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Why I Became Pro Life

Mellie said:
Interesting choice of words. "Frivolous" as defined by me, as in my opinion.
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You appointed yourself spokesperson of the entire Pro-Life Movement, claiming that their "point" was to criminalize "frivolous abortions". You then further went on to define "frivolous abortions" as the termination of any pregnancy that would not result in death (probably; because really, there's never any telling. Any pregnancy can be fatal).

Now you state that "frivolous" is actually defined by you. That you yourself are the arbiter of which abortions are 'frivolous", and that your opinion is the "point" of the entire Pro-Life Movement.

Forgive me, but this defies credulity. :lol:
 
prometeus said:
Yea, just like arm pits and without the proper attention they stink. You opinion needs some attention...
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Obviously they're getting a lot of attention.
 
prometeus said:
A noble service as all are. Why do you do it? Thie right to live? What do you think about the right to life of combatants on either side or how about collateral damage and their right to life?
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Are you asking me what i think about war or human life? I think every human has a right to life unless forfeited through their own choice and action,, and even then, the action would have to be pretty extreme for me to say they deserved to die.
 
prometeus said:
I am not condescending when you are honest. You implied that people considered abortion murder.claerly that is not the case even when people oppose federal funding for it. Nor does that not so small minority with to see it made illegal. They may oppose it, not want it and so on, but when it comes to legality or meting out senteces for women that are not so much against it.
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And you're pretty quick to call someone dishonest on pretty circumstantial evidence. I've not spoken to anyone who is pro-life that didn't think that abortion was murder. You may be referring to the smaller percentage of pro-lifers who are activists, I don't know. But opposition to abortion is not a small minority as you claimed.
 
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1069 said:
And what qualifies you to be the arbiter of that for anyone except yourself?
Would you like it if I was somehow given the authority to decide whether you could gestate or terminate a pregnancy?
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Or how about if the mother or the father was going to get custody of the kids? Sometimes the lack of common sense and maturity forces the law to get involved.
 
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mac said:
Or how about if the mother or the father was going to get custody of the kids? Sometimes the lack of common sense and maturity forces the law to get involved.
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Now, now. Let's not make assumptions about Mellie based on her posts here.
Some people just aren't able to put themselves across very well in this context.
 
1069 said:
Now, now. Let's not make assumptions about Mellie based on her posts here.
Some people just aren't able to put themselves across very well in this context.
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Nice diversion.
 
prometeus said:
To be quite honest I do not know. I have seen so many aspects that I do not believe there is a concise point, but it certainly is not a right to life as we the born ones do not have it either.
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Then why is murder illegal? Why is the death penalty so contentious? Why is genocide so horrific? Why do people find death so unappealing? Why do we, at least some of us, consider it sacred? Why is even suicide and euthanasia illegal?
 
Why is even suicide and euthanasia illegal?
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I think that has to do with archaic religious customs, and the far Right attempting to enforce their morality on everyone.
I can't imagine them being illegal much longer.
Today, most people- especially the elderly, amazingly enough; a group with considerable political clout- believe that when quality of life is gone, one should have the right to end one's life with dignity.
That whole Terri Schaivo debacle was the beginning of the end, I think.
America spoke up loud and clear: we do not believe that life is categorically "sacred".
We do not think that death is worse than prolonged suffering.
 
1069 said:
I think that has to do with archaic religious customs, and the far Right attempting to enforce their morality on everyone.
I can't imagine them being illegal much longer.
Today, most people- especially the elderly, amazingly enough; a group with considerable political clout- believe that when quality of life is gone, one should have the right to end one's life with dignity.
That whole Terri Schaivo debacle was the beginning of the end, I think.
America spoke up loud and clear: we do not believe that life is categorically "sacred".
We do not think that death is worse than prolonged suffering.
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Now you're the spokesman?
 
mac said:
Now you're the spokesman?
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No, I'm female.

They've done a lot of surveys recently, and the people overwhelmingly favor legalizing assisted suicide.
Particularly folks in the over-50 demographic.
 
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1069 said:
No, I'm female.
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And? That's makes you somehow more credible in discussing the sanctity of, or lack thereof, of human life?
 
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mac said:
And? That's makes you somehow more credible in discussing the sanctity of, or lack thereof, of human life?
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And... therefore I'm not a "man", spokes or otherwise.
 
mac said:
Are you asking me what i think about war or human life? I think every human has a right to life unless forfeited through their own choice and action,, and even then, the action would have to be pretty extreme for me to say they deserved to die.
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The war on human life? You are talking about the military here right?
 
winston53660 said:
The war on human life? You are talking about the military here right?
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What are you talking about? Please re-read my comment and the question I was answering.
 
mac said:
What are you talking about? Please re-read my comment and the question I was answering.
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Yeah, he misread.
But it does sound a lot like some sort of rhetoric your side would come up with, doesn't it? :lol:
Maybe you guys should adopt it.

"We're soldiers in the War on Human Life!"
Don't you think that would look spiffy on a placard?
 
mac said:
What are you talking about? Please re-read my comment and the question I was answering.
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I did read your comment. You are talking about the war on human life. And killing of human life is what militaries do.
 
winston53660 said:
I did read your comment. You are talking about the war on human life. And killing of human life is what militaries do.
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He said "war OR human life".
 
1069 said:
Yeah, he misread.
But it does sound a lot like some sort of rhetoric your side would come up with, doesn't it? :lol:
Maybe you guys should adopt it.

"We're soldiers in the War on Human Life!"
Don't you think that would look spiffy on a placard?
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If it were accurate, I suppose it would.
 
This thread is becoming boring, weird, and bogged down in minutia.
 
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