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Abortion and Women's Rights

Name: Anonymous 2006-07-26 22:10

Abortion has nothing to do with women's rights.  Murder is not a right. 

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 8:27

>>432
"And yes, very often these ideals take precedence over an unborn life."

No.  It is the proper duty of government to defend life, liberty, and property.  (Note:  this includes unborn human life).  You fail.

The only remaining question is: 'when does 'life' begin?' 

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 8:51

>>430
"First, free will is a complete illusion."

No it isn't.

"Environmental determinism is a psychological and philosophical fact and it has a tendency to accumulate."

If a general given environment produces a certain kind of person, why then do certain people placed in similar environments turn out entirely differently?  If your argument that environments produce successful people, not the people and their actions themselves, then everyone produced from a given class of people who live in a more or less similar setting would be more or less the same - which is far from the case. 

"Second, a clear majority of the welfare takers are single mothers, not single fathers."

So what? They need welfare due to decisions they made.  Their fault, not everyone elses.  *We* shouldn't be taxed due to decisions *they* made.

"Third, if a population has a cultural bias or slant that makes them prone to discrimination, then a little aribtrary protection of the discriminated group is in order."

No.  Market forces punish discrimination, and furthermore, people have the right to discriminate, as long as they are doing so with *their* property. 

For example:  suppose I hire out a woman to build me a deck.  She begins construction, and I am paying her right along, then she becomes pregnant.  Am I allowed to fire her based on the fact that she will become pregnant, if I want to? Obviously.  I am paying her, and I can cut off the funds when I want.  I obviously have to pay her for the work she did thus far, and I have to live up to agreements we have made, but I can fire or decide not to hire her for being or becoming pregnant if I please.  It is my money, my right, and my personal freedom to do this. 

"People want freedom to discriminate? Then they need to show they can handle that freedom first"

'Handle'? It doesn't matter whether they can 'handle' that freedom or not.  It is their *right* to discriminate.  If I am selling lemonade on the streetcorner, and people are buying from me, and another person comes up in a line, I have the *right* to refuse to sell that kid lemonade if I want, for any reason I want.  It is my lemonade, and I can refuse to make deals with that person if I want. 

"A society is not measured by how free the population is. It is measured by how much freedom the population can tolerate and handle."

Again, you use the word 'handle', showing that you will not tolerate a given outcome of voluntary deals between private individuals, meaning that you will then resort to violence if necessary to enforce your will upon other private citizens. 

Name: Xel 2006-08-31 9:10

"Obviously, there is plenty of room for free will.  People are not subject to outside forces -entirely-, at the very least." We are only what we learn. As such, will isn't free as much as it is "tangible", i.e. we desire but we do so because it is the only thing we can desire at a given moment.
"No.  It is the proper duty of government to defend life, liberty, and property.  (Note:  this includes unborn human life).  You fail. The only remaining question is: 'when does 'life' begin?'" No matter where it begins those born have the upper hand no matter from which perspective you gaze. Unless you say that life is the most important right because it is a prerequisite of all the others, at which point I wonder what type of life one would have where your body and its growths are not of your ownjurisdiction. Then you'll say that the woman asked for it and then I'll say that the crowd that hates abortions also hates things that prevent unwanted pregnancies and then you say that birth control is cheap and easy and kids don't need to be schooled about sex. Then I'll say that there can be no embryos without sperm and then you say that women should know when they are fertile or not and then I can say that men are "fertile" ALL the fucking time and then you say that women shouldn't let the dick enter and then I can say that the dick shouldn't enter if the man isn't prepared to pay child support and then you say child support laws make Ayn Rand cry and then I say that all evidence shows that America doesn't treat single mothers too well and then you say feminists shouldn't complain because they have equal rights and then I say that all developed countries have those and I wonder why none of these countries have more female representatives than Rwanda does and then you say that government anti-discrimination is "waaaaaah" and then I say that if you are an equal being yet you are downtrodden by an entire culture is it that much to ask for a little help from an arbitrary motion and then you say this is the US and not China and then I have some cake and wonder if anyone can tell the difference any more. Everybody dies. The End.

Name: Xel 2006-08-31 9:15

"Again, you use the word 'handle', showing that you will not tolerate a given outcome of voluntary deals between private individuals, meaning that you will then resort to violence if necessary to enforce your will upon other private citizens." I prefer the term "incessant, contemptuous prodding" because I want misogynists to suffer and fear me. In reality, a culture needs to prepare for all its citizens. If this doesn't happen, there is some kind of collective responsibility but it is hard to draw lines here. If people are too determined by their starting position and phenotype then economic redistribution is unfortunately justified. Balance and bottom lines must be drawn, because I really don't believe in total laissez-faire and the stabilizing power of mercantile maxims. I may be swayed, however. 

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 9:56

>>443
"We are only what we learn. As such, will isn't free as much as it is "tangible", i.e. we desire but we do so because it is the only thing we can desire at a given moment."

You are just restating your original position, and you again have failed to address the reasons for saying what I did.  Many people are put into the same or very reasonably similar situations - and the results varied.  If environmental determinism was true, things would be more or less consistent, which they aren't.  Clearly, there is more to it than you are letting on.

"No.  It is the proper duty of government to defend life, liberty, and property.  (Note:  this includes unborn human life).  You fail. The only remaining question is: 'when does 'life' begin?'"

"No matter where it begins those born have the upper hand"

Oh, wow, convincing argument.  'I'm morally wrong, I know it, but you know what? Tough shit, I'm stronger than you, LOL!'
All you have just said is basically 'might makes right.' So because he is able to, the bully should be allowed to beat up the nerds on the playground?

"Unless you say that life is the most important right because it is a prerequisite of all the others,"

I do, but that reason never crossed my mind.  More ammo for my position I guess.

"Then you'll say that the woman asked for it"

She did.  If she had acted differently, she wouldn't be pregnant, and again, it is her body.

"and then I'll say that the crowd that hates abortions also hates things that prevent unwanted pregnancies"

Two wrongs don't make a right.  I'm not here to say 'vote republican because they are more sensible on abortion', I am here to argue with you about the issue. 

"and then you say that birth control is cheap and easy and kids don't need to be schooled about sex."

That's right, they don't.  I didn't, and in that I've proven that it is possible for them to handle it themselves.  This is again where your environmental determinism bullshit fails.  If a child's environment determined his personal outcomes, since I live in an environment that is practically the same as is the case with many other people who might *not* have turned out so well, we can thus say that things are not purely related to environment since I succeeded where they have failed due to personal decisions, and that free will has a factor to play in this all which you are not willing to recognize. 

