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Old 08-20-2008, 08:34 PM   #11
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At bottom, your arguments come down to the fact that the zygote created by consensual sex lacks any moral weight. I disagree. My main reasons for affording it moral weight are the following: (1) it is alive; and (2) it is a human entity.

The countervailing considerations all focus on the mother, and the considerations are the exact same as those for abortion. Is there a consideration for the mother at the stage you would use MAP that doesn't apply to abortion? Only difference is the developmental state of the new life.

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On a completely unrelated note, I have to comment upon SU's utter inability to have an ethical discussion without impuning the character of the person he's debating or to make negative conclusions about that person's actions. He's the worst sort of demagogue. Do you really think, fucker, that I would let my neice know that I know about what happened? Do you think that it changes how I treat her or my feelings for her? Do you think it doesn't mean I can't give credence to the opposing view regarding the use of the MAP? Or that for some people in some circumstances, even if the sex is consensual, that it may, pragmatically speaking, be the best decision? The original topic related to her parents encouraging her to take the MAP. But because I disagreed with my brother's actions, and think that taking the MAP to be immoral in many circumstances, I'm "a terrible, judgmental and really pretty hateful uncle." My heart has gone out to my niece more since that decision than ever, you fucker. You repeatedly call people who disagree with you hateful, terrible, repulsive, disgusting, idiotic, unintelligent, crazy, etc. All that means is that you're the worst sort of demagogue. But you also make sweeping conclusions about how that person treats people. It is impossible for your tyrannical brain to believe that a person who believes an action to be immoral does not judge a person for that action. This is impossible for you b/c, in the end, your defining character trait is judgmentalism. As someone here once said, a parent's worst fear is raising an ass hole. For that reason alone, you've been a bitter disappointment to your parents.
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