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"Also people bring up women who are pregnant as a result of a sexual attack case example too, yes this is a terrible situation. The woman is a victim of a terrible crime and as a society we need to support her fully. But if as a result of that crime a innocent child has been produced, then aborting the child does not undo the crime or "put things right". In the example here the woman has been a victim, but why make another victim and end the life of a unborn child. People would say but the pregnancy will be terrible for the woman, I agree, but does it justify murder? I decided no." Really? So lets just examine the alternative to what you call murder and its subsequent alternatives. So a r@ped woman should be forced to carry the result of that r@pe to term and then give birth to the issue. Therefore you are claiming that if a fetus is the product of a r@pe then the r@pe victim should be forced to endure the result for 9 months and then go through labour just so some pro life fucktard can feel good! Then of course after the birth what happens to the child? Are you going to force the mother to keep it? What do you think the life of a child conceived in r@pe and forced on the mother would be like? Do you think it maybe subject to abuse as its mere existence would force the r@:e victim to live and relive her ordeal every day of her life? Or are you going to allow the mother to reject the baby and leave a child to grow up knowing it was never wanted and was the result of r@pe? Or are you going to refuse to leave the child know its heritage? And if you decide to do that are you going to change the law and make all adopted children's heritage secret? Do you remember how cruel children are? Would you like to reconsider at least that part of your post? | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. " Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. " Many in the pro life camp see only the unborn being murdered and that is the whole issue to them. The fact is if they can find enough vocal support than the law may well be changed. It is better to point out what a change in the law will actually mean for those effected by that change rather than just attacking the pro life lobby. I chose the r@pe paragraph because there the issue is clearer than in other cases. Although I could have just pointed out that it is easy for a man to make pronouncements on things that will never directly effect him because he is not a woman. | |||
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"I see your point and I understand what you are saying. I would say that yes it would be terrible for the victim who had been impregnated by the sexual attack, that us wrong and is a crime, is be happy to see the attacker in prison for the rest of his life, also when sentencing the criminal the fact that the victim will have to go through the pregnancy should be took into consideration. But the unborn child has done no wrong? Why do they deserve a chance to life any less that the unborn child in the womb of for example a married catholic couple? We would need to put a support structure in place for during and after the pregnancy. In the UK we have a long waiting list of wannabe parents all waiting for children to adopt. I don't really know the rules/laws as to the details after, and what I would say on the birth certificate- but I'm sure it won't justify the unborn baby being killed" With all due respect NO you don't! If a woman really wants to terminate a pregnancy they will! If there is no other alternative they will use a coat-hanger or knitting needle. You would return us to a time of back street abortionists and women being criminalised for refusing to carry to term the results of r@pe. You really do need to reevaluate and reset your moral compass. | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Many in the pro life camp see only the unborn being murdered and that is the whole issue to them. The fact is if they can find enough vocal support than the law may well be changed. It is better to point out what a change in the law will actually mean for those effected by that change rather than just attacking the pro life lobby. I chose the r@pe paragraph because there the issue is clearer than in other cases. Although I could have just pointed out that it is easy for a man to make pronouncements on things that will never directly effect him because he is not a woman." How do you not see it as murder though? I know that sounds like a trap, but it was this question that made me change my views before. I also do think that men are entitled to have views on this. | |||
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" I also do think that men are entitled to have views on this. " When men can get pregnant THEN they are entitled to an opinion on abortion | |||
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"How do you not see it as murder though? I know that sounds like a trap, but it was this question that made me change my views before. I also do think that men are entitled to have views on this. " Fair question. How can it be murder if the embryo is not capable of independent life? Now I can understand and sympathise with the ethical dilemmas caused when determining at what point an embryo becomes capable of independent survival and medical technology advances continue to reduce the time between conception and ability to survive outside the womb in fact it may be possible to grow a human in vitro to term now. But would you consider that to be ethical? Most pro lifers would have a fit if it was proposed that as soon as a r@pe victim was found to be pregnant the embryo was removed and grown in a lab. As I said you really need a seriously moral/ethical rethink because things are not black and white. | |||
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" I also do think that men are entitled to have views on this. When men can get pregnant THEN they are entitled to an opinion on abortion" Why? You're profile says you are 45 years old, potentially postmenopausal, you can't get pregnant either. So are your views invalid too? | |||
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"How do you not see it as murder though? I know that sounds like a trap, but it was this question that made me change my views before. I also do think that men are entitled to have views on this. Fair question. How can it be murder if the embryo is not capable of independent life? Now I can understand and sympathise with the ethical dilemmas caused when determining at what point an embryo becomes capable of independent survival and medical technology advances continue to reduce the time between conception and ability to survive outside the womb in fact it may be possible to grow a human in vitro to term now. But would you consider that to be ethical? Most pro lifers would have a fit if it was proposed that as soon as a r@pe victim was found to be pregnant the embryo was removed and grown in a lab. As I said you really need a seriously moral/ethical rethink because things are not black and white. " Is a one week old capable of independent life? And why is is wrong to kill one but not a unborn child | |||
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"Is a one week old capable of independent life? And why is is wrong to kill one but not a unborn child" Good question. Is it? I think you need to learn a little human biology. Maybe if you do a little reading you will gain some perspective and not be asking questions you should have found the answers to before you decided to join a camp that seek to control other peoples ability to control their own bodies. You may also want to do a little reading into what life was really like for women before the 1967 abortion act | |||
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"I'm not against terminating pregnancies it's the fact the unborn child has to die in the process, if there was a way of the babies being grown in a lab as previously mentioned then great" Don't mention that to who ever you were talking to that convinced you abortions are wrong. They won't like you any more. | |||
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"Is a one week old capable of independent life? And why is is wrong to kill one but not a unborn child Good question. Is it? I think you need to learn a little human biology. Maybe if you do a little reading you will gain some perspective and not be asking questions you should have found the answers to before you decided to join a camp that seek to control other peoples ability to control their own bodies. You may also want to do a little reading into what life was really like for women before the 1967 abortion act" Well educate me then? Don't just say there is a really good reason I'm right, but I'm not going to say it. If you're right, let's hear why... | |||
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"Up to the WOMAN to decide....not some Jacob Rees Mogg type....like a poster just said when MEN can get pregnant then they can have a say " Think we are never going to agree but thsnks for posting | |||
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" You're profile says you are 45 years old, potentially postmenopausal, you can't get pregnant either. So are your views invalid too?" That shows you don't know what you're talking about then! But if you want to have a word with Mother Nature on my behalf...be my guest! | |||
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"Up to the WOMAN to decide....not some Jacob Rees Mogg type....like a poster just said when MEN can get pregnant then they can have a say Think we are never going to agree but thsnks for posting" Why would i agree with someone who wants to remove womens rights....i dod believe you know nothing about women or very little apart from maybe thinking they should be in the kitchen or the bedroom...just my thoughts on reading your posts | |||
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"Up to the WOMAN to decide....not some Jacob Rees Mogg type....like a poster just said when MEN can get pregnant then they can have a say Think we are never going to agree but thsnks for posting Why would i agree with someone who wants to remove womens rights....i dod believe you know nothing about women or very little apart from maybe thinking they should be in the kitchen or the bedroom...just my thoughts on reading your posts " Since you're so concerned about rights, how about the ultimate right - the right to life. I've noticed you're just attacking me for saying what I'm saying, and not saying. "I believe this and this is why..." | |||
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" You're profile says you are 45 years old, potentially postmenopausal, you can't get pregnant either. So are your views invalid too? That shows you don't know what you're talking about then! But if you want to have a word with Mother Nature on my behalf...be my guest! " I said potentially. I notice won't put up a counter argument, and have chosen just to state I don't know what I'm on about. Well let's bear where I've gone wrong? | |||
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"Up to the WOMAN to decide....not some Jacob Rees Mogg type....like a poster just said when MEN can get pregnant then they can have a say Think we are never going to agree but thsnks for posting Why would i agree with someone who wants to remove womens rights....i dod believe you know nothing about women or very little apart from maybe thinking they should be in the kitchen or the bedroom...just my thoughts on reading your posts Since you're so concerned about rights, how about the ultimate right - the right to life. I've noticed you're just attacking me for saying what I'm saying, and not saying. "I believe this and this is why..."" Im concerned more about the persons making the decision about there right to a life...and im not attacking you...i just think you know very little about women as one of your previous posts proves...women or some women can fall pregnant at a very late stage in life...something i dont think you realised | |||
