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lookout123 · 02-01-2005, 11:56 AM

uh, garnet - i do stand up for what i believe in. i believe in allowing the people of a nation to decide the direction of the nation.

i openly discuss my beliefs on issues. it is rare, but sometimes people do change their views after discussing issues with other people. carrying picket signs and handing out pamphlets isn't exactly in tune with my personality. besides, how many minds have been changed because of the protestors? not many, i would say, at least not in favor of the protestors agenda.

like i said, to force anti-abortion laws on a nation where the people don't agree with my view on it will only push the procedure into the back alleys. you cannot legislate morality. if the american culture were to change enough that the abortion debate is irrelevant because people no longer wanted the procedure... well i guess the laws, wouldn't really matter, would they? but to force prohibition on an unwilling society would be counter productive. as in most areas, i believe this is an issue better handled through personal interaction than government regulation.

UT - i don't even know where to go with this line of reasoning. i state that a woman who knowingly aborts her fetus is committing murder. as stated above, i don't support a prohibition on the action. you are taking this back to a point before there is even a possible choice available.

i guess i don't understand what point you are trying to bring home to me. that a fetus isn't a baby? is there anything substantially different between the newborn baby immediately before and immediately after leaving it's mother?

02-01-2005, 11:56 AM	#26
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	uh, garnet - i do stand up for what i believe in. i believe in allowing the people of a nation to decide the direction of the nation. i openly discuss my beliefs on issues. it is rare, but sometimes people do change their views after discussing issues with other people. carrying picket signs and handing out pamphlets isn't exactly in tune with my personality. besides, how many minds have been changed because of the protestors? not many, i would say, at least not in favor of the protestors agenda. like i said, to force anti-abortion laws on a nation where the people don't agree with my view on it will only push the procedure into the back alleys. you cannot legislate morality. if the american culture were to change enough that the abortion debate is irrelevant because people no longer wanted the procedure... well i guess the laws, wouldn't really matter, would they? but to force prohibition on an unwilling society would be counter productive. as in most areas, i believe this is an issue better handled through personal interaction than government regulation. UT - i don't even know where to go with this line of reasoning. i state that a woman who knowingly aborts her fetus is committing murder. as stated above, i don't support a prohibition on the action. you are taking this back to a point before there is even a possible choice available. i guess i don't understand what point you are trying to bring home to me. that a fetus isn't a baby? is there anything substantially different between the newborn baby immediately before and immediately after leaving it's mother? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin Last edited by lookout123; 02-01-2005 at 12:02 PM.