+345 It's mind boggling why the world can't be as simple as, "Don't like gay marriage? Don't get one," or "Don't like abortion? Don't get one," or "Don't like atheists? Don't be one." amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"Dont like murder? Dont commit it. But dont take that right away from others because you disagree with it!" Your logic = owned

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I was about to take you seriously but then you said "owned" like some self-righteous teenager. Actually I might as well refute. That murder example was retarded. Murder directly impacts another person's life. Homosexuality doesn't unless you make it so. Same with abortion. And atheism. Terrible example.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

im sorry, how does abortion not directly impact another persons life?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Technically the fetus is part of the mother. The mother has a right to do whatever she wants with her fetus until birth. Then there are restrictions. That's my personal belief, anyways.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

not to rain on your parade but your personal belief is not an opinion. It's incorrect. There is no opinion on abortion... The fact of the matter is that a fetus is a human being; the location does not change its personhood. Killing a fetus would be exactly like killing a toddler... the size and level of dependency also dont matter in the topic of personhood. For example, just because a person needs oxygen or insulin does not make them less of a person. Therefore, just because a fetus needs help to survive does not make it a "tumor." In other words, any reason you can possibly think of to abort a baby would be the same thing as making excuses to murder.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ugh god just read everything else Look it's their fucking fetus they can do whatever they want with them and that's my belief (psst a belief can be an opinion). If you want to try and persuade me otherwise I really don't care I'm just not even going to bother with some conservative high horsed Christian.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

first of all, my abortion opinion has literally nothing to do with God. But I know you disagree with murder (You'd have to be a sadistic bastard to support murder), and abortion is murder. Ergo, you should dissagree with abortion. Just because its the woman's fetus does NOT mean she can abort it. Children arent toys. By the logic you use, a woman should be able to kill her toddler if she felt like it. After all, its HER toddler. Think about your position, its founded upon emotional response and not logic. Psst beliefs can be incorrect. Remember when people thought the world was flat? Not to mention, stereotypically calling me a "high horse Christian" is a FANTASTIC example of AD HOMINEM. This means that instead of confronting my argument, you attack me personally. Because that apparently makes you correct. Right.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't wanna get really into this either, but the fetus isn't born yet, at the abortion state it's more of a jumble of cells than an actual human.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do you really think that having an abortion is exactly the same as killing a toddler? Exactly?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah the baby still has a soul and will be a person someday. Imagine if you were aborted. If you somehow knew that you were, you'd be pretty mad. I admit that some people getting pregnant are complete idiots but maybe the parents should be terminated instead of the innocent baby....

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's hard to imagine that considering fetuses have no concept of empathy, sympathy, thinking, or morals. If I was aborted then welp. Too bad. I don't really care. Again, rape, the mother's life is on the line, the baby will die coming out anyways, money issues...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That entirely depends on whether you believe life starts at birth or conception.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The Law of Bio-genesis states that life reproduces after itself. For example, a dog will always reproduce a dog... And furthermore, a human will always reproduce a human. I struggle to understand how people can believe the fetus is anything but human! And, if its human, how can we kill it by saying "I don't want it." ... it does not make sense.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Obviously it's human. No one is questioning that. Not life in the literal sense of simply "existing", but life with feelings, thoughts, consciousness. However, I really don't want to get into this. So I wouldn't suggest anyone coming up with an elaborate reply because I won't read it. I'm not getting any further into this lol

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I love how your comment starts out firm and confident and serious and then you end it with "lol".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I did that purposely so people wouldn't take it too seriously and reply to me with serious rebuttals haha

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Holy shit how do you not understand that after a few weeks it's nothing more than a lump of cells. No one's disputing that a human produces a human, but there are people who simply don't consider it a life until it's... y'know, //alive//. As in **born**.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

by your logic, someone can abort a baby 8 months in because, y'know, it's not born. it's still alive.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No, that's a completely different topic. If you're going off on that tangent, then I think it's inhumane to abort a fetus if it's progressed to the stage where it can feel pain.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I personally think that it's inhumane to simply kill a fetus / baby / whatever you want to call it because I'm sure it feels pain too.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's been scientifically proven that it doesn't feel pain until I think the second trimester. It's a freaking lump of dividing cells.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nevertheless, I believe that those lumps are alive. Is a single-celled organism alive? I'm gonna assume yes, and I guess the real question is when do you call a fetus / lump of cells a human?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I consider something alive when it's born. But do you care when you swat a fly? Or smash a spider? Do you honestly, truly care?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No I don't, but in the case of a fetus, when given time, it will grow into a human being. But honestly, there's no real point in debating on abortion. Honestly, I'm stubborn and won't change my mind and I'm not here to change yours either, just to merely show you what i thought.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well then stop wanking