"Then I'll say that there can be no embryos without sperm"

Completely irrelevant.

"and then you say that women should know when they are fertile or not"

I never said this.  It isn't relevant though.

"and then I can say that men are "fertile" ALL the fucking time"

So?

"and then you say that women shouldn't let the dick enter"

Well, it seems like pretty simple stuff to me that if she doesn't wish to become pregnant, she will either not have sex, or find some birth control.

"then I can say that the dick shouldn't enter if the man isn't prepared to pay child support"

I think there should be contracts couples agree to.  If the woman wants the man to help her pay for the kid - fine.  If the man then wants kids, they put it in writing, both sign it, file it, whatever, and then if a baby comes out, *then* the man will be legally bound to help pay.  Otherwise, you are attempting to legislate sexual equality in the bedroom. 

"and then you say child support laws make Ayn Rand cry"

Actually, you folks are the ones who have been quoting Rand this argument, so I think its funny that you happen to be the ones claiming that *I* am using her and her arguments to support me and *mine*, when actually it is Kumori and or the other pro-choicers who have been using Rand for *their* arguments. 

"and then I say that all evidence shows that America doesn't treat single mothers too well"

I wouldn't say that.  I'd say all evidence shows that single mothers don't treat themselves too well.  It isn't our responsibility to 'treat them well.'

Furthermore, I'd like you to show me this 'evidence' showing that we don't treat single mothers well.  Single mothers have equal rights under the law just like everyone else. 

"and then you say feminists shouldn't complain because they have equal rights"

Equal rights is all a person is entitled to.  I am for equal rights - this means that women, like men, have all the freedoms and rights that men do.  I don't see anything wrong with this, and yeah, I'm going to mock you when you bitch about it.

"and then I say that all developed countries have those and I wonder why none of these countries have more female representatives than Rwanda does"

Likely a combination of things, one of which is that voters are prejudice.  Who cares though? Just like merchants have the right to *not* sell to people for any reason if they like, people have the right to *vote* for any candidate for any reason they like, or to not vote for any candidate for any reason they like - *including* to vote against said candidate solely on the grounds that that candidate is a woman. 

"and then you say that government anti-discrimination is"

I say it is violating individual rights.  Call it like it is - you want to use physical force and violence if necessary to force employers to pay people equal wages, even if they disagree, and regardless to the fact that it is their money, not yours, and thus should be *their* choice what to do with it, again, not yours.

"and then I say that if you are an equal being yet you are downtrodden by an entire culture is it that much to ask for a little help from an arbitrary motion"

What are you trying to say? If you favor *forcing* employers to act a certain way, or to do certain things with their money, say so.  And yes, it *is* too much to ask that you are given the right to violate the rights of others.


>>444
"I prefer the term "incessant, contemptuous prodding" because I want misogynists to suffer and fear me."

So you want people who hate women to suffer? So much for liberals advocating tolerance.  Since you aren't, I guess I have to.  Ok, here goes:  People have the right to think however they want, free from interference from others.  This includes their right to hate other people, so long as doing so does not infringe upon the other person's rights. 

There.

"In reality, a culture needs to prepare for all its citizens."

Explain what you mean by this.  You are saying that society has to be ready to take care of everyone?

"If this doesn't happen, there is some kind of collective responsibility but it is hard to draw lines here."

No there isn't.  I don't owe anyone shit for the actions of others.

"If people are too determined by their starting position and phenotype then economic redistribution is unfortunately justified."

No it isn't.  People have the right to life, liberty, and property, and it is the proper function of good government to defend these rights, not to infringe upon them with 'economic redistribution' - aka 'stealing.'

Name: Kumori 2006-08-31 10:53

"They can also raise a family via adoption.  There are plenty of kids out there that are disease and risk free who need homes.  This is the compassionate solution that fixes both problems.  It gives an unwanted uncared for child a home and a place to be nurtured, and gives the parents a loving child to raise."

When parents adopt, they want to adopt a child that looks a lot like them and share the same traits. This disproportionately affects the colored in adoption centers, they rarely get picked.

"Good.  They are inconsistent with liberty, and I salute them for not following them.  Remember how all those good ol' americans drank on principle during the prohibition period because they should have the personal freedom to drink or not, and the government shouldn't have any say? Yeah.  My hat is off to those employers on the principle that they are rebelling against unjust anti-liberty laws, even if I disagree with discrimination personally."

Discrimination is an infringement upon one's liberty, their pursuit of happiness, and sometimes their life (with all the hate crime and crap). As such it is the government's job to keep one's liberty protected despite race, sex, age, etc. 8D  Discrimination = Racism + Sexism, etc. It's WRONG.

""What causes them to make said irresponsible decisions?"

Their choice."

What causes them to make that irresponsible choice?

"So what? They need welfare due to decisions they made.  Their fault, not everyone elses.  *We* shouldn't be taxed due to decisions *they* made."

Does this apply to mothers whose husbands have left them? You keep viewing women and mothers as irresponsible bitches. That's the exact telling of the sexually repressed world you live in. This repression is also related to exponentially reproduction (Catholics) and is also related to the psychological drive behind rape.


>>443
Wha-hey. Win win win win win win. WIN WIN WIN WIN. Hot damn. -gives Xel a cookie and a pat on the head- Nice job, really nice. :D



""No matter where it begins those born have the upper hand"

Oh, wow, convincing argument.  'I'm morally wrong, I know it, but you know what? Tough shit, I'm stronger than you, LOL!'
All you have just said is basically 'might makes right.' So because he is able to, the bully should be allowed to beat up the nerds on the playground?"

I don't see how what Xel said could relate to 'might makes right.' It is true that the already born have the upper hand since they're the ones already established in society with a mind and unique persona.

"I think there should be contracts couples agree to.  If the woman wants the man to help her pay for the kid - fine.  If the man then wants kids, they put it in writing, both sign it, file it, whatever, and then if a baby comes out, *then* the man will be legally bound to help pay.  Otherwise, you are attempting to legislate sexual equality in the bedroom."

If the man didn't want to become a father and not pay child support in the first place he should've taken the necessary actions and 'responsibility' such as wearing a condom or using other contraceptives or getting the cut to prevent the woman from getting pregnant.

"So you want people who hate women to suffer? So much for liberals advocating tolerance.  Since you aren't, I guess I have to.  Ok, here goes:  People have the right to think however they want, free from interference from others.  This includes their right to hate other people, so long as doing so does not infringe upon the other person's rights. 