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"Is a one week old capable of independent life? And why is is wrong to kill one but not a unborn child Good question. Is it? I think you need to learn a little human biology. Maybe if you do a little reading you will gain some perspective and not be asking questions you should have found the answers to before you decided to join a camp that seek to control other peoples ability to control their own bodies. You may also want to do a little reading into what life was really like for women before the 1967 abortion act" I asked you how you justify it's not murder and you said it wasn't capable of independent life. To which i said "how about a one week old baby?" So I was expecting you go justify how that your criteria to life was "to be capable of independent life" would not apply to a one week old which would die if left to be independent? Instead you just told me that you're so obviously right and I'm so o viously wrong that you're not even going to explain why. You brought up the independent point not me, I just asked you to clarify | |||
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" I really don't see the difference between aborting a "unborn baby" be it at 2 weeks or 38 weeks is any different to taking the life of a "new borb baby" - where people have been convicted of killing babies they are held up as monsters in our society. Where the baby happens to be living at the time, ie in the womb or in a house doesn't change things for me? I'd like to hear why it changes everything for some? " Maybe it changes things for those people who are women or have empathy for women? The difference between a womb and a house is that a womb is inside a person. A person who may, for a wide variety of reasons, really not want to grow a baby inside them for 9 months. Forcing women to do so against their will is bad for them, bad for the child, bad for society. Also, a foetus is not a baby. It just isn't. | |||
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"Up to the WOMAN to decide....not some Jacob Rees Mogg type....like a poster just said when MEN can get pregnant then they can have a say Think we are never going to agree but thsnks for posting Why would i agree with someone who wants to remove womens rights....i dod believe you know nothing about women or very little apart from maybe thinking they should be in the kitchen or the bedroom...just my thoughts on reading your posts Since you're so concerned about rights, how about the ultimate right - the right to life. I've noticed you're just attacking me for saying what I'm saying, and not saying. "I believe this and this is why..." Im concerned more about the persons making the decision about there right to a life...and im not attacking you...i just think you know very little about women as one of your previous posts proves...women or some women can fall pregnant at a very late stage in life...something i dont think you realised " A 45 year old can be postmenopausal - fact! The fact you are arguing this point and not anything in my original post is just a waste of everyone's time. I've laid my entire argument out, you could address any point but instead you just say you "don't think I know much about women". How does that add to this debate? But maybe we just got off on the wrong foot. Can you answer this question. 1, I support the ending of an (established pregnancy) life in the womb because... 2, I dont support the killing of a 1 day old baby because... 3, I feel differently about question 1 and 2 because.... | |||
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" Forcing women to do so against their will is bad for them, bad for the child, bad for society." A termination is only legal if continuing with the pregnancy will be harmful to the baby or the mother's mental or physical health | |||
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"Up to the WOMAN to decide....not some Jacob Rees Mogg type....like a poster just said when MEN can get pregnant then they can have a say Think we are never going to agree but thsnks for posting Why would i agree with someone who wants to remove womens rights....i dod believe you know nothing about women or very little apart from maybe thinking they should be in the kitchen or the bedroom...just my thoughts on reading your posts Since you're so concerned about rights, how about the ultimate right - the right to life. I've noticed you're just attacking me for saying what I'm saying, and not saying. "I believe this and this is why..." Im concerned more about the persons making the decision about there right to a life...and im not attacking you...i just think you know very little about women as one of your previous posts proves...women or some women can fall pregnant at a very late stage in life...something i dont think you realised A 45 year old can be postmenopausal - fact! The fact you are arguing this point and not anything in my original post is just a waste of everyone's time. I've laid my entire argument out, you could address any point but instead you just say you "don't think I know much about women". How does that add to this debate? But maybe we just got off on the wrong foot. Can you answer this question. 1, I support the ending of an (established pregnancy) life in the womb because... 2, I dont support the killing of a 1 day old baby because... 3, I feel differently about question 1 and 2 because...." Let me lay this out for you one last time.....the abortion laws were passed for good reasons.... I care more about womens rights than some religious zealots thoughts. I know women CAN be postmenopausal Fact. Now you tell everyone the reasoning behind your thoughts on it | |||
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" A 45 year old can be postmenopausal - fact! The fact you are arguing this point and not anything in my original post is just a waste of everyone's time. " Wtf?! This one isn't!!!! It's a valid point because not only was it extremely rude, but it demonstrated how very little understanding of biology you have | |||
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" A 45 year old can be postmenopausal - fact! The fact you are arguing this point and not anything in my original post is just a waste of everyone's time. Wtf?! This one isn't!!!! It's a valid point because not only was it extremely rude, but it demonstrated how very little understanding of biology you have" If you don't want to add to the debate please stop clogging up the thread with this nonsense - it just ruined the flow for the debate for everyone else. It doesn't show lack of knowledge, a quick Google will show that all references to the menopause say it starts at 45-55. So when I said you potentially have started then I was correct. As you within the age range - now thats a fact. I'd love you to contribute to the debate but just adding noise doesn't help anyone. | |||
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" A 45 year old can be postmenopausal - fact! The fact you are arguing this point and not anything in my original post is just a waste of everyone's time. Wtf?! This one isn't!!!! It's a valid point because not only was it extremely rude, but it demonstrated how very little understanding of biology you have If you don't want to add to the debate please stop clogging up the thread with this nonsense - it just ruined the flow for the debate for everyone else. It doesn't show lack of knowledge, a quick Google will show that all references to the menopause say it starts at 45-55. So when I said you potentially have started then I was correct. As you within the age range - now thats a fact. I'd love you to contribute to the debate but just adding noise doesn't help anyone. " You talk a load of shite tbh....the menopause can start at any age Some ladies have it earlier some have it later....you know very little about women | |||
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"Can someone answer me these 3 question 1, I support the ending of an (established pregnancy) life in the womb because... 2, I dont support the killing of a 1 day old baby because... 3, I feel differently about question 1 and 2 because...." All your questions can be answered by the facts that a) fetuses aren't people and b) women *are* people and get to decide what they do with their own bodies. | |||
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" A 45 year old can be postmenopausal - fact! The fact you are arguing this point and not anything in my original post is just a waste of everyone's time. Wtf?! This one isn't!!!! It's a valid point because not only was it extremely rude, but it demonstrated how very little understanding of biology you have If you don't want to add to the debate please stop clogging up the thread with this nonsense - it just ruined the flow for the debate for everyone else. It doesn't show lack of knowledge, a quick Google will show that all references to the menopause say it starts at 45-55. So when I said you potentially have started then I was correct. As you within the age range - now thats a fact. I'd love you to contribute to the debate but just adding noise doesn't help anyone. You talk a load of shite tbh....the menopause can start at any age Some ladies have it earlier some have it later....you know very little about women " Do me a favour before any comments on this menopause point again, Google it. Read what the top 10 results on Google say is the age range. Because each one says it starts at 45-55, so when I said a 45 year old could have "potentially" have started I was 100% correct - no debate. Let's move on | |||
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" A 45 year old can be postmenopausal - fact! The fact you are arguing this point and not anything in my original post is just a waste of everyone's time. Wtf?! This one isn't!!!! It's a valid point because not only was it extremely rude, but it demonstrated how very little understanding of biology you have If you don't want to add to the debate please stop clogging up the thread with this nonsense - it just ruined the flow for the debate for everyone else. It doesn't show lack of knowledge, a quick Google will show that all references to the menopause say it starts at 45-55. So when I said you potentially have started then I was correct. As you within the age range - now thats a fact. I'd love you to contribute to the debate but just adding noise doesn't help anyone. You talk a load of shite tbh....the menopause can start at any age Some ladies have it earlier some have it later....you know very little about women Do me a favour before any comments on this menopause point again, Google it. Read what the top 10 results on Google say is the age range. Because each one says it starts at 45-55, so when I said a 45 year old could have "potentially" have started I was 100% correct - no debate. Let's move on" Im guessing you have never been married....oh and i can see theres no debating with you...as can others | |||
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" I also do think that men are entitled to have views on this. When men can get pregnant THEN they are entitled to an opinion on abortion" Exactly this | |||
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"Speaks volumes that the only poimt people chose to attack was that I said the menopause can start at 45 years old. This is backed up by every medical establishment going - and if anyone actually bothered yo check rather than saying "you obvously dont know anything about women" Google it, it's so easy to see you're all wrong. Funny really. " Nothing funnier than your posts, I haven't laughed so much in ages! Face it, you totally discredited yourself telling me my eggs had dried up! Maybe you should stick to facts and not make assumptions, then we could take you seriously | |||
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"Speaks volumes that the only poimt people chose to attack was that I said the menopause can start at 45 years old. This is backed up by every medical establishment going - and if anyone actually bothered yo check rather than saying "you obvously dont know anything about women" Google it, it's so easy to see you're all wrong. Funny really. Nothing funnier than your posts, I haven't laughed so much in ages! Face it, you totally discredited yourself telling me my eggs had dried up! Maybe you should stick to facts and not make assumptions, then we could take you seriously" Can you tell me the meaning of the word "potentially"??? Honestly tell we what potentially means? As once you realise what it means you will realise how silly you have been. I'll wait here for your response | |||