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wanking won't make a human. A fetus already has the egg + sperm which will make a human (even though I say it already is one) but a sperm or an egg by themselves are not human.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The key is that you said "given time". A sperm doesn't have an egg, true, but a fetus doesn't have time to develop into a human.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I was about to take you seriously, and then you based your argument on his example being 'retarded' like some ignorant teenager who can't properly iterate their opinion. Also, many people (including myself) believe that abortion DOES affect others: the child that is being aborted. They are killed before they even have a chance to live and they never did anything wrong.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Piss off conservative asshole. Goddamn I've already given my whole opinion on abortion in this whole thread and if you don't agree with it fuck off. I will /never/ change my beliefs on it. It's 6 fucking AM and I have a sore throat and I'm tired as hell. Just kill yourself if you're gonna be so invasive of people's lives and never change from it. I need some fucking medicine.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ok, I have to agree that you have greatly discussed your position, and I don't have any illusions of being able to change your core beliefs on an amirite discussion. I'm sorry your sick, I have a sore throat myself. Hope you feel better

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Gah sorry. I just shouldn't be online in the morning. I get really pissy and angsty.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's ok, I was pretty rude myself. Feeling any better? This winter has been killer with sickness going around

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Abortion is different. Gay marriage and atheism don't hurt anyone. Abortion kills an innocent child.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So? Maybe the baby will die when it comes out of the womb anyways. Maybe the mother's life is in jeopardy if she gives birth. Maybe the woman was raped and doesn't want to spend the rest of her life looking at her child that reminds her that she was raped and has to live with that scene over and over again. Innocence or not, it's not always about the fetus/baby/child.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not talking about rape or endangering the mothers life. That only 7% of all abortions. I'm talking about when it is all about the baby. I'm talking about the ridicules amount of irresponsibility girls have when they simply don't want the child. Just because they didn't mean to get pregnant doesn't mean they should be able to throw the baby away like a piece of trash.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Where is that statistic coming from? Link me. If they don't want the child they shouldn't have it. Get an abortion then, so what? Teenage girls shouldn't even be giving birth. It raises the chance of deformities.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html "1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest; 6% of abortions occur because of potential health problems regarding either the mother or child, and 93% of all abortions occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient)." If the only reason for not having the baby is it's unwanted or inconvenient then that mother is a sick human being. At the very least, she owes that baby its life. If she isn't fit to raise the child then she cant put it up for adoption. There are plenty of couples dying for a child because they can't have their own. Abortion is not the answer.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This information seems outdated. 1998? Jesus. Get something recent and come back to me. The mother is a sick human being? Oh I'm sorry I didn't know you were the judge of all of humanity. Go fuck yourself. You think your morals and yours alone and 100% right or something? ADOPTION HAHAHA fucking please you think that many people adopt? Look it up. I can't believe people think adoption is this magical process with the happily ever after bullshit. Even if there are many couples wanting to adopt it doesn't mean they fit the qualifications.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Even if it's outdated, the percentages wouldn't have changed much. It's wrong to kill your own child because it might inconvenience you. Period. And adoption isn't perfect, but it is so much better than the alternative.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Also there's no sources for /that/ website, either. Where are they getting their information? I don't see any links to college studies or government statistics anywhere. Personally I think abortion is better. This world sucks ass. "It's wrong to kill your own child because it might inconvenience you. Period." I read that as, "I'M RIGHT I'M ALWAYS RIGHT MY MORALS ARE ///RIGHT/// I'M RIGHT ALWAYS CORRECT NEVER WRONG RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT!"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Dude... Chill. She's just trying to discuss with you for why she thinks your wrong. You're making it waaay more personal than it should be.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not, this is just how I debate. Angrily, pushy, and judgmentally. Don't like it? Don't debate with me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'd like to point out that your statistics are from www.abortionno.org How about an unbiased source? I would also like to add that the fetus is completely unaware of what life is or could be while it is still in the womb, so killing it won't impact anyone but the mother. And what if the baby was not aborted and instead had to live through less than desirable conditions the duration of its childhood? By the way, I'm being modest when I say "less than desirable" because there are some really shitty situations you could be thrown in.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What if the mother is having financial troubles? Is there a statistic for that or is it just lumped together with "social" reasons?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"There are plenty of couples dying for a child because they can't have their own." Where'd you hear that? Are you not aware of the massive number of children desperately waiting for adoption? Putting your child up for adoption only augments that group.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What the hell kind of logic is that? "So what if I stabbed that guy? He might have died of cancer later. He might have fallen down an elevator shaft." And there's always adoption rather than abortion. You're barely making valid points anymore.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The logic of the post is saying if it doesn't affect anyone, it should be okay to do. Stabbing someone obviously hurts others. Abortion is still being debated on whether or not it hurts the fetus. But I don't want to get in that debate. It's never ending, and I've got class today.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Part of me would really like to jump into this debate, but the other, more reasonable side of me realizes that I've participated in the same debate countless times and it has never gotten me or anyone else anywhere. However, I do agree with your post :P

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wish I could be that self-controlled. Respect.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm just lazy haha

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Don't like intolerance? Don't use it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not sure what this is referring to.

by Anonymous 12 years ago