There."

That includes no discrimination. Since discrimination infringes another person's rights.

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 11:01

You no longer own your body (your rapist and your priest does), your mind (your “liberal” rofl journalists and your “elected” “representatives” do), or your money (it has been stolen in advance through naked bribery, corruption and massive debt). 

If the obsessively “Christian” religious voyeurs spent one tenth the time and money they spend on spying on and trying to run other people’s sex lives for them on caring for existing children, there would not be ONE SINGLE orphan or ONE SINGLE hungry child in America today. In addition, every child would recieve a top notch education - all the way through the doctoral degree. 

The “religious right” spends so much time peering up other people’s vaginas and passing laws to control their bedrooms by bribing our “representatives” to force everyone to comply with Draconian sexual mandates based on two thousand year old reproductive concepts that there is no time left for the hard work of charity (such as feeding and housing the poor with money from their own pockets). 

When these folks are done with our sex lives, the use of any form of birth control will be punishable by death (pro-lifers statistically support the death penalty) and there will finally be enough unwanted children to feed the maw of their insane war machine bent upon “Christian” world domination.  If you think giving men the license to breed with any woman they choose is bad (as long as they are willing to pay a bit of attention prior to the act of rape) - you aint seen nothing yet. The modern evangelical church has a great deal more repressive ideals than the mere supremacy of rapist’s sperm over the very lives of women - the new “Left Behind” video game teaches young evangelicals how to round up unbelievers, and summarily execute any who refuse to convert to evangelical “Christianity.”  These kindly televangelist preachers already OWN the US Government, (Executive, Judicial and Legislative) lock stock and barrel, and their plans for world domination (which they do not even try to hide anymore) are approaching completion. 

The same “conservatives” who demanded Bill Clinton be impeached for lying in civil court about a personal sex act couldn’t care less about White House directed sexual torture or the grossly illegal war that makes these War Crimes possible. Karl Rove’s propaganda makes many people so afraid of Bush and Company they will ignore stunning and almost undeniable evidence linking the White House with even the most horrific criminal acts including egregious violations of the Constitution, war profiteering and election fraud (not to mention that homosexual prostitute that appears to have spent many a night in the White House while posing as a journalist). If self-described “conservatives” will allow Bush to act like Adolph Hitler (check out the history) on a more or less daily basis, the whining of a few women who are trying to kill the precious embryo are just another example of “evil” liberals who’s voices should be silenced (as soon as the precious offspring of the rapist is delivered into the beautiful new “Christian” world).   

The game was over on September 11, 2001 when the laws of physics were suspended to help King George Walker Bush rise to the American Throne. Unless you know how to reprogram the voting machines so they count the votes correctly, there is little or no chance you will be able to change anything. 

Get used to it

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 11:06

Women are more than half of the citizens of this country, and they have a fundamental right to control their own bodies and lives. They are unique in that they produce children and men cannot, but it is a complicated process, a physical condition fraught with various risk, and the birthing process may even result in the death of the mother. In all of the animal kingdom, including primates, not every conception results in a successful birth or rearing of young. Survival rates and various physical factors as well as environment and family support or lack of it, are factored in the DNA. In other words, nature provides that a certain percentage of conceptions result in increasing the population, and a certain percentage results in failed pregancy or infant mortality. That is natural law.

Christian Fundamentalists have twisted this natural law to attempt to have every conception from every fertile female in the world result in the production of another human being. That means no condoms, no contraception pills, no morning after pills, and no abortion.

Women are not rabbits. Women are not cats in heat. Women are not "hosts" to a fetus. Women are human beings with rights, and they have the right to control their bodies and lives.

I would propose, that if anyone disagrees with that, if they think that it is against "God", or against the patriarchy, then let them go back to a pre-modern age where half of all fetuses and children were claimed by miscarriage, accidents, ignorance & superstition, disease, neglect and starvation, and never made it to adulthood anyway.

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 11:07

Hey now - unimplanted eggs are people!  In fact, sperm are people!  In fact, the food you eat to make the sperm must be people, too!  So…liek, milkshakes are people - save the milkshakes!!

However, death-row prisoners in Texas are not people.  They are steaks - grilled steaks.  MMMM - grilled steaks…..

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 11:58

>>447, >>448
WIN!

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 13:43

>>450
>>447, >>448
BORING!*

fix'd

Name: Xel 2006-08-31 14:10

>>447 >>448 VERY PLAUSIBLE AND IMPORTANT BUT PREACHY AND UNSUBSTANTIATED!

fix'd

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 20:54

>>446
"They can also raise a family via adoption.  There are plenty of kids out there that are disease and risk free who need homes.  This is the compassionate solution that fixes both problems.  It gives an unwanted uncared for child a home and a place to be nurtured, and gives the parents a loving child to raise."

"When parents adopt, they want to adopt a child that looks a lot like them and share the same traits. This disproportionately affects the colored in adoption centers, they rarely get picked."

That's a bad thing, yet you still fail to address the fact that they can adopt (the compassionate, responsible solution) rather than gambling with their future children's lives by becoming pregnant while host to a number of diseases and illnesses.

There are plenty of children out there who need homes. 

Women who become pregnant while full of diseases are not 'brave,' they are irresponsible and uncompassionate bitches who would rather jeopardize their children's health, lives, and future, rather than adopting a child or not having children due to selfish desires.

"Discrimination is an infringement upon one's liberty, their pursuit of happiness, and sometimes their life (with all the hate crime and crap). As such it is the government's job to keep one's liberty protected despite race, sex, age, etc. 8D  Discrimination = Racism + Sexism, etc. It's WRONG."

No, you don't have a right to other people's property.  They have the right to give it to you or not give it to you for any reason whatsoever.  It is their property, quite simply.  The only room for government in this equation is for enforcing contracts.  The government should play absolutely no role whatever in the practice of hiring, firing, and working.  These activities should be entirely voluntary.  Employers should have the right to hire or not to hire whomever they please for whatever reason they please.  You should *not* have the right to force him to hire people if he doesn't want to.  People do not have rights to other people's property.  There is no such thing
as a right to a job, a right to work, or any of this bullshit. 

"What causes them to make that irresponsible choice?"

It could be any number of things, from weak laws, lack of enforcement, to thinking they won't get caught for breaking them.  If you ran a higher risk of getting caught for murder, the murder rate would likely go down..  and it would likely go down *more* if we stiffened the penalties for it.