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"I'll wait here for your response " Now you are just being an arse OP. | |||
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"I'll wait here for your response Now you are just being an arse OP." I am, but only because good debate has been ruined by 3-4 people not understanding a point I made and took over the thread saying silly stuff. Meaning an debate I was enjoying has been ruined | |||
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" you can't get pregnant either. So are your views invalid too?" Where is "potentially"? Even if I had had my menopause, I've still experienced childbirth which you never will, and have a better understanding of what a woman puts her body through for a termination which you never will, so yeah my view still be more valid than yours | |||
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" She's now gone offline!! Wondered if I've ruined my chances of a meet with her ha ha. " Good grief | |||
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" you can't get pregnant either. So are your views invalid too? Where is "potentially"? Even if I had had my menopause, I've still experienced childbirth which you never will, and have a better understanding of what a woman puts her body through for a termination which you never will, so yeah my view still be more valid than yours" So the whole argument about when I said about the menaupaise you didn't even read my post properly. So you didn't even understand my point. This is so silly, I can't be bothered with this now. Sorry to the few people who were actually contributing to the discussion - guess this forum not the best for anything other that "snog, marry or avoid" and stuff like that. | |||
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"I'll wait here for your response Now you are just being an arse OP." | |||
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" you can't get pregnant either. So are your views invalid too? Where is "potentially"? Even if I had had my menopause, I've still experienced childbirth which you never will, and have a better understanding of what a woman puts her body through for a termination which you never will, so yeah my view still be more valid than yours" | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll." But he's comedy gold! | |||
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" you can't get pregnant either. So are your views invalid too? Where is "potentially"? Even if I had had my menopause, I've still experienced childbirth which you never will, and have a better understanding of what a woman puts her body through for a termination which you never will, so yeah my view still be more valid than yours So the whole argument about when I said about the menaupaise you didn't even read my post properly. So you didn't even understand my point. This is so silly, I can't be bothered with this now. Sorry to the few people who were actually contributing to the discussion - guess this forum not the best for anything other that "snog, marry or avoid" and stuff like that." Don't act so high and mighty. Nobody forced you to get into an argument on a different topic. Just say 'sorry, I'm going to stuck to the initial point' and get on with it. | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll. But he's comedy gold! " Tbh id call him quite a sad man with those thoughts on women | |||
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" you can't get pregnant either. So are your views invalid too? Where is "potentially"? Even if I had had my menopause, I've still experienced childbirth which you never will, and have a better understanding of what a woman puts her body through for a termination which you never will, so yeah my view still be more valid than yours So the whole argument about when I said about the menaupaise you didn't even read my post properly. So you didn't even understand my point. This is so silly, I can't be bothered with this now. Sorry to the few people who were actually contributing to the discussion - guess this forum not the best for anything other that "snog, marry or avoid" and stuff like that. Don't act so high and mighty. Nobody forced you to get into an argument on a different topic. Just say 'sorry, I'm going to stuck to the initial point' and get on with it. " He's quitting while he's behind | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply" Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll. But he's comedy gold! Tbh id call him quite a sad man with those thoughts on women What thought on women? Tell me what you think my thoughts on women are? " I dont have too...you made them obvious | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? " I'm not unsure on what the current situation is, I'm putting forward an alternative view. | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll. But he's comedy gold! Tbh id call him quite a sad man with those thoughts on women What thought on women? Tell me what you think my thoughts on women are? I dont have too...you made them obvious " Ha ha, I love it when people lie and get caught out No go on, ive said nothing about women's rights. The only right I've talked about is the right of an unborn child to live. So I want you to tell me, preferably with a quote of what i have said about women's rights. | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll. But he's comedy gold! Tbh id call him quite a sad man with those thoughts on women What thought on women? Tell me what you think my thoughts on women are? I dont have too...you made them obvious Ha ha, I love it when people lie and get caught out No go on, ive said nothing about women's rights. The only right I've talked about is the right of an unborn child to live. So I want you to tell me, preferably with a quote of what i have said about women's rights." The fact that you've not mentioned them at all tells us all we need to know. If you're prepared to support forcing women to be pregnant against their will, you clearly have little regard for women's rights. | |||
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" So I want you to tell me, preferably with a quote of what i have said about women's rights." You want to take a woman's right to decide what she does with her body away from her. It won't happen. She'll just go to a backstreet abortionist, get infected, die and won't be home to put your supper on when you come back from the pub | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? I'm not unsure on what the current situation is, I'm putting forward an alternative view. So as a woman am I intitled to and alternate view on your original post? " | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll. But he's comedy gold! Tbh id call him quite a sad man with those thoughts on women What thought on women? Tell me what you think my thoughts on women are? I dont have too...you made them obvious Ha ha, I love it when people lie and get caught out No go on, ive said nothing about women's rights. The only right I've talked about is the right of an unborn child to live. So I want you to tell me, preferably with a quote of what i have said about women's rights. The fact that you've not mentioned them at all tells us all we need to know. If you're prepared to support forcing women to be pregnant against their will, you clearly have little regard for women's rights. " Consider again my opinions on rights when you consider that more than half the babies being killed in the womb are female (more in some cultures who abort girls to try again for boys) Surely the right to life over rides all other rights. | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? I'm not unsure on what the current situation is, I'm putting forward an alternative view. So as a woman am I intitled to and alternate view on your original post? " You certainly are. What's your opinion? | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll. But he's comedy gold! Tbh id call him quite a sad man with those thoughts on women What thought on women? Tell me what you think my thoughts on women are? I dont have too...you made them obvious Ha ha, I love it when people lie and get caught out No go on, ive said nothing about women's rights. The only right I've talked about is the right of an unborn child to live. So I want you to tell me, preferably with a quote of what i have said about women's rights. The fact that you've not mentioned them at all tells us all we need to know. If you're prepared to support forcing women to be pregnant against their will, you clearly have little regard for women's rights. Consider again my opinions on rights when you consider that more than half the babies being killed in the womb are female (more in some cultures who abort girls to try again for boys) Surely the right to life over rides all other rights." By that logic everyone should be compelled to give one of their spare kidneys to save lives. Everyone should be forced to give blood regularly, or bone marrow when required. But we don't violate peoples' bodies against their wills to save lives. Same with unwanted pregnancy. Except that foetuses are not people, so it's even less of an issue. | |||
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" So I want you to tell me, preferably with a quote of what i have said about women's rights. You want to take a woman's right to decide what she does with her body away from her. It won't happen. She'll just go to a backstreet abortionist, get infected, die and won't be home to put your supper on when you come back from the pub" Can you answer me these questions 1, I support the ending of an (established pregnancy) life in the womb because... 2, I dont support the killing of a 1 day old baby because... 3, I feel differently about question 1 and 2 because.... | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll. But he's comedy gold! Tbh id call him quite a sad man with those thoughts on women What thought on women? Tell me what you think my thoughts on women are? I dont have too...you made them obvious Ha ha, I love it when people lie and get caught out No go on, ive said nothing about women's rights. The only right I've talked about is the right of an unborn child to live. So I want you to tell me, preferably with a quote of what i have said about women's rights. The fact that you've not mentioned them at all tells us all we need to know. If you're prepared to support forcing women to be pregnant against their will, you clearly have little regard for women's rights. Consider again my opinions on rights when you consider that more than half the babies being killed in the womb are female (more in some cultures who abort girls to try again for boys) Surely the right to life over rides all other rights." You are right about that however are you going to take on a culture or religion and change the views of millions. A faceless hidden profile on FAB trying to put the world to rights on anti abortion won't work. | |||
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"Consider again my opinions on rights when you consider that more than half the babies being killed in the womb are female (more in some cultures who abort girls to try again for boys) Surely the right to life over rides all other rights." No it doesn't, if in order for something to survive you had to put your body through severe chemical changes for a year or more and you had good reason not to want to keep the DNA soup alive in the first place. Does it's rights over rule your rights? The argument is when does a sperm and egg become a child and not a DNA soup. Technically in this age of cloning the same a a drop of blood containing more than one stem cell. | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? I'm not unsure on what the current situation is, I'm putting forward an alternative view. So as a woman am I intitled to and alternate view on your original post? You certainly are. What's your opinion? " My opinion is the female should have the choice. | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? I'm not unsure on what the current situation is, I'm putting forward an alternative view. " granted you are but it appears to be based on sheer ignorance of the fact that it is the woman's right to choose based on many aspects that you and i as males know little.. granted one can have empathy with people in desperate and difficult circumstance's whilst being biologically incapable of being in that situation.. that however would be based on whether one is capable of empathy.. what has led you to your reasoning behind your opinions if i may ask? | |||
