2668615/carmichael-man-gets-50-to-life.html#ixzz0mYP24Fmv

50 years to life, for killing a parasite? Hmmmm.

I'm still waiting for one of these guys lawyers to insist his client should only be charged with ADW and practicing medicine without a license

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50 years to life, for killing a parasite? Hmmmm.


Every sentence handed out under our legal system has had an infallible jury, unaffected by emotional testimony and illogical reasoning.

But that's beside the point. No one here is advocating abortions past the stage of viable life. That was a 6-month old fetus.


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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/10/2668615/carmichael-man-gets-50-to-life.html#ixzz0mYP24Fmv

50 years to life, for killing a parasite? Hmmmm.


I agree with you. When we kill patasites, like those leetching off the tax dollars of others, there should be no criminal penalties.

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I agree with you. When we kill patasites, like those leetching off the tax dollars of others, there should be no criminal penalties.

You can't say that other humans are parasites, even if you're just making a reference to behavior, because we're all the same species and dictionaries say that can't be.


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50 years to life, for killing a parasite? Hmmmm.


Every sentence handed out under our legal system has had an infallible jury, unaffected by emotional testimony and illogical reasoning.

But that's beside the point. No one here is advocating abortions past the stage of viable life. That was a 6-month old fetus.


IT WAS A BABY!!! HE MURDERED A BABY!!!!

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Lenas wrote:
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50 years to life, for killing a parasite? Hmmmm.


Every sentence handed out under our legal system has had an infallible jury, unaffected by emotional testimony and illogical reasoning.

But that's beside the point. No one here is advocating abortions past the stage of viable life. That was a 6-month old fetus.


Not really the point. The man was charged with a crime for doing something legally done by Dr's. I'm just pointing out an inconsistency in the law. if it's murder for him to do it, then it's murder for a Dr. to do it.


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Kleptoparisitism is very real.

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