"So what? They need welfare due to decisions they made.  Their fault, not everyone elses.  *We* shouldn't be taxed due to decisions *they* made."

"Does this apply to mothers whose husbands have left them?"

What does this have to do with welfare? Nobody has the 'right' to money at the expense of everyone else, against their will.  That's all there is to it.  Charity is a good thing.  Welfare is forced charity.  I view it as being no different from stealing.

"You keep viewing women and mothers as irresponsible bitches."

Nah, I only view the irresponsible and or uncompassionate government-loving ones as irresponsible bitches.

"That's the exact telling of the sexually repressed world you live in. This repression is also related to exponentially reproduction (Catholics) and is also related to the psychological drive behind rape."

Women have equal rights right now, and that is what humans deserve in the form of rights.  I have no sympathy for feminists who want more than this.  Equal rights for all under the law, and that's it.

"I don't see how what Xel said could relate to 'might makes right.'  "

What Xel said could be seen as 'might makes right' because he said that since people on the outside world have the upper hand, no matter when life begins, and should thus be allowed to abort or kill as they please - because they are stronger (have the upper hand), and are simply able to. 

"I think there should be contracts couples agree to.  If the woman wants the man to help her pay for the kid - fine.  If the man then wants kids, they put it in writing, both sign it, file it, whatever, and then if a baby comes out, *then* the man will be legally bound to help pay.  Otherwise, you are attempting to legislate sexual equality in the bedroom."

"If the man didn't want to become a father and not pay child support in the first place he should've taken the necessary actions and 'responsibility' such as wearing a condom or using other contraceptives or getting the cut to prevent the woman from getting pregnant."

That isn't a responsibility that can be associated with men naturally.  It is naturally the woman's responsibility to handle this due to basic anatomy - she has a vagina, not a dick - and thus has to worry about taking care of it, not the man.  You are attempting to achieve bodily equality via legislation. 

"That includes no discrimination. Since discrimination infringes another person's rights."

Employment is entirely voluntary.  You have no 'right' to a job.  It does *not* violate your 'rights'.

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 21:18


>>448

"Women are more than half of the citizens of this country, and they have a fundamental right to control their own bodies and lives."

I agree.  They don't have a right to destroy other human life though, sorry.

"They are unique in that they produce children and men cannot, but it is a complicated process, a physical condition fraught with various risk, and the birthing process may even result in the death of the mother."

If they get pregnant, it is due to their actions.

"That means no condoms, no contraception pills, no morning after pills, and no abortion."

Abortions should not be allowed after a reasonable length of time.  Contraceptives such as condoms should be unrestricted and readilly availible.  And yeah, I'm 'pro-life'.

"Women are not rabbits. Women are not cats in heat."

Yes.  That is precisely right.  Women have the ability to think, and to take actions that run contrary to their sexual urges.  They have the ability to abstain if they wish, as do men.  They have the ability to *wait* until they can get some contraceptives.

"Women are not "hosts" to a fetus. Women are human beings with rights, and they have the right to control their bodies and lives."

Yes, as long as in doing so they don't violate the rights of others.  The same goes for men.  You don't have the right to violate the rights of another human to his life.

"I would propose, that if anyone disagrees with that, if they think that it is against "God", or against the patriarchy, then let them go back to a pre-modern age where half of all fetuses and children were claimed by miscarriage, accidents, ignorance & superstition, disease, neglect and starvation, and never made it to adulthood anyway."

Or you could go back to Canada/China/some stupid socialist country that thinks like you.

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 21:21

>>452 You think those are 'plausible?' YEAH OK, LOL! CHRISTIANS ARE TAKING OVER TEH WORLD! THE CIA IS GOING TO MIND CONTROL EVERYONE, LOL! GET TIN HATS ASAP.

Name: Kumori 2006-08-31 21:41

"That's a bad thing, yet you still fail to address the fact that they can adopt (the compassionate, responsible solution) rather than gambling with their future children's lives by becoming pregnant while host to a number of diseases and illnesses." - You also fail to realize that the chance of the fetus catching the same 'diseases' is slim. It's also slimmer if the woman has greater access to better pre-natal and post-natal care.
"Women who become pregnant while full of diseases are not 'brave,' they are irresponsible and uncompassionate bitches who would rather jeopardize their children's health, lives, and future, rather than adopting a child or not having children due to selfish desires." - So, it's only the woman that matters, what about the man whom has diseases as well? The Guttmacher Institute says that most malformations and fetal problems are caused from a man whose sperm is infected or dulled down from drugs/alcohol/smoking. So..women with health problems are selfish irresponsible bitches for wanting to raise a family..LMAO.
"It could be any number of things, from weak laws, lack of enforcement, to thinking they won't get caught for breaking them.  If you ran a higher risk of getting caught for murder, the murder rate would likely go down..  and it would likely go down *more* if we stiffened the penalties for it." - Lamest answer ever. That doesn't attack the root of the problem. I'll ask again. What causes people to make irresponsible choices?
"What does this have to do with welfare? Nobody has the 'right' to money at the expense of everyone else, against their will.  That's all there is to it.  Charity is a good thing.  Welfare is forced charity.  I view it as being no different from stealing." - That still doesn't answer my question when the woman isn't at fault. I have my money taken against my will as well from income tax, local taxes, and many others taxes. Hell, my taxes probably even support the loonies trying to make contraceptives harder to get.
"Nah, I only view the irresponsible and or uncompassionate government-loving ones as irresponsible bitches." - Wha-hey. Then let's kick out all the men and women from Congress and other government jurisdictions, they must love the government.
""That's the exact telling of the sexually repressed world you live in. This repression is also related to exponentially reproduction (Catholics) and is also related to the psychological drive behind rape." Women have equal rights right now, and that is what humans deserve in the form of rights.  I have no sympathy for feminists who want more than this.  Equal rights for all under the law, and that's it." - No relation to what I have just said.
"That isn't a responsibility that can be associated with men naturally.  It is naturally the woman's responsibility to handle this due to basic anatomy - she has a vagina, not a dick - and thus has to worry about taking care of it, not the man.  You are attempting to achieve bodily equality via legislation." - I'm talking about when the child is already here. If the man didn't want to become the father of a child and pay child support he wouldn't have acted 'irresponsible.' But responsibilty is a violation against male human rights, right?