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"The OP is a troll. Stop feeding the troll. But he's comedy gold! Tbh id call him quite a sad man with those thoughts on women What thought on women? Tell me what you think my thoughts on women are? I dont have too...you made them obvious Ha ha, I love it when people lie and get caught out No go on, ive said nothing about women's rights. The only right I've talked about is the right of an unborn child to live. So I want you to tell me, preferably with a quote of what i have said about women's rights. The fact that you've not mentioned them at all tells us all we need to know. If you're prepared to support forcing women to be pregnant against their will, you clearly have little regard for women's rights. Consider again my opinions on rights when you consider that more than half the babies being killed in the womb are female (more in some cultures who abort girls to try again for boys) Surely the right to life over rides all other rights. You are right about that however are you going to take on a culture or religion and change the views of millions. A faceless hidden profile on FAB trying to put the world to rights on anti abortion won't work. " Just wanted to put it out there. Thought it might create a healthy debate like I had in my head over the last few month. All I've been told is I don't have a right to talk about this as I'm not a woman, and that somehow I'm some right wing conservative who thinks women should be seen and not heard. All this as I dared to voice my opinion that id rather unborn babies were not killed. Makes me a real bad monster | |||
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" Can you answer me these questions 1, I support the ending of an (established pregnancy) life in the womb because... 2, I dont support the killing of a 1 day old baby because... 3, I feel differently about question 1 and 2 because...." 1 ) Did I say I supported it? No, I said the legal option needs to be in place so it can be done safely 2) Totally different matter, a foetus is a foetus not a 1 day old baby, but you wouldn't know this as you have a very limited knowledge of biology, as demonstrated earlier | |||
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"Consider again my opinions on rights when you consider that more than half the babies being killed in the womb are female (more in some cultures who abort girls to try again for boys) Surely the right to life over rides all other rights." I do not need to consider your opinions again, and here is why: An embryo or fetus in the womb IS NOT A BABY! Babies are BORN human beings embryos no matter how advanced are not. That is a fact. Fact wins against opinion every time! So stick your opinion where the sun don't shine because it is worth about the same as the crap you pass every time you have a shit. | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? I'm not unsure on what the current situation is, I'm putting forward an alternative view. granted you are but it appears to be based on sheer ignorance of the fact that it is the woman's right to choose based on many aspects that you and i as males know little.. granted one can have empathy with people in desperate and difficult circumstance's whilst being biologically incapable of being in that situation.. that however would be based on whether one is capable of empathy.. what has led you to your reasoning behind your opinions if i may ask?" Sure, I just think a society should be judged on how it treats the weakest in that society. Be it helping disabled people, helping people to poor to eat having to use food banks or be it unborn babies who have not asked to be conceived in that womb but since they are there I think they deserve a chance of life. It's not a black and white debate and there are holes in my opinion hence why I wanted to test my opinion under fire. I honestly don't think just because I'm a man I shouldn't be able to talk about it. | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? I'm not unsure on what the current situation is, I'm putting forward an alternative view. granted you are but it appears to be based on sheer ignorance of the fact that it is the woman's right to choose based on many aspects that you and i as males know little.. granted one can have empathy with people in desperate and difficult circumstance's whilst being biologically incapable of being in that situation.. that however would be based on whether one is capable of empathy.. what has led you to your reasoning behind your opinions if i may ask? Sure, I just think a society should be judged on how it treats the weakest in that society. Be it helping disabled people, helping people to poor to eat having to use food banks or be it unborn babies who have not asked to be conceived in that womb but since they are there I think they deserve a chance of life. It's not a black and white debate and there are holes in my opinion hence why I wanted to test my opinion under fire. I honestly don't think just because I'm a man I shouldn't be able to talk about it. " you can talk as much as you like but its still a woman's right in law to make that decision, using the language you have is crass and i believe deliberately so.. as you seem to be ducking the question about where your opinions are coming from that will only serve for people to take into consideration your language, lack of knowledge of the issue and to conclude you have not looked into the issue objectively.. similar to the religious radicals who target women in the street.. | |||
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"OP as a man, exactly when do you consider an embryo is a child?" I view it as a "human being" right from conception | |||
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"If you use the term "human being" instead of embryo, featus, baby, child, teenager, adult, pensioner it makes it harder to draw the line as to when it is accept me to decide when to end the life by choice. I agree a embryo is not a baby, but that means nothing, these are terms we have applied from our language. A human life in the womb should be worth as much as one outside the womb in my opinion" honestly fella reading that i am minded of the sketch in the meaning of life.. 'every sperm is sacred'.. | |||
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"OP as a man, exactly when do you consider an embryo is a child? I view it as a "human being" right from conception" At a point in time when there is no limbs, internal organs, brain, blood, bone, nervous system, or anything recognisable as human then? In fact no more viable than a stem cell. | |||
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"OP as a man, exactly when do you consider an embryo is a child? I view it as a "human being" right from conception At a point in time when there is no limbs, internal organs, brain, blood, bone, nervous system, or anything recognisable as human then? In fact no more viable than a stem cell." Correct | |||
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" I view it as a "human being" right from conception" Do you not cum in anyone's mouth then OP? As that's cannibalism, surely? | |||
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"OP as a man, exactly when do you consider an embryo is a child? I view it as a "human being" right from conception At a point in time when there is no limbs, internal organs, brain, blood, bone, nervous system, or anything recognisable as human then? In fact no more viable than a stem cell. Correct" So why not 10 minutes earlier? | |||
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"OP as a man, exactly when do you consider an embryo is a child? I view it as a "human being" right from conception At a point in time when there is no limbs, internal organs, brain, blood, bone, nervous system, or anything recognisable as human then? In fact no more viable than a stem cell. Correct" So how do you justify viewing it as human being? | |||
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"It's not "YOUR" choice though. And the law supports the woman's choice to terminate. Sorry I don't follow your point can you expand, and what do you mean by ' it's not "your" choice'. I'm not bring funny I just don't understand so I can't reply Again it's not your decision to make. Just because you have thought long and hard about what decision you have decided to make does not mean I and many others have to agree with it. Scream shout and protest all you like but the decision comes down to the individual woman. What do you find hard to grasp? I'm not unsure on what the current situation is, I'm putting forward an alternative view. granted you are but it appears to be based on sheer ignorance of the fact that it is the woman's right to choose based on many aspects that you and i as males know little.. granted one can have empathy with people in desperate and difficult circumstance's whilst being biologically incapable of being in that situation.. that however would be based on whether one is capable of empathy.. what has led you to your reasoning behind your opinions if i may ask? Sure, I just think a society should be judged on how it treats the weakest in that society. Be it helping disabled people, helping people to poor to eat having to use food banks or be it unborn babies who have not asked to be conceived in that womb but since they are there I think they deserve a chance of life. It's not a black and white debate and there are holes in my opinion hence why I wanted to test my opinion under fire. I honestly don't think just because I'm a man I shouldn't be able to talk about it. you can talk as much as you like but its still a woman's right in law to make that decision, using the language you have is crass and i believe deliberately so.. as you seem to be ducking the question about where your opinions are coming from that will only serve for people to take into consideration your language, lack of knowledge of the issue and to conclude you have not looked into the issue objectively.. similar to the religious radicals who target women in the street.. " I know it's the law, I've said that many times. I understand that. What I have put forward is my view. You mention my "lack of knowledge" what do you mean? What am i missing? A human being is created at conception and dies (hopefully) in old age. People keep saying "an embryo is not a baby FACT" means nothing. Those are words in language we use to describe a human at different stages of it's life cycle. It's like saying a tadpoles is not a frog, fact - okay so what's your point? I'm no expert, I've said all along I've only recently changed my views. In fact, I'm pretty sure I'm spelling embryo wrong every time I say it but hopefully no one will notice. I thought I looked into it but it's why I want to discuss it on here to see what gaps there are in my argument. | |||
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"OP as a man, exactly when do you consider an embryo is a child? I view it as a "human being" right from conception At a point in time when there is no limbs, internal organs, brain, blood, bone, nervous system, or anything recognisable as human then? In fact no more viable than a stem cell. Correct So how do you justify viewing it as human being? " What we call something doesn't change anything. I can understand why people would call it a featus or a group of cells when having an abortion as it distances the reality. | |||
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" People keep saying "an embryo is not a baby FACT" means nothing. Those are words in language we use to describe a human at different stages of it's life cycle. It's like saying a tadpoles is not a frog, fact - okay so what's your point? " The point is that you treat an entity according to what it is, not what it might become. | |||
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" People keep saying "an embryo is not a baby FACT" means nothing. Those are words in language we use to describe a human at different stages of it's life cycle. It's like saying a tadpoles is not a frog, fact - okay so what's your point? The point is that you treat an entity according to what it is, not what it might become. " It seems we've found the fundamental reason we disagree. | |||
