Re: Abortion

Don Swayser wrote:
> David V. wrote:
>
> > Don Swayser wrote:
> >
> > > under_the_bridge wrote:
> > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (golddodgearies) wrote
> > > >
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (under_the_bridge) wrote
> > > > >
> > > > > > My recomendation is to have abortions within
> > > > > > the first three months of pregnancy.
> > > > >
> > > > > Doesn't prove it's not murder, dum-dum. (The
> > > > > parents prove it is.)
> > > >
> > > > It doesn't prove anything.  That was just my
> > > > recommendation.
> > > >
> > > > Is it a greater sin to abort an unwanted fetus, or
> > > > to have an unwanted child which you may not
> > > > financially and personally be able to care for?
> > >
> > > Unwanted by whom. There's a long waiting lists for
> > > adoptions.
> >
> > Where? In California most adoptions are coming from
> > overseas.
> Yes, because American girls are killing their unborn
> babies, so American's who want to adopt are forced into
> it.

That is not true. You really should study up on the topic
before you make inane remarks like that.

> > > > Since the question is partially concerned with the
> > > > will of the fetus, it is close to unanswerable.
> > > > What does the baby want?  A similar question is one
> > > > of euthanasia.  Should we kill poor people if their
> > > > lives are miserable?
> > >
> > > Seems two entirely different situations. If a
> > > chile[sic] is unwanted it should be surrendered for
> > > adoption....
> >
> > How are you going to adopt over a million babies a
> > year?
> Do this....

You didn't answer the question. An internet search is not
going to get over a million babies adopted, nor will it
point to a solution.

> > > > We are free to make choices.  Should murder be
> > > > legal? The death penalty is.  The fetus, if it
> > > > feels itself to be murdered, simply has no
> > > > recourse.  But then, killing a killer is not much
> > > > recourse in my opinion. Two wrongs do not make a
> > > > right.  All you do when you "punish" someone is
> > > > destroy not one, but two people.
> > >
> > > Falacious[sic] premise and conclusion drawn from it.
> > > You (society) don't destroy two people. The killer
> > > has destroyed one. Destroying the destroyer prevent
> > > him or her from destroying another human life. That's
> > > the principal justification for the death penalty.
> >
> > No, it isn't. Revenge is the main goal of capital
> > punishment.
> Then why isn't Susan Smith and Andrea Yates on death row?

Revenge. Duh!

> > > Another is deterence[sic]....
> >
> > It isn't a deterrent.
>
> Oh? How do you know.

By having studied the subject.

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David V.
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