Your attitude toward women is entirely fucked up. Referring to women as an 'irresponsible bitch' is very telling of the kind of sexually oppressed world you live in. You are entirely one-sided to this. I see a lot of men that say that women should take responsibilty for their actions and that abortion should be banned. The weird thing is that there's no laws that forces men to take any form of responsibilty for their actions that helped produce that unwanted pregnancy. But responsibilty is a violation against male human rights, right? What about the 'irresponsible' men whose condomless cocked helped create that pregnancy. Men are too busy legislating vaginas and oppressing women whom they say are 'irresponsible' without attacking the other side of the coin and legislating men's 'irresponsible' penises (goes to show the kind of patriarchal sexually oppressed world we are in against women). Mind you, 90% of anti-abortionists are male, but get this, 100% of them will never become pregnant. This is a direct attack on women's bedside manners and not men's. It has everything to do with the fact that she can't reproduce on her own. The man is engaging in a sex where he knows that a baby might be the result. It's a two-way street. As long as you lazy fucks can't even take responsibilty for yourselves and your actions, you have no right to tell others to to take responsibility. Why this is so hard for you to understand? Now this is the part where you say, "But it's the woman's body, so it's her responsibility!" and we start going through the same shit over and over again. Bullshit. Don't start the same damn loop-de-loop again.

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-31 23:46

>>456
"- You also fail to realize that the chance of the fetus catching the same 'diseases' is slim."

The odds you pointed out (your odds & statistics, not mine) say that it is 1/4 - 1/2 chance, or something like this.  I don't call that 'slim.'

"It's also slimmer if the woman has greater access to better pre-natal and post-natal care."

And you can thank the liberals for fucking up market health care years ago for that.

"- So, it's only the woman that matters, what about the man whom has diseases as well?"

Well, the man doesn't have a child inside him that can catch all his diseases, now does he? However, I will *readilly* say that if the man can pass on the diseases as well, I would say he was an irresponsible piece of trash just like the woman.

"The Guttmacher Institute says that most malformations and fetal problems are caused from a man whose sperm is infected or dulled down from drugs/alcohol/smoking. "

That's bad too.  Not relevant though.  The fact is is that if the woman has health problems that she knows could jeopardize the babies' health, life, well being, or future, and she becomes pregnant knowingly, (essentially gambling with her baby for her own selfish desires) she is an irresponsible selfish bitch in my opinion.

"So..women with health problems are selfish irresponsible bitches for wanting to raise a family..LMAO."

No, not for raising a family, for taking actions that will knowingly put their childrens lives, health, and well being at risk for selfish desires. 

If the woman has health problems, there's no reason she can't raise a family in a responsible and compassionate manner - this is a great reason and time to ADOPT.

"It could be any number of things, from weak laws, lack of enforcement, to thinking they won't get caught for breaking them.  If you ran a higher risk of getting caught for murder, the murder rate would likely go down..  and it would likely go down *more* if we stiffened the penalties for it."

"- Lamest answer ever. That doesn't attack the root of the problem. I'll ask again. What causes people to make irresponsible choices?"

What causes people to kill people? What causes people to steal? What causes people to break the law? Should murderers be held responsible for their actions? Should anyone be responsible for their actions, or can we just blame it all on their environment, and on society?

Well, since women are supposedly built up from their environments (as the 'environmental determinists' claim), so are murderers.  If you were to apply your theory consistently, nobody would be responsible for anything.  Face it, you don't want that, you want some degree of accountability.  But if you apply accountability as well, it must apply to women as well, and it must be consistent, which you don't seem to want. 

"- That still doesn't answer my question when the woman isn't at fault."

Yes it does.  Nobody should be getting welfare, period.  The whole program should be incrementally removed as quickly as possible.

"I have my money taken against my will as well from income tax, local taxes, and many others taxes. Hell, my taxes probably even support the loonies trying to make contraceptives harder to get."

Sure.  And they support gun control, the gun registry, the drug war, NSA spying, etc as well.  If you are sick of this, then vote libertarian.

"- Wha-hey. Then let's kick out all the men and women from Congress and other government jurisdictions, they must love the government."

I never said we should do that.  Furthermore, many of the people in congress want to fix our government.  I think we should just vote out all the liberals, and vote in libertarians.  Take people off the dole, and give em back their personal freedoms.

"- No relation to what I have just said."

Well then state your position in more simple terms to avoid misunderstandings.

"- I'm talking about when the child is already here. If the man didn't want to become the father of a child and pay child support he wouldn't have acted 'irresponsible.' "

Wrong.  It is not the responsibility of the male to keep women from getting pregnant.  This effects them, not men.  If women don't want to get pregnant, they need to take responsibility and make sure contraceptives are used.

"But responsibilty is a violation against male human rights, right?"

I never said this.  I have no issue with responsibility.  You are trying to push the responsibility nature gives to women onto men, however.

"Your attitude toward women is entirely fucked up."

Says she who thinks women should be allowed to use force and violence to violate the rights of employers to their property? I think yours is the fucked up attitude.

"Referring to women as an 'irresponsible bitch' is very telling of the kind of sexually oppressed world you live in."

I didn't refer to *all* women as irresponsible bitches.  I said women who do 'insert irresonsible bitchy activity here' are irresponsible bitches.  You are took what I said entirely out of context.  Way to go!

"You are entirely one-sided to this. I see a lot of men that say that women should take responsibilty for their actions and that abortion should be banned."

Those men are right, more or less. 

"The weird thing is that there's no laws that forces men to take any form of responsibilty for their actions that helped produce that unwanted pregnancy."

Actually, there is.  Its called child support laws.  Not that there should be, however.  If the man signs a contract saying he will help raise the child that results from intercourse between him and his girlfriend, *then* he should be held accountable, and be forced to pay child support.  The proper function of government is not to redistribute income, or deal with gender inequality, it is to defend life, liberty, and property.  That's it.

"But responsibilty is a violation against male human rights, right?"

I never said this. 

"What about the 'irresponsible' men whose condomless cocked helped create that pregnancy."

What about the women who let them put their condomless cocks inside their vagina? Did they not know that they would be spewing out babies in another 9 months if they didn't use contraception?

"Men are too busy legislating vaginas"

lol.  Give me an example of how men are legislating vaginas.

"and oppressing women whom they say are 'irresponsible' "

If women do something that violates the rights of another, this should be a crime, and they should be punished just like anyone else.