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"OP as a man, exactly when do you consider an embryo is a child? I view it as a "human being" right from conception At a point in time when there is no limbs, internal organs, brain, blood, bone, nervous system, or anything recognisable as human then? In fact no more viable than a stem cell. Correct So how do you justify viewing it as human being? What we call something doesn't change anything. I can understand why people would call it a featus or a group of cells when having an abortion as it distances the reality. " This idea you have that calling it a foetus is some kind of meaningless distinction is nonsense. It's a scientific term used to describe a different type of thing to a baby. | |||
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"As a hypothetical discussion point... I a stem cell transplant due to cancer. So basically poisoned all my stem cells, and replaced them with someone else's. Was the killing of my stem cells murder? Am I in fact now 2 human beings in one body? Obviously not in my opinion, but I am curious how you reconcile this with your views." Interesting point, I don't know the answer though | |||
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"As a hypothetical discussion point... I a stem cell transplant due to cancer. So basically poisoned all my stem cells, and replaced them with someone else's. Was the killing of my stem cells murder? Am I in fact now 2 human beings in one body? Obviously not in my opinion, but I am curious how you reconcile this with your views. Interesting point, I don't know the answer though" So would you conceed that a single or small cluster of human cells is not actually a human being. | |||
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" People keep saying "an embryo is not a baby FACT" means nothing. Those are words in language we use to describe a human at different stages of it's life cycle. It's like saying a tadpoles is not a frog, fact - okay so what's your point? The point is that you treat an entity according to what it is, not what it might become. It seems we've found the fundamental reason we disagree." Really...you regularly treat things accordingly to what they might one day be, rather than what they are? I doubt it. That would be a rather odd life. | |||
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"As a hypothetical discussion point... I a stem cell transplant due to cancer. So basically poisoned all my stem cells, and replaced them with someone else's. Was the killing of my stem cells murder? Am I in fact now 2 human beings in one body? Obviously not in my opinion, but I am curious how you reconcile this with your views. Interesting point, I don't know the answer though So would you conceed that a single or small cluster of human cells is not actually a human being." A human being in my view is conceived in the womb and from that moment has human rights. As to stem cells being grown into humans or part of humans that's a different debate. To be had by someone who understands it more than I do | |||
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"As a hypothetical discussion point... I a stem cell transplant due to cancer. So basically poisoned all my stem cells, and replaced them with someone else's. Was the killing of my stem cells murder? Am I in fact now 2 human beings in one body? Obviously not in my opinion, but I am curious how you reconcile this with your views. Interesting point, I don't know the answer though So would you conceed that a single or small cluster of human cells is not actually a human being. A human being in my view is conceived in the womb and from that moment has human rights. As to stem cells being grown into humans or part of humans that's a different debate. To be had by someone who understands it more than I do " Youre free to have a view that conception is the point were you define a group of cells as a person.In this country its 24 weeks.I agree with this view.If its viable outside the womb it has rights.The women carrying also has rights.These rights you feel should be taken away. | |||
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"A human being in my view is conceived in the womb and from that moment has human rights. " Does that mean that eggs fertilised outside the womb then implanted (so called test tube babies) do not qualify for human rights? | |||
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"A human being in my view is conceived in the womb and from that moment has human rights. Does that mean that eggs fertilised outside the womb then implanted (so called test tube babies) do not qualify for human rights?" You're quite right to pick me up on that point, my wording did leave this possibility. Didn't realise my words were going to be picked apart quite as much as that. The fact it's come down to discussing stem cells and word games shows me this is coming to an end. Thank you yo all involved, I've enjoyed it. Going away with some points I want to research like the stem cell stuff. Cheers guys it's been a fun afternoon, off for a burger now | |||
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"A human being in my view is conceived in the womb and from that moment has human rights. Does that mean that eggs fertilised outside the womb then implanted (so called test tube babies) do not qualify for human rights? You're quite right to pick me up on that point, my wording did leave this possibility. Didn't realise my words were going to be picked apart quite as much as that. The fact it's come down to discussing stem cells and word games shows me this is coming to an end. Thank you yo all involved, I've enjoyed it. Going away with some points I want to research like the stem cell stuff. Cheers guys it's been a fun afternoon, off for a burger now " You eat meat??? What about animal rights? | |||
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"A human being in my view is conceived in the womb and from that moment has human rights. Does that mean that eggs fertilised outside the womb then implanted (so called test tube babies) do not qualify for human rights? You're quite right to pick me up on that point, my wording did leave this possibility. Didn't realise my words were going to be picked apart quite as much as that. The fact it's come down to discussing stem cells and word games shows me this is coming to an end. Thank you yo all involved, I've enjoyed it. Going away with some points I want to research like the stem cell stuff. Cheers guys it's been a fun afternoon, off for a burger now You eat meat??? What about animal rights? " Apparently he doesn't see any difference between what something is and what it can become, so he might be just chewing on a live cow somewhere. | |||
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"A human being in my view is conceived in the womb and from that moment has human rights. Does that mean that eggs fertilised outside the womb then implanted (so called test tube babies) do not qualify for human rights? You're quite right to pick me up on that point, my wording did leave this possibility. Didn't realise my words were going to be picked apart quite as much as that. The fact it's come down to discussing stem cells and word games shows me this is coming to an end. Thank you yo all involved, I've enjoyed it. Going away with some points I want to research like the stem cell stuff. Cheers guys it's been a fun afternoon, off for a burger now You eat meat??? What about animal rights? Apparently he doesn't see any difference between what something is and what it can become, so he might be just chewing on a live cow somewhere. " | |||
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"I think there is a good argument for reducing the current abortion time limits, but to remove all options of abortion is not fair to pregnant women and as others have said a ban would result in back street abortions . Victims of r@pe; not allowing them an abortion is abhorrent in my opinion, a traumatic experience that I cannot begin to comprehend followed by a forced pregnancy is beyond cruel, not to mention the trauma to the child growing up knowing they were fathered by a r@pist! What about women that don't have the mental or physical capacity to look after a baby, my cousin went through an abortion for this reason many years ago, sadly this could have been avoided had her overtly religious mother supported her in seeking contraceptive advice. People that are pro choice would be far better placed putting their effort into trying to reduce the need for abortion than stopping abortion itself. " Great post, so eloquent. So right thinking. | |||
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"I think there is a good argument for reducing the current abortion time limits, but to remove all options of abortion is not fair to pregnant women and as others have said a ban would result in back street abortions . Victims of r@pe; not allowing them an abortion is abhorrent in my opinion, a traumatic experience that I cannot begin to comprehend followed by a forced pregnancy is beyond cruel, not to mention the trauma to the child growing up knowing they were fathered by a r@pist! What about women that don't have the mental or physical capacity to look after a baby, my cousin went through an abortion for this reason many years ago, sadly this could have been avoided had her overtly religious mother supported her in seeking contraceptive advice. People that are pro choice would be far better placed putting their effort into trying to reduce the need for abortion than stopping abortion itself. Great post, so eloquent. So right thinking. " Ooh I've never been described as eloquent before | |||
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"I think there is a good argument for reducing the current abortion time limits, but to remove all options of abortion is not fair to pregnant women and as others have said a ban would result in back street abortions . Victims of r@pe; not allowing them an abortion is abhorrent in my opinion, a traumatic experience that I cannot begin to comprehend followed by a forced pregnancy is beyond cruel, not to mention the trauma to the child growing up knowing they were fathered by a r@pist! What about women that don't have the mental or physical capacity to look after a baby, my cousin went through an abortion for this reason many years ago, sadly this could have been avoided had her overtly religious mother supported her in seeking contraceptive advice. People that are pro choice would be far better placed putting their effort into trying to reduce the need for abortion than stopping abortion itself. " totally agree.. | |||
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". The fact it's come down to discussing stem cells and word games shows me this is coming to an end. That you don't understand the significance of what's being discussed and think it's just 'word games' is telling. " Are you for real? You mention something that I say is interesting and I'm going go go away and research it, and you criticise me for it. Most people would just ignore posts they don't know the answer too and let them get lost in the thread but I thanked you got raising an area I hadn't thought of. Sad these forums always turn I to petty point scoring rather than a healthy debate. | |||
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"Whats wrong with cold and clinical? Not sure its despotic, after all its simply a defence of choice made by adults (or almost adult) not a enforced policy of global infanticide." Let's say you didn't have access to abortion? Would you just murder the newborn? | |||
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". You mention something that I say is interesting and I'm going go go away and research it, and you criticise me for it. Most people would just ignore posts they don't know the answer too and let them get lost in the thread but I thanked you got raising an area I hadn't thought of. Sad these forums always turn I to petty point scoring rather than a healthy debate." Awesome - he's back! Dude, you can do all the stem cell research you want, but you still won't have the first clue what a woman goes through physically and mentally taking the decision to teminate a pregnancy | |||
