Chibi_Neko wrote:
I am not sure what posts that Ed has read, but I have seen slowmutant cross the line. He basically adds insult to injury by not giving any explanation to his opinions, just a "I am right" or "NO! You are wrong". I have pegged him many times on this.
There is a difference in having a opinion and saying that you have the undisputible answer without backing it up. This is a no-no in my book.
This topic is supposedly about the North Dakota House passing legislation that would outlaw abortions in all cases. That's the topic I've read. In this topic slowmutant has not attacked anybody. He did snap at ruveyn once, when he and I had just agreed on a partial compromise, and ruveyn jumped all over him, because he hadn't suddenly become pro-choice. Your views (collectively) are just as dogmatic as his. You will accept no limits on a woman's right to choose.
You need to look at things from his perspective. Imagine that you had been brought up on religion, and accepted it completely. Imagine that a major part of that religion was the belief that life begins at conception, and at that point it becomes a human being, endowed by God with a soul. If you can imagine that, it should be easy to see why he would be horrified at people snuffing out these living people.
You also need to look at your own viewpoints, and see that they are just as one-sided and dogmatic as his.
It's foolish to argue with him (or many others here) about abortion. Your viewpoints are so extreme in opposite directions that you can't possibly agree on anything. All you can possibly do is antagonize each other.
Why don't we all expend all this energy usefully, by making it more possible for a woman to choose to carry her baby? Not propaganda one way or the other, but real, physical and monetary, help. I should think a reduction in the number of abortions would be good news for both sides here.
22 Feb 2009, 4:42 pm