"without attacking the other side of the coin and legislating men's 'irresponsible' penises"

Men don't have a responsibility for unwanted pregnancies.  It is the woman's body, and her responsibility to take care of it.  If she didn't want herself to become pregnant, she should have used contraceptives, just like if I don't want to get tooth decay, I brush my teeth.  They are my teeth, so I have to take care of them, not my girlfriend, right? Ok.. well, it is the woman's body and organs, and if she doesn't want them to react a certain way to a substance she is allowing to be inserted inside her, then she must take the steps necessary to prevent this (using contraceptives, or abstaining.)  Men should only be held responsible if they agree before having sex to care for a resulting child.  This would be done in the form of a contract.

"(goes to show the kind of patriarchal sexually oppressed world we are in against women)."

Much to my disdain, we *have* child support laws, so I fail to see how, even if you disagree to me, that you would come to that conclusion of yours.

"Mind you, 90% of anti-abortionists are male,"

Prove it.

"but get this, 100% of them will never become pregnant."

100% of those against abortionists will never become pregnant? I doubt that.  There are no female abortionists who wish to have kids then?

"This is a direct attack on women's bedside manners and not men's."

No it isn't.  Women should not have the right to murder other human lives.  Men are not responsible for other people's bodies, just like women. 

"It has everything to do with the fact that she can't reproduce on her own."

Redundant.  The baby grows inside her, and comes out of her.  If she doesn't want this to happen, due to the fact that it is her body, she has to use contraceptives or abstain.

"The man is engaging in a sex where he knows that a baby might be the result."

Yeah - a baby in *her* body, not his.  It is not the man's responsibility to prevent an unwanted pregnancy from growing within the woman.  It is the *woman's* responsibility to prevent this occurrence in *her* body. 

Saying the man is responsible for a baby that comes out of her body when she voluntarilly takes in his sperm by not using contraceptives is like saying the food industry is responsible for shit we poop out after voluntarilly eating their food.

"It's a two-way street. As long as you lazy fucks can't even take responsibilty for yourselves and your actions, you have no right to tell others to to take responsibility."

We have no natural responsibility to kids that grow in women's bodies, thus we aren't evading responsibility, since there was never one to be evaded.

"Why this is so hard for you to understand?"

I was thinking of asking you the same question.

"Now this is the part where you say, "But it's the woman's body, so it's her responsibility!" and we start going through the same shit over and over again."

Well, it is.

"Bullshit. Don't start the same damn loop-de-loop again."

You brought it up again, not me.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 0:40

>>457
"but... but... women are brave and mistreated... and .. and i hate fetuses... and women are mistreated... and... and youre a fetus hugger... and women are mistreated ... and...and libertarians won't pay for my education... and..right wingers are faggots...and ... and women should have the right to kill human lives... and its all mens fault... and... and right wingers are all faggots...and.. and pro-lifers hate women.. and ... and i'm a poor and oppresed because of men... and.. its their fault i got pregnant not mine... and... and men suck.. and... and... men are irresponsible... andd.. right wingers are faggots andd.. i couldn't control myself! .... its not my fault, its the environments! it made me do it! waaaaaaaaah! please let me kill it! i need to unfuck my personal life that i fucked up with my own stupid decisions! i need welfare! women are mistreated! i can't take care of myself! its all the environments fault! it made me do it! waaaaaaaah"

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 1:17

>>439

1. That is basically what you're saying. You're just too fucking stupid to realize it. Refer to #2.

2. I'm not referring to just environmental determinism you dense-as-fuck, mongler of cocks. Do I literally have to hold your hand and walk you through your mindfield of an argument? Stop talking about facts when you've been ignoring facts that shit on your arguments. We already know you don't care about the facts...the problem is you don't care about the idealism that comes pre-package with a discussion on abortion. If you can't freely and openly discuss these things without closing off the debate, then you aren't sensible enough to discussion this matter properly. Refer to #3

3. I don't want to hear anyone else (meaning: you) saying "left", "right", "conservative" or "liberal" in this debate ever again. If you can't manage that, then you absolutely can not be taken seriously.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 1:19

>>458

EGG + SPERM = FETUS

Only one indiviudal can provide each.

So you know what that means?

It means you fail. (Hard.)

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 1:22

>>460
Men have no natural consequence to getting a woman pregnant, the woman does.  You are trying to create consequences in the form of legislation.  (Trying to legislate sexual equality.)

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 1:27

>>459
"
1. That is basically what you're saying. You're just too fucking stupid to realize it. Refer to #2.

"2. I'm not referring to just environmental determinism you dense-as-fuck, mongler of cocks. Do I literally have to hold your hand and walk you through your mindfield of an argument?"

You don't have an argument.  I've responded to everything you've said to me so far, and all that I've gotten in response to said refutations are dumb posts full of insults like this.

"Stop talking about facts when you've been ignoring facts that shit on your arguments."

I haven't been ignoring any facts that 'shit on my arguments.'  You present a fact, and try to explain why it proves your point, and then I explain why it does not, and you proceed with insulting me for not acknowledging that said fact does not prove me wrong.  Hmm..

"We already know you don't care about the facts..."

See above.

"the problem is you don't care about the idealism that comes pre-package with a discussion on abortion. If you can't freely and openly discuss these things without closing off the debate, then you aren't sensible enough to discussion this matter properly. Refer to #3"

I think it is *you* who can't discuss things.  You fail to offer any kind of refutation to my refutation of your argument that your facts support your argument.  I see your facts, and I realize that they are true - however, I don't see how they support your argument, or defeat mine.

"3. I don't want to hear anyone else (meaning: you) saying "left", "right", "conservative" or "liberal" in this debate ever again. If you can't manage that, then you absolutely can not be taken seriously."

No, I'll say whatever the fuck I want.  The 'left' does exist, as does the 'right', and if you fail to recognize *this*, I can't be taking you seriously either. 

Also funny to note is that you aren't bitching at Kumori who does the same thing.  Hmm, I wonder why?

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 1:34

>>458

Seems to me banning abortion would be stripping men of their individuality. I don't like the idea of punishing the woman alone when there are two individuals involved. Men are already having trouble holding onto their own children because of the perception that mothers bear all the responsibility. That's simply not the case for human beings.

Banning abortion would be giving women far too much credit.