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" Let's say you didn't have access to abortion? Would you just murder the newborn? " I doubt I could let it get that far. Suicide probably. I just find the idea of something growing inside me abhorrent. | |||
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". The fact it's come down to discussing stem cells and word games shows me this is coming to an end. That you don't understand the significance of what's being discussed and think it's just 'word games' is telling. Are you for real? You mention something that I say is interesting and I'm going go go away and research it, and you criticise me for it. Most people would just ignore posts they don't know the answer too and let them get lost in the thread but I thanked you got raising an area I hadn't thought of. Sad these forums always turn I to petty point scoring rather than a healthy debate." It wasn't me who brought up stem cells. My post was specifically criticizing you for calling the debate 'word games'. Try keeping up with who is saying what, and actually reading posts properly? | |||
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"Oh dear. My life. My body. My choice. If i am unlucky enough to get pregnant I will be having an abortion. I find the idea of pregnancy repulsive and it makes my skin crawl so i doubt i could leave it very long but i would like to be able to leave it as long as possible, possibly that'ssome kivd of masochism. I have no issues with late term abortion, up to birth, but then i see babies as unpleasant parasites so i would feel that way. But lets take this away from my abnormal phobias. When did life become so 'sacred'? Why are are the lives few hundred tbousand aborted babies, some of who wouldn't make it anyway, so much mors important than other lives that are lost across the world? I don't consider the theoretical life of an unwanted child to be more important than the people who have actual lives already that needlessly die every day acrosz the planet. The world is not perfect, people die. Lets stop wars and famines, pestilence and the other horsemen of the apocalypse before we ruin women's lives." Thank you for that post. It will probably cause you much pain as people judge you harshly but please know that I for one fully support and applaud your honesty and openness. Of course every pregnancy is a battle between the host (mother) and the foreign body (fetus) in fact morning sickness is the symptom of the bodies immune system attempting to reject the embryo and the embryo fighting to take control of it's hosts body just like any virus or bacterial infection. But that's about biology and this is about ethics. To our Irish friend I would say come down off the fence on the side of abortion. Your well over half way there already, you recognise that there are times when it is vital that the option is available. Now all you need to do is look at your own recent history and recognise how many women and children s lives were ruined by the Magdalene homes, laundries and schools (by the way my auntie Josie was a Sister of Mercy teacher in the Magdalene school in Limerick) and weigh that and the harm caused by back street abortions against the possible harm that allowing legal abortions will cause to arrive at a decision. I for one would say that forgetting the right of a woman to choose there is an overwhelming argument for the legalisation of abortion regardless of ethical issues. | |||
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" If the woman's mental wellbeing is at risk because of a variety of reasons why she may not want to be pregnant could the same reasons be extrapolated to support murdering a newly born (in cases of post natal depression or other "various" reasons)? " A baby is not the same as a foetus, so no. "When did an unnatural process become a "right"? I don't see it in the same category as life, food, shelter, safety etc. etc. " Lots of things are 'unnatural'. All medical procedures can be considered unnatural, of which abortion is just another one. Something being natural or unnatural has no value associated to it. Natural does not automatically = good. That's just hippyish nonsense. "At what point do the rights of a current human supercede the rights of a human in the making?" When the human in the making is considered to be a human. As I outlined above, we treat things according to what they are, not what what they have the potential to be. "Is the right to life more important than the "right" to avoidance of inconvenient circumstances?" It's not just an 'inconvenient circumstance' to have a baby when you don't want one. It's having your body and your whole life changed. It can mean being tied to an abusive partner for life. It can mean being plunged into poverty. Or, it could just mean being a mother when you really don't want to be, and a child growing up unwanted and unloved. And as I also outlined above, the 'right to life' does not trump bodily autonomy in other cases. We do not force people to donate blood or kidneys. " All that said I'd probably opt for it if I got the wrong girl pregnant " Of course you would. You really don't see any problem with wanting abortion to be available whilst arguing that maybe it shouldn't be? | |||
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" It's not just an 'inconvenient circumstance' to have a baby when you don't want one. It's having your body and your whole life changed. It can mean being tied to an abusive partner for life. It can mean being plunged into poverty. Or, it could just mean being a mother when you really don't want to be, and a child growing up unwanted and unloved. " You are forgetting the option of adoption. Baby lives (often in very loving circumstances) Mother avoids the problems mentioned (and possible less guilt) A childless couple get their wish Win/win/win If you did a poll of adopted people how many would say they would prefer to have been aborted? | |||
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"I'm just asking stimulating questions stove. You pose your answers as facts when they are just your opinion. Willwill... I always bring things back to the present day. Abhorrent acts in the past are always used as a crutch argument on issues like these. I'll flip what stove is saying... If you cant show consideration for the potential of something in the future then why be so concerned about events that have been and gone. Side note - the future carries more weight, it can be influenced whereas the past cannot. We don't have magdelane laundries in 2017 so it's a moot point. " That's your response? 'oh yeah, well that's just your opinion'? Great. So stimulating. | |||
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" It's not just an 'inconvenient circumstance' to have a baby when you don't want one. It's having your body and your whole life changed. It can mean being tied to an abusive partner for life. It can mean being plunged into poverty. Or, it could just mean being a mother when you really don't want to be, and a child growing up unwanted and unloved. You are forgetting the option of adoption. Baby lives (often in very loving circumstances) Mother avoids the problems mentioned (and possible less guilt) A childless couple get their wish Win/win/win If you did a poll of adopted people how many would say they would prefer to have been aborted? " Adoption is a great option if the mother feels able to go with it. But you don't get to force women to do that. And if we're going to ask stupid questions, if you did a poll of people who would have been born if their parents hadnt used contraception, how many of them would think condoms are great? | |||
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"It's a fair question but I feel that philosophically there is a difference between an embryo and a sperm that has yet to meet an egg whether it's in a condom or on a wank tissue... It lacks the could've beenness of it all " Oh, the 'could've beenness of it all'. Well, that's very clear and sciencey, for sure. Definitely a strong basis on which to force women to be pregnant against their will. | |||
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" It's not just an 'inconvenient circumstance' to have a baby when you don't want one. It's having your body and your whole life changed. It can mean being tied to an abusive partner for life. It can mean being plunged into poverty. Or, it could just mean being a mother when you really don't want to be, and a child growing up unwanted and unloved. You are forgetting the option of adoption. Baby lives (often in very loving circumstances) Mother avoids the problems mentioned (and possible less guilt) A childless couple get their wish Win/win/win If you did a poll of adopted people how many would say they would prefer to have been aborted? " How about the babies that would go into the care system . There are always unwanted babies. | |||
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"I'm just asking stimulating questions stove. You pose your answers as facts when they are just your opinion. Willwill... I always bring things back to the present day. Abhorrent acts in the past are always used as a crutch argument on issues like these. I'll flip what stove is saying... If you cant show consideration for the potential of something in the future then why be so concerned about events that have been and gone. Side note - the future carries more weight, it can be influenced whereas the past cannot. We don't have magdelane laundries in 2017 so it's a moot point. " superflash I get what you are saying but if you do not learn from history and change you repeat it. That is the real lesson of history. The question is are you willing to learn from the mistakes of your forebears or are you determined to repeat them? | |||
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"It's a fair question but I feel that philosophically there is a difference between an embryo and a sperm that has yet to meet an egg whether it's in a condom or on a wank tissue... It lacks the could've beenness of it all Oh, the 'could've beenness of it all'. Well, that's very clear and sciencey, for sure. Definitely a strong basis on which to force women to be pregnant against their will. " It's as sensible as your condom argument. It's forcing people to own up to their actions...it could have a nice second order effect of less careless bareback and less stds. | |||
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". You mention something that I say is interesting and I'm going go go away and research it, and you criticise me for it. Most people would just ignore posts they don't know the answer too and let them get lost in the thread but I thanked you got raising an area I hadn't thought of. Sad these forums always turn I to petty point scoring rather than a healthy debate. Awesome - he's back! Dude, you can do all the stem cell research you want, but you still won't have the first clue what a woman goes through physically and mentally taking the decision to teminate a pregnancy" As if you're still on this thread reading it, your only point us that men shouldn't have an opinion. You've repeated it in about 30 different ways so far - reply to this and make it 31 I'm looking forward to it. | |||
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"It's a fair question but I feel that philosophically there is a difference between an embryo and a sperm that has yet to meet an egg whether it's in a condom or on a wank tissue... It lacks the could've beenness of it all Oh, the 'could've beenness of it all'. Well, that's very clear and sciencey, for sure. Definitely a strong basis on which to force women to be pregnant against their will. It's as sensible as your condom argument. It's forcing people to own up to their actions...it could have a nice second order effect of less careless bareback and less stds. " No, it's not as sensible. The condom argument is logical. Condoms prevent births. Abortions prevent births. Why is one OK and not the other? Your answer, and I quote: 'the could've beenness of it all' That's so vague as to be meaningless. | |||
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"Stove thinks he is quoting FACTS when he is saying his opinion." Tell me what I have stated that is not a fact. | |||
