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Post by lonelocust on Aug 5, 2009 1:49:22 GMT -5
Would the standard layman know enough about cockroach anatomy to be able to debunk such a bumper sticker? Probably not, but I get all pedantic on myself. Mustn't sew even the smallest of misinformation. SCIENCE! |
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Post by ironbite on Aug 5, 2009 2:14:01 GMT -5
K there Dr. Insano.
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Post by schizophonic on Aug 5, 2009 7:53:20 GMT -5
Yeah, I've been meaning to ask about that. How did that happen? "All wife is pweshous! Except those who are guests of the state." By the same token, a lot of pro-choice people are anti death penalty. A lot of people tend to draw the line at murder, at which point one forfeits their right to said preciousness. Others don't think that all life is precious, but contrast the innocent life of the unborn with killers and other violent offenders. I understand the idea of forfeiture of rights to an extent, because when you commit a crime that involves jail time, you forfeit your own freedom. In some cases, permanently. I still don't like the idea of us taking a life to punish someone. Not that I'm pro murder. I'm just anti-compounding one wrong with another. |
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Post by kristine on Aug 5, 2009 23:39:20 GMT -5
Kristine, is that all directed at me? I'm sorry, I can't quite understand what you're asking to whom... sorry that was just part rant for anyone to answer. So if you have got a good answer for that one - go for it...  Yeah, I've been meaning to ask about that. How did that happen? "All wife is pweshous! Except those who are guests of the state." By the same token, a lot of pro-choice people are anti death penalty. Which makes perfect sense if your coming at it from the perspective of 'my body, my choice' - I'm betting many pro-choice people are for legally assisted suicide as well as it all falls under that same heading |
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Post by Maryland Bear on Aug 6, 2009 6:12:13 GMT -5
And also believe that death is an appropriate punishment. Yeah, I've been meaning to ask about that. How did that happen? "All wife is pweshous! Except those who are guests of the state." By the same token, a lot of pro-choice people are anti death penalty. Well, the Catholic Church teaches a "seamless tapestry of life" philosophy. They don't explicitly condemn the death penalty, but they do say that, in modern society, there is no need for it, since you can effectively remove someone as a threat by imprisoning them. Just try pointing that out to an American Catholic conservative who wants pro-choice politicians denied communion, though. (Sean Hannity, I'm thinking of you right now in particular.) I also remember a pro-life activist on Larry King many years ago who was directly asked "do you support the death penalty" and she said, "no, I think all life is sacred, period." |
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Post by The_L on Aug 6, 2009 20:18:22 GMT -5
And also believe that death is an appropriate punishment. Yeah, I've been meaning to ask about that. How did that happen? "All wife is pweshous! Except those who are guests of the state." By the same token, a lot of pro-choice people are anti death penalty. The other thing I've been meaning to ask is the misunderstanding that because a woman has the option of abortion open to her, it is one of many options. Because she can have an abortion does not mean she has to have an abortion. I've been meaning to ask how that got started. Because a small percentage of women who get abortions aer doing it as a birth control measure, either because the condom broke, or because they thought going to the drugstore to get one was too much of a hassle. The mindset is, "if healthy, normal fetuses are aborted, but there are thousands of couples waiting to adopt, why not kill two birds with one stone?" When I was still strongly pro-life, I heard and repeated that argument more times than I can count. |
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Post by schizophonic on Aug 7, 2009 0:39:21 GMT -5
Yeah, I've been meaning to ask about that. How did that happen? "All wife is pweshous! Except those who are guests of the state." By the same token, a lot of pro-choice people are anti death penalty. Which makes perfect sense if your coming at it from the perspective of 'my body, my choice' - I'm betting many pro-choice people are for legally assisted suicide as well as it all falls under that same heading Just for the record, I didn't make this comment. It doesn't seem too problematic or anything, just saying. I was the one responding. |
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Aug 11, 2009 14:11:42 GMT -5
Funny... ever since my time on FSTDT, I went from "pro-life but non-pushy about it" to "pro-choice up until the third trimester, and pro-abortion should the pregnancy in any way endanger the mother at any trimester"
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Post by yojetak on Aug 11, 2009 20:54:56 GMT -5
Funny... ever since my time on FSTDT, I went from "pro-life but non-pushy about it" to "pro-choice up until the third trimester, and pro-abortion should the pregnancy in any way endanger the mother at any trimester" We convert another to the horde!  |
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 12, 2009 2:51:33 GMT -5
 Indeed. |
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Post by clockworkgirl21 on Aug 12, 2009 20:07:39 GMT -5
I hate abortion at any term/month, which is why I want to bite the fundies who try to restrict birth control. What an idiot move. If I could, I'd force people to carry condoms.
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Post by ironbite on Aug 12, 2009 20:35:18 GMT -5
If I could, I'd redesign the human reproduction system so it's not so god damn easy to get a woman with a parasite.
Ironbite-what an inefficant system we have.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Aug 12, 2009 20:50:48 GMT -5
If I could, I'd redesign the human reproduction system so it's not so god damn easy to get a woman with a parasite. Ironbite-what an inefficant system we have. Hell, the whole body needs a re-design, seeing as it evolved as a quadrapedal rather than a bipedal animal. The spine, for starters did not evolve to handle compression forces. |
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 13, 2009 4:43:02 GMT -5
FEV, anyone?
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