Name: Xel 2006-09-01 1:36

"And you can thank the liberals for fucking up market health care years ago for that." The market has done this. Lately, i.e. LATELY costs on the medicine market has TRIPLED.
"Or you could go back to Canada/China/some stupid socialist country that thinks like you." How much better and cheaper is Canada's healt care than the American's? Oh yeah, the difference is unquantifiable.
"uncompassionate government-loving ones as irresponsible bitches." So if an entire culture disrespects you because of your phenotype your advice is to... Join the army? Live 85 % of a life because you're not suppposed to complain or like government? You have high hopes of humanity, my friend.
"You are attempting to achieve bodily equality via legislation." Basic atanomy? Dude, bodily equality is a must, since bodies must be considered equal if liberty is to be possible.
"Men have no natural consequence to getting a woman pregnant, the woman does.  You are trying to create consequences in the form of legislation.  (Trying to legislate sexual equality.)" Yup, and I would gladly send police officers to destroy a man's liberty if he isn't capable of taking care of his sperm. That's equality.
"Yeah - a baby in *her* body, not his.  It is not the man's responsibility to prevent an unwanted pregnancy from growing within the woman.  It is the *woman's* responsibility to prevent this occurrence in *her* body." Well, his sperm growing in her body, his baby.
"Much to my disdain, we *have* child support laws, so I fail to see how, even if you disagree to me, that you would come to that conclusion of yours." Gender roles are one of the biggest handicaps to a country. I approve of child support laws and I think some libertarians would agree with me.
"What Xel said could be seen as 'might makes right' because he said that since people on the outside world have the upper hand, no matter when life begins, and should thus be allowed to abort or kill as they please - because they are stronger (have the upper hand), and are simply able to." No, by edge I was meaning that whenever life begins the decision to support the carrier will be the correct one.
"No it isn't.  Women should not have the right to murder other human lives.  Men are not responsible for other people's bodies, just like women." Men are responsible for their fluids. Sperm + egg = fetus. A man's sperm should be precious to him and he should carry a condom at all times. 

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 1:42

If the man is partly responsible for the child, and has to help pay for it, since it is partly his kid, then the woman is not allowed to abort *at all* without his permission. 

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 1:55

>464
"The market has done this."

Actually, it didn't.  Market health care costs rose largely due to the mixture of employment and health care, and the legislation that helped bring this about. 

"Lately, i.e. LATELY costs on the medicine market has TRIPLED."

And there are several ways to lower the cost of medicines.  One would be to shrink the FDA and its regulatory power (this drives up the cost of medicine quite a bit), and in general slacken the regulations and taxes.  The costs of both get passed on to the consumer, and contribute to having a health care problem.

"How much better and cheaper is Canada's healt care than the American's? Oh yeah, the difference is unquantifiable."

Again, thanks to people screwing around with the economy in the first place.  Once the economy gets screwed up enough by excessive regulatory and legislative practices, people advocate sweeping socialization as the obvious solution.  No thanks.

"So if an entire culture disrespects you because of your phenotype your advice is to... Join the army? Live 85 % of a life because you're not suppposed to complain or like government? You have high hopes of humanity, my friend."

Are you trying to say that people have a right to the money and offers of other people? No, they don't.  That is quite a subversion of the concept of property.

"Basic atanomy? Dude, bodily equality is a must, since bodies must be considered equal if liberty is to be possible."

Legislating equality is not liberty.

"Yup, and I would gladly send police officers to destroy a man's liberty if he isn't capable of taking care of his sperm. That's equality."

You already destroyed it when you made the initial legislation.

"Well, his sperm growing in her body, his baby."

If it is his baby, and he must help care for it, then she is not allowed to abort it without his consent.

"Gender roles are one of the biggest handicaps to a country. I approve of child support laws and I think some libertarians would agree with me."

Probly.  But you are logically inconsistent.  *If* the child is partly the man's responsibility, and it is partly his, then logically abortion is not allowed without the consent of *both* parties involved - *including* the man's.

"No, by edge I was meaning that whenever life begins the decision to support the carrier will be the correct one."

Elaborate.  'Support the carrier'?

"Men are responsible for their fluids. Sperm + egg = fetus. A man's sperm should be precious to him and he should carry a condom at all times. "

But women are responsible for -accepting- his fluids.  It is then her fluids once she possesses it, not him.  Her property then, not his, which would be quite a crucial difference.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 1:58

>>463
"Seems to me banning abortion would be stripping men of their individuality."

How so?

"I don't like the idea of punishing the woman alone when there are two individuals involved."

Allright, if the child is both of theirs, then mutual consent is needed between the two for an abortion at *any* time.

"Men are already having trouble holding onto their own children because of the perception that mothers bear all the responsibility. That's simply not the case for human beings."

Good point.  Again, if it is partly the man's child, then the woman cannot abort without mutual consent, since the child is both of theirs, as everyone loves to say.

"Banning abortion would be giving women far too much credit. "

Explain.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 2:04

>>465
Entirely logical. 

Name: Xel 2006-09-01 2:05

"Again, thanks to people screwing around with the economy in the first place.  Once the economy gets screwed up enough by excessive regulatory and legislative practices, people advocate sweeping socialization as the obvious solution.  No thanks." The conservatives method is to ruin a systems potential and effectiveness until it has to be stripped altogether (Soc Sec springs to mind).
"Are you trying to say that people have a right to the money and offers of other people? No, they don't.  That is quite a subversion of the concept of property." Well, there is this idea that market will take away excess gender profiling. I dunno 'bout that.
"Legislating equality is not liberty." Well, as a moderate libertarian I believe lines can be drawn without Stalin winning.
"If it is his baby, and he must help care for it, then she is not allowed to abort it without his consent." Fine, if he's there at conception signing a contract, why not?
" *If* the child is partly the man's responsibility, and it is partly his, then logically abortion is not allowed without the consent of *both* parties involved - *including* the man's." Sure thing, if he promises he'll be there at birth and after the woman can't remove his fetus like *snaps*.
"'Support the carrier'?" Well since the issue has been reduced to a forced, one-or-the-other utlitarian choice the women win by default.
"But women are responsible for -accepting- his fluids." And men are responsible for accepting her egg.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 2:13

>>469
"The conservatives method is to ruin a systems potential and effectiveness until it has to be stripped altogether (Soc Sec springs to mind)."

And the liberals' method is to ruin the market's potential and effectiveness until it has to be replaced altogether (health care springs to mind.)

"Well, there is this idea that market will take away excess gender profiling. I dunno 'bout that."

Whether it does or it doesn't doesn't matter.  Employers have the right to hire or fire whomever they please for whatever reason they please.  There's no such thing as a right to a job.  Jobs are something given to people by employers, agreed upon by mutual consent, and unless there is some sort of binding contract, can be revoked at ANY time for ANY reason.