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" People keep saying "an embryo is not a baby FACT" means nothing. Those are words in language we use to describe a human at different stages of it's life cycle. It's like saying a tadpoles is not a frog, fact - okay so what's your point? The point is that you treat an entity according to what it is, not what it might become. " This is fundamentally your whole argument. Which you keep repeating as if we are not understanding it! What you mean is, "in my opinion you should treat an entity according to what it is now, not what it might become". Because you think it, it is not a fact. It is as valid an opinion as everyone else on here. | |||
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" People keep saying "an embryo is not a baby FACT" means nothing. Those are words in language we use to describe a human at different stages of it's life cycle. It's like saying a tadpoles is not a frog, fact - okay so what's your point? The point is that you treat an entity according to what it is, not what it might become. This is fundamentally your whole argument. Which you keep repeating as if we are not understanding it! What you mean is, "in my opinion you should treat an entity according to what it is now, not what it might become". Because you think it, it is not a fact. It is as valid an opinion as everyone else on here. " It is a fact that a foetus is not a baby. Can you point to something else in life that you treat on the basis of what it might become, not what it currently is? | |||
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"Incidentally, 'oh yeah thats just your opinion' is a really good way to show that you don't have any actual arguments left to make. " No... It's just shutting down your fraudulent use of "facts". Plenty of arguments to come You are deliberately ignoring that condoms prevent impregnation and abortion prevents giving birth. 1. You said it's a fact that a woman has the right to control her own body. That's wrong in cases of self harm and euthanasia for example. 2. As follow said on your opinion about living entities Your wording is funny too (reading back). "Forcing" people to be pregnant. I've a mental image of some sort of article insemination while sleeping. If I was a woman with such a phobia of pregnancy I'd be on the pill, use condoms, not allow cumming inside me even with the condom and then as a fallback there's the morning after pill. There's also abstainance and cycle timing. | |||
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" Can you point to something else in life that you treat on the basis of what it might become, not what it currently is? " Virtually everything! We are certain that the future is coming. Sending kids to school to grow up and know stuff in preparation for their adult lives. You know you are in a very grey area, we have different words for the same thing in and out of the womb, it's a fact that the WORDS are different - but is a very premature baby materially much different to a late stage aborted foetus? How does your factometer deal with that? | |||
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"Yeah but that platitude doesn't apply in this case surely? In a broader context I agree 200 percent " f Firstly what I said is not a platitude. platitude 'plat?tju?d/Submit noun a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. My statement was one of historical fact. That you would dismiss it (and you recent history) as a platitude is platitudinal. Platitudinal (?plæt?'tju?d?n?l) adjective characterized by banality or triteness Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers now if you wish to enter into a thoughtful discussion about why it is better for society to accept that some births are not in the interest of society and that any person regardless of sex should always have control over their body where it is possible I will have that discussion with you and I will give you multiple ethical dilemmas to ponder at the end of which I will ask you a simple question: Are you able to draw a line and say this is where individual choice should be removed? Personally I have never been able to draw that line for others, therefore I believe that every I believe that when it comes to choices about my life then it should be me who makes the choices unless it can be shown I am mentally unfit, and if I believe that for me it should be the same for everyone else. It seems to me that too many people believe that there should be one rule for them and another for everyone else. (Note to a previous post: Where a poster siad they would want an abortion for themselves buy would ban it for everyone else.) | |||
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"The only definitions of personhood that counts is the scientific one. Science isn't interested in your feelings or beliefs they are irrelevant and often agenda driven by religon.. " I'm an atheist and a scientist and wise enough to know that natural processes are best. You aren't subsisting on a daily magic pill despite the forward thinking science of the 60s. You avoid food additives and E numbers for good health. You eat real food, probably organic and as close to nature as you can find it. | |||
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" You are deliberately ignoring that condoms prevent impregnation and abortion prevents giving birth. " They both prevent babies being born. That one is a step further along the process than the other is meaningless. " You said it's a fact that a woman has the right to control her own body. That's wrong in cases of self harm and euthanasia for example.`" Oh christ. Is this the best you can come up with? So if you had a sister or female friend who desperately wanted an abortion, you'd say to them 'sorry, you don't have that right because people would also stop you from self harming or choosing euthanisation' "As follow said on your opinion about living entities Your wording is funny too (reading back). "Forcing" people to be pregnant. I've a mental image of some sort of article insemination while sleeping." I thought you are going to make arguments? This is just you saying that you don't like my terminology. Call it 'forced to remain pregnant' if that really makes such a huge difference to you. " If I was a woman with such a phobia of pregnancy I'd be on the pill, use condoms, not allow cumming inside me even with the condom and then as a fallback there's the morning after pill. There's also abstainance and cycle timing. " Uh, OK. So what? If women fall pregnant it's their own fault and they should forfeit any further choices? And again on my earlier point which you didn't answer - how can you admit that you'd be fine seeing a pregnancy of yours aborted but want to restrict the same choice to others? | |||
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" Can you point to something else in life that you treat on the basis of what it might become, not what it currently is? Virtually everything! We are certain that the future is coming. Sending kids to school to grow up and know stuff in preparation for their adult lives. You know you are in a very grey area, we have different words for the same thing in and out of the womb, it's a fact that the WORDS are different - but is a very premature baby materially much different to a late stage aborted foetus? How does your factometer deal with that? " Try to understand my argument. We do not treat foetuses as though they are babies. We do not treat babies as if they are adults. We do not give them a glass of whisky and a cigar and send them off to the office. | |||
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"Yeah but that platitude doesn't apply in this case surely? In a broader context I agree 200 percent f Firstly what I said is not a platitude. platitude 'plat?tju?d/Submit noun a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. My statement was one of historical fact. That you would dismiss it (and you recent history) as a platitude is platitudinal. Platitudinal (?plæt?'tju?d?n?l) adjective characterized by banality or triteness Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers now if you wish to enter into a thoughtful discussion about why it is better for society to accept that some births are not in the interest of society and that any person regardless of sex should always have control over their body where it is possible I will have that discussion with you and I will give you multiple ethical dilemmas to ponder at the end of which I will ask you a simple question: Are you able to draw a line and say this is where individual choice should be removed? Personally I have never been able to draw that line for others, therefore I believe that every I believe that when it comes to choices about my life then it should be me who makes the choices unless it can be shown I am mentally unfit, and if I believe that for me it should be the same for everyone else. It seems to me that too many people believe that there should be one rule for them and another for everyone else. (Note to a previous post: Where a poster siad they would want an abortion for themselves buy would ban it for everyone else.)" I'm calling bullshit as you march to orders of queen and country and in that service might kill people who definitely have decided they would rather control their ability to live and not be disfigured in their bodies by violence. I really don't understand you. I'm on the fence, so show me the dilemmas. I'm aware of the correlations with crime dropping in the US when abortion was brought in. | |||
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"just to make sure before i reply... i just to make sure my understanding of what he is saying is correct... you are now anti abortion (even in cases such as ra pe and in cest).......... correct?" Yep, he is... | |||
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"The only definitions of personhood that counts is the scientific one. Science isn't interested in your feelings or beliefs they are irrelevant and often agenda driven by religon.. I'm an atheist and a scientist and wise enough to know that natural processes are best. You aren't subsisting on a daily magic pill despite the forward thinking science of the 60s. You avoid food additives and E numbers for good health. You eat real food, probably organic and as close to nature as you can find it. " Actually i think genetically modified food is a superb area of scientific endeavour.Its as natural as your genetically modified dog. I think people who use the word natural to mean "good" Need to realise that just about everything you eat has been modified by humanity over millenia and is far from "Natural " or as nature intended | |||
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" Can you point to something else in life that you treat on the basis of what it might become, not what it currently is? Virtually everything! We are certain that the future is coming. Sending kids to school to grow up and know stuff in preparation for their adult lives. You know you are in a very grey area, we have different words for the same thing in and out of the womb, it's a fact that the WORDS are different - but is a very premature baby materially much different to a late stage aborted foetus? How does your factometer deal with that? Try to understand my argument. We do not treat foetuses as though they are babies. We do not treat babies as if they are adults. We do not give them a glass of whisky and a cigar and send them off to the office. " I understand what you are trying to say but it's getting sillier by the minute. We treat them as they will be in the future, not as they are now. Maybe give the whiskey and cigar to the pregnant lady who has the right to do what she likes with her body and see how that is recieved | |||
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"just to make sure before i reply... i just to make sure my understanding of what he is saying is correct... you are now anti abortion (even in cases such as ra pe and in cest).......... correct? Yep, he is... " so does he expect the mother to look after these children and basically be a reminder of the awful thing that happened.... or do these children basically get given up for adoption bearing in mind there are already enough children in the system and not enough potential parents out there....... | |||
