SIXOFNINE
I see what you mean, but for me the border is too fuzzy. As I said a just-born babie (though technically "breathing") is not a much more conscious human being than a fetus. And what if it's neither conscious nor loved? Does that give us the right to get rid of it? Thank you your remarks though.
Brenda,
I still cannot speak for another person. There are plenty of medically recommended/necessity abortions as opposed to birth-control-by-abortion, and I would never presume to get in between a woman and her doctor with moral legislation.
Thank you for your comment. I am not speaking for anyone else. More like trying to imagine what I'd like to happen if my partner had to consider abortion. That's why I said I'm against abortion as it happens in many cases, but I don't think banning it legally is a good idea.
Evesapple
I wrote:
I disagree. If you have a well-thought out opinion, then it does matter. If people stop voicing their opinions then our choice of ideaology will depend on chance (like what our parents told us to believe, etc.).
You replied:
No Mr. Pole,Abortion is a personal choice and no one has any right to judge another according their choice, the only one that has that right his God himself, and none of us are in the position to judge another. what would it matter to you if I were for or against it...it serves no purpose but to simply raise an arguement. If judgemental is what you choose to be then you are no different than where you came from in being a JW....if there is anything I've learned in the past decade is to never judge another, ever....I spent a lot of wasted time with judgemental people and never again will I be that again.
That's a pretty pathetic reply which I can only describe as "barking-up the wrong tree". I wrote a nice post about the purposefulness of voicing opinions and you replied by putting a word with the stem judge in every single sentence. Then you suggested, since I'm so judgmental, I'm still like a Jehovah's Witness. How silly of you, "sweety" (your term). I suggest that you re-read my post and re-phrase your reply. I am really not such an idiot as you seem to suggest.
It was also interesting to read your reply to classicist:
oh sweetie...you have so much to learn........good luck to you dear.
it means I can't explain to you something that has to be learned and experienced....that's all...and if I tried, you'd still never get it, perhaps it's your age, but that's ok, because I thought I had all the answers back then....I never realized how very ignorant I really was. I guess in many ways you remind me of 'me'....so good luck on your journey to life's many questions and finding your very own answers.
How is this "sweety" supposed to learn the deep truths that you have acquired if you refuse to debate them with you? And then you said "in many ways you remind me of 'me'" after reading his two or three posts, which is just another condescending remark. But it does fit into your motto of avoiding debates, I must admit.
"Good luck on your journey" anyway.
sixsixsixtynine,
Leftist: pro-abortion against death penalty, right wing: against abortion, for death penalty.
Have you ever heard someone describe themselves as "pro-abortion"?
Word games. Language is full of simplifications which are resented by many people for reasons related with political correctness. Hence you have "crippled - disabled - differently abled - physically challenged". What counts ultimately is the intended meaning and I can assure you I had no intention of abusing the term.
To give you an example: have you ever heard someone describing themselves as pro-death penalty?
See - it's more about political correctness than the denotative meaning of the phrase.
However, it still does make sense to me to use the term "pro-choice" (which BTW not being a native speaker of English I only learnt on this thread). So thank you for drawing my attention to this.
Pole