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Omnivorous
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Message 40 of 301 (298139)
03-25-2006 9:04 PM
Reply to: Message 39 by redseal
03-25-2006 6:55 PM


Re: Content, not looks or probable politics!
redseal writes:
You are 100% correct on this point. I commend you. To sin or not is a personal, individual choice; it is not something foistered upon us.
That's "foisted"--I amend you.
Foistered might be a useful word, though--a blend of foisted and cloistered: the imposition of narrow-mindedness upon the open-minded...
To label something a sin or not is a personal, individual choice, based on nothing but the subjective embrace of one myth or another from among many, each in conflict with the others, none with any evidence for its special claims to Truth.
Most Americans--and most people--do not support a total ban on abortion. By what right should an extreme minority position be imposed on others?
Those who proclaim abortion to be wrong, yet "avail themselves" abortions are modern-day Pharisees. Their lack of a moral back-bone and insincere proclamations puts them squarely amongst the other murderers.
What brand of perfection keeps you from amongst the Pharisees? Do you claim to be a modern-day marvel, free of all hypocrisy? Already your sanctimony reeks in your own God's nostrils.

Who owns the whole rainy, stony earth? Death.
Who owns all of space? Death.
Who is stronger than hope? Death.
Who is stronger than the will? Death.
Stronger than love? Death.
Stronger than life? Death.
But who is stronger than Death?
Me, evidently.
Pass, Crow.
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Omnivorous
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Message 42 of 301 (298160)
03-25-2006 10:25 PM
Reply to: Message 41 by bob_gray
03-25-2006 10:19 PM


Re: tyrany of the majority
I know I have often complained that the "unconstitutional" will of the majority is being foisted on the minority. My understanding is that the US system was set up to protect the minority from the majority. Don't get me wrong, I am 100% pro-choice, but this seems like a weak argument in any situation.
Best argument? Perhaps not. But it remains a fact.
The US system was set up to do many complicated things, like granting the vote only to land-owning white men, but as to protecting the minority, I agree--they should not be required to have abortions, despite the obvious benefits to the rest of us.
AbE: It also remains a fact that electoral numbers will determine abortion rights in the U.S.
This message has been edited by Omnivorous, 03-25-2006 10:31 PM

Who owns the whole rainy, stony earth? Death.
Who owns all of space? Death.
Who is stronger than hope? Death.
Who is stronger than the will? Death.
Stronger than love? Death.
Stronger than life? Death.
But who is stronger than Death?
Me, evidently.
Pass, Crow.
Ted Hughes, from "Examination at the Womb-Door"
Save lives! Click here!
Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC!
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Omnivorous
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Message 47 of 301 (298174)
03-25-2006 11:03 PM
Reply to: Message 45 by riVeRraT
03-25-2006 10:52 PM


Re: rat, stop.
riVeRraT writes:
I went to her web-site and read up on exactly what she stands for. Her agenda is listed, mine is not, there-for it is not the same, and funkaloyd is blowing smoke.
riVeRraT
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No offense, rR, but Funk's read a lot of your words, too.

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