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"The only definitions of personhood that counts is the scientific one. Science isn't interested in your feelings or beliefs they are irrelevant and often agenda driven by religon.. I'm an atheist and a scientist and wise enough to know that natural processes are best. You aren't subsisting on a daily magic pill despite the forward thinking science of the 60s. You avoid food additives and E numbers for good health. You eat real food, probably organic and as close to nature as you can find it. Actually i think genetically modified food is a superb area of scientific endeavour.Its as natural as your genetically modified dog. I think people who use the word natural to mean "good" Need to realise that just about everything you eat has been modified by humanity over millenia and is far from "Natural " or as nature intended " There is a track record of innovations that have proven terrible over time. Thalidomide for one... As we are the topic. Diesel in recent times There is a rate of change component - if you force the evolution of something, there may be unexpected negative consequences. You need to prove the safety of new discoveries, not the percieved benefits. | |||
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" Can you point to something else in life that you treat on the basis of what it might become, not what it currently is? Virtually everything! We are certain that the future is coming. Sending kids to school to grow up and know stuff in preparation for their adult lives. You know you are in a very grey area, we have different words for the same thing in and out of the womb, it's a fact that the WORDS are different - but is a very premature baby materially much different to a late stage aborted foetus? How does your factometer deal with that? Try to understand my argument. We do not treat foetuses as though they are babies. We do not treat babies as if they are adults. We do not give them a glass of whisky and a cigar and send them off to the office. I understand what you are trying to say but it's getting sillier by the minute. We treat them as they will be in the future, not as they are now. Maybe give the whiskey and cigar to the pregnant lady who has the right to do what she likes with her body and see how that is recieved " Another great response. 'your argument is silly'. Wow. Such science. So logic. | |||
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"I'm calling bullshit as you march to orders of queen and country and in that service might kill people who definitely have decided they would rather control their ability to live and not be disfigured in their bodies by violence. I really don't understand you. I'm on the fence, so show me the dilemmas. I'm aware of the correlations with crime dropping in the US when abortion was brought in. " Your calling bullshit on MY FREE CHOICE to surrender my free will and choose to swear an Oath of Allegiance that included an oath to obey all lawful orders regardless of my personal convictions... In that one post we all get to know what your word is worth. Would you like to guess what I think your word is worth? | |||
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"The only definitions of personhood that counts is the scientific one. Science isn't interested in your feelings or beliefs they are irrelevant and often agenda driven by religon.. I'm an atheist and a scientist and wise enough to know that natural processes are best. You aren't subsisting on a daily magic pill despite the forward thinking science of the 60s. You avoid food additives and E numbers for good health. You eat real food, probably organic and as close to nature as you can find it. Actually i think genetically modified food is a superb area of scientific endeavour.Its as natural as your genetically modified dog. I think people who use the word natural to mean "good" Need to realise that just about everything you eat has been modified by humanity over millenia and is far from "Natural " or as nature intended There is a track record of innovations that have proven terrible over time. Thalidomide for one... As we are the topic. Diesel in recent times There is a rate of change component - if you force the evolution of something, there may be unexpected negative consequences. You need to prove the safety of new discoveries, not the percieved benefits. " If we hadn't altered corn or wheat to give greater yields we wouldnt of had an agricultural revolution and the birth of civilization .We would be hunter gathers still.There is nothing natural about anything in your fridge. Natural doesnt equate to good. | |||
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" And again on my earlier point which you didn't answer - how can you admit that you'd be fine seeing a pregnancy of yours aborted but want to restrict the same choice to others? " I didn't say I'd be fine, I said I probably would which is different. I wouldn't know the answer until it happens and in all likelihood it wouldn't as there are multiple reliable methods to avoid an unwanted pregnancy - responsible behaviour. I'd be as likely to favour adoption. I'm posing questions with a background view that limiting options would promote responsibility. | |||
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"The only definitions of personhood that counts is the scientific one. Science isn't interested in your feelings or beliefs they are irrelevant and often agenda driven by religon.. I'm an atheist and a scientist and wise enough to know that natural processes are best. You aren't subsisting on a daily magic pill despite the forward thinking science of the 60s. You avoid food additives and E numbers for good health. You eat real food, probably organic and as close to nature as you can find it. Actually i think genetically modified food is a superb area of scientific endeavour.Its as natural as your genetically modified dog. I think people who use the word natural to mean "good" Need to realise that just about everything you eat has been modified by humanity over millenia and is far from "Natural " or as nature intended There is a track record of innovations that have proven terrible over time. Thalidomide for one... As we are the topic. Diesel in recent times There is a rate of change component - if you force the evolution of something, there may be unexpected negative consequences. You need to prove the safety of new discoveries, not the percieved benefits. If we hadn't altered corn or wheat to give greater yields we wouldnt of had an agricultural revolution and the birth of civilization .We would be hunter gathers still.There is nothing natural about anything in your fridge. Natural doesnt equate to good. " I agree - do you agree that science isn't always best? | |||
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"I'm calling bullshit as you march to orders of queen and country and in that service might kill people who definitely have decided they would rather control their ability to live and not be disfigured in their bodies by violence. I really don't understand you. I'm on the fence, so show me the dilemmas. I'm aware of the correlations with crime dropping in the US when abortion was brought in. Your calling bullshit on MY FREE CHOICE to surrender my free will and choose to swear an Oath of Allegiance that included an oath to obey all lawful orders regardless of my personal convictions... In that one post we all get to know what your word is worth. Would you like to guess what I think your word is worth? " Surrendering you free will is a mental trick to distance yourself from the reality. You my friend are free to make your own moral decisions but not free to abdicate yourself from your actions. On hand you are arguing for freedom of one's bodily rights and on the other you remove that freedom from others by killing and dismembering (because you took some hokey oath). | |||
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"just to make sure before i reply... i just to make sure my understanding of what he is saying is correct... you are now anti abortion (even in cases such as ra pe and in cest).......... correct? Yep, he is... so does he expect the mother to look after these children and basically be a reminder of the awful thing that happened.... or do these children basically get given up for adoption bearing in mind there are already enough children in the system and not enough potential parents out there......." I've asked that question already but not had an answer. Also pointed out how unwanted children have been treated by adults and other children and asked if the pro lifers were OK with that. That too was ignored. Not got round to the piratical questions involving serious deformities yet. Still caught on the 'every sperm is sacred, every egg is a being' argument. And still waiting for an admission that even recent history shows that regardless of the rights and wrongs of abortion forcing unwanted pregnancies and illegal 'back street' abortions on females causes even more problems than legal terminations. Therefore the only logical solution is regulation. | |||
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" And again on my earlier point which you didn't answer - how can you admit that you'd be fine seeing a pregnancy of yours aborted but want to restrict the same choice to others? I didn't say I'd be fine, I said I probably would which is different. I wouldn't know the answer until it happens and in all likelihood it wouldn't as there are multiple reliable methods to avoid an unwanted pregnancy - responsible behaviour. I'd be as likely to favour adoption. I'm posing questions with a background view that limiting options would promote responsibility. " Your personal feelings on the matter aren't important. But it's good to note youd want an option that you would feel happy denying to others. Just saying 'it wouldn't happen!' doesn't get you off the hook either, I'm afraid. It's a point of principle, and one on which you are a hypocrite. And if you think that limiting options promotes responsibility then you're clueless. That's not how people work. People do not just get pregnant because they don't mind going through abortions. | |||
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"It all comes down to how happy you are killing future humans How about in case of pure inconvenience...a bad time in a woman's career? Don't we all know reluctant mums who are natural parents who just never realised it until they got a good shot of brain chemicals when they held their first born for the first time? " Top debating strategy here, folks. When you've been challenged on multiple points and can't refute any of them, move on to a new one! | |||
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"What multiple points? Anyway I'm more thinking out loud and not fully decided. I think the points focused solely on bodily "rights" are a bit off so that's why I'm debating against those. Human life inconvenience (excepting extreme cases) in my view " 1. Show the moral difference between contraception and abortion 2. Show that a foetus overrides a woman's bodily automomy 3. Show evidence that banning abortion leads to more responsible sex 4. Justify your hypocrisy in wanting abortion as an option for yourself and not others. | |||
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"Stove thinks he is quoting FACTS when he is saying his opinion." What facts have you quoted? Everything you've said has been proven wrong. You only left the thread yesterday because you could see you being given enough rope to hang yourself. So explain to me, what is a the affect of a termination a woman's physical and mental health? | |||
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" Anyway stove, your debating strategy is that you over simplify what someone says with their own nuance and subtleties added to say what you want to make it look like they said and then expect that to be refuted. "So you're saying that"........yawn " Except I've not said anything like 'so you're saying that' in this thread, or misrepresented anyone's positions. You just can't (or can't be bothered to) argue the specific points so you've stuck down some vague waffle about my debating style to make yourself feel better. Hope it worked! | |||
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