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    One thing that has always puzzled me......

    I guess you really don't get it. I can't explain this to you. A fetus isn't sapient. That's not even factually correct. Sapience means self-awareness. I didn't even see you say it was, but regardless, the lack of brain development precludes it. Sapience is a product of higher level brain...
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    Socialism and Me!

    Of course it is, but claiming objectivity != objectivity. Objective and "objectivism" are not synonomous, regardless of the clever name association tactic she used. Many of her proofs don't really prove anything, and her claim that she solved the is/ought problem is unadulturated nonsense. She...
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    Abortion: A persons right to choose

    What lovely abuse of the slipperly slope without any evidence whatsoever. Apparently, the "vogue" thing to do here in debate is to sling out a bunch of verbose, unsupported statements in an emotional furor. It's hardly murder; murder is the illegal killing of one human person by another who...
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    One thing that has always puzzled me......

    I know what you said. However, the distinction you make between the 13 year old and the 20 year old is imaginary, and thus based on irrational demarcations. Look at this logically. These are the variables: A= The fetus B= The 13 year old C= The nurse If A = B and B = C, then A ===> C...
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    Atheism is a religion

    No, it doesn't invalidate anything. It's nothing but an Ad Hominem; they attack Darwin, mostly using incorrect, creationist-fabricated lies about him, instead of attacking his argument. That's all they got. Their kind feeds on such attacks.
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    Stop abortions by killing others?

    It's really quite easy to understand the phenomenon of abortion clinic bombing; these are people who rabidly support the rights to life of a mindless blob of biomass, becaues it looks like a person, but have no compunction in killing sapient life forms. They simply don't try to make sense or...
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    One thing that has always puzzled me......

    What I decide to call it is irrelevant--the name itself that is. What matters are the characteristic traits of the organism in the womb that give rise to these terminologies. According to the latest scientific data, we are fairly certain that, up to a point, the fetus is incapable of suffering...
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    One thing that has always puzzled me......

    Yes, you are. I asked you which one you would save if you only had a chance to save one. You can save either a sentient being or a non-sentient one, and you choose to save the non-sentient one. Effectively, you chose to save something with no mind, no goals, no preferences for continued life...
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    One thing that has always puzzled me......

    Actually, we "Liberals" don't try to do that. Foremost, I only have vague associations with the American "liberal" parties. Secondly, your "rebuttal" and I use that word lightly, since you make no logical points whatsoever, was merely a fallacy-riddled diatribe in which you not only create a...
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    when does a human being become a human being?

    All mammals I know of, as well as amphibians and reptiles have heartbeats. I don't think you want to choose the "heart" as the important characteristic of humanity. Whether or not it has a physical function reponsible for autonomically pumping blood such as that is irrelevant. If anything, the...
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    One thing that has always puzzled me......

    For Lachaen* I don't mind you; I just don't like Objectivism. I am a Utilitarian, and our systems are poised opposing one another. Mention of AYn Rand sends me into uncontrolled spasms. I am sorry for harping on you. If you like it, I will leave you to be happy. You are probably a cool guy...
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    Socialism and Me!

    Objectivism isn't a "rational" or "objective" philosophy. It's subjectivism gussied up in philosophical jargon. Ayn Rand is not a philosopher, and he work isn't taken seriously in any academic circles, and don't believe the propaganda the Ayn Rand Institute puts out--it's not because she's "too...
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    One thing that has always puzzled me......

    So given that we assume the fetus and the adult human are both equal in moral consideration, we come to a problem. Let's say that we have the technology to grow a fetus outside of the mother at a hospital, and a fire breaks out. You only have time to save one person. You may either save a 20...
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    Stop abortions by killing others?

    I'm sorry. I thought you were intelligent enough for logical debate. Pity I was wrong. Your concession is accepted.
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    One thing that has always puzzled me......

    Yes. In this particular example, I am taking two random humans. One is a fetus, one is a 13 year old. I know they are not all innocent. Ok, now why do you say they are both equal in moral consideration? Because they are both human, yes?
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