"Well, as a moderate libertarian I believe lines can be drawn without Stalin winning."

You said you weren't an advocate of centrism or moderation.  Ha.   Well, I would rather be consistent, thanks.

"Well since the issue has been reduced to a forced, one-or-the-other utlitarian choice the women win by default."

No, because the right to life is more significant than the right to kill fetuses, again, provided we are talking about your hypothetical example, in which it is all or nothing.

"And men are responsible for accepting her egg."

Men don't accept her egg.. it is the reverse, women are accepting the semen.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 2:23

>>470
Possession of the semen is being transferred from the man, to the woman.  The egg is not being transferred from the woman to the man. 

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 2:28

>>456
"Mind you, 90% of anti-abortionists are male, but get this, 100% of them will never become pregnant."

100% of abortion advocates have never had to put up with the experiance of being aborted.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 2:52

>>465
Agreed.

Name: Xel 2006-09-01 3:23

"And the liberals' method is to ruin the market's potential and effectiveness until it has to be replaced altogether (health care springs to mind.)" Health care has been around since Tiamat knows when. The US is a mixed economy, meaning that people can choose what they want. Since the health insurance market is as bad on people as the diseases (50 % of bankruptcy appeals were caused by med costs, 75 % of these 50 % were made by people with insurance), sorry for not being Adam Smith up in this clusterfucker.
"Whether it does or it doesn't doesn't matter.  Employers have the right to hire or fire whomever they please for whatever reason they please.  There's no such thing as a right to a job.  Jobs are something given to people by employers, agreed upon by mutual consent, and unless there is some sort of binding contract, can be revoked at ANY time for ANY reason." Well, if a culture makes people less worthy because of their phenotype or natal conditions, that culture may have to be changed through arbitrary means.
"Possession of the semen is being transferred from the man, to the woman.  The egg is not being transferred from the woman to the man." The fact that you started with making the holy procedure of consensual procreation of the species into a sort of competition is telling of how extreme one has to go to belittle women here. This is not possesion, here.
"100% of abortion advocates have never had to put up with the experiance of being aborted." First, a minute portion of fetuses "Experience" jack, and 100 % of pro-choicers also happen to have not experienced that.
"You said you weren't an advocate of centrism or moderation.  Ha.   Well, I would rather be consistent, thanks." There is nothing consistent with having to value one human liberty over another to hang onto an argument. Also, moderation is not centrism. I believe in incremental, steady changes that begin from a stable situation.
"No, because the right to life is more significant than the right to kill fetuses, again, provided we are talking about your hypothetical example, in which it is all or nothing." The system of human liberties are a house of cards, you can't ever remove one and expect things to stay. If this means that I can't tell employers to behave like humans when employing, so be it.
"Men don't accept her egg.. it is the reverse, women are accepting the semen." This is not about what occurs where, it is about cause and effect and as such men are equally responsible.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 4:34

>>474
"Health care has been around since Tiamat knows when. The US is a mixed economy, meaning that people can choose what they want."

Socialized medicine is not freedom to choose what I want. 

"Since the health insurance market is as bad on people as the diseases (50 % of bankruptcy appeals were caused by med costs, 75 % of these 50 % were made by people with insurance), sorry for not being Adam Smith up in this clusterfucker."

You are still evading the point that the health care market was initially screwed up by people who thought the government should stick its nose into the economy.  You now advocate, as the solution to this problem, complete socialization.

This is just like how our capitalist monetary system was initially screwed up - people sticking their nose into the capitalist economy, intervening in it, etc.  We were doing fine up until the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913. 

The resulting depression from people tampering with the money supply then drove a flood of people to vote for Roosevelt, who then instituted Social Security to fix the depression caused by the Federal Reserve tampering with the money supply.. 

I must applaud Bush for at least moving in the direction to reverse this colossal failure of judgement, even if the fix was only a temporary, and likely incremental change towards something better.

"Well, if a culture makes people less worthy because of their phenotype or natal conditions, that culture may have to be changed through arbitrary means."

Fail.  It is really as simple as this:  nobody has a *right* to a job.  Employers *do* have rights to their property.  Unless there is a binding contract, they can stop paying you for doing work, and tell you to leave the premises (its their private property) whenever they damn well please. 

If I am giving out cookies on a streetcorner, and I own said cookies, and someone I just plain don't like for whatever reason comes up and wants one, I can refuse to give it to her.  (hello, they are *MY* cookies.)

"The fact that you started with making the holy procedure of consensual procreation of the species into a sort of competition is telling of how extreme one has to go to belittle women here."

Child support laws didn't exist until they were arbitrarily inserted into the equation.  The other side initiated it in pushing for them.

"First, a minute portion of fetuses "Experience" jack,"

That 'minute portion' is a portion of a whole so large that that 'minute portion' happens to be around 15,500 *per year*.  Doesn't sound so fucking 'minute' any more, does it?  Sept. 11th was what, 2-3 thousand dead? I forget, something like that.  Well this is over 5 times that sum.  Considering that Sept.11th warranted various bits of legislation to be passed, I think it is *easy* to say that the same should be done for this 15,500, which is *far* from a 'minute' number, unlike 9/11.

"There is nothing consistent with having to value one human liberty over another to hang onto an argument."

My position *is* consistent.  I am not doing it 'to hang onto an argument', I am doing it because I think this is what is right.

"Also, moderation is not centrism. I believe in incremental, steady changes that begin from a stable situation."

Then that isn't 'moderation', since your end goal is *not* to be 'moderate', or 'centrist', but rather to be a real libertarian.    Incremental, steady changes sound good to me too, but I sure as fuck am not going to settle for 'moderation' between one shitty view and one good view.  The point being, those incremental steady changes are progressing slowly toward something that is not 'moderate' or 'centrist'. 

"The system of human liberties are a house of cards, you can't ever remove one and expect things to stay. If this means that I can't tell employers to behave like humans when employing, so be it."

Far more sensible than what you were saying earlier.  The point I would like to make is that since you can't have any liberties without the right to life, that that right is at the base of your imaginary stack of cards, if you see what I mean.

"Men don't accept her egg.. it is the reverse, women are accepting the semen."

"This is not about what occurs where, it is about cause and effect and as such men are equally responsible."

It is about a transfer of ownership..  if the man is transferring ownership and possession of the semen to the woman, then it is no longer his, and thus the child won't be his either - it would be the woman's.  (Yes, obviously it would be his genes, but that doesn't make it his property, since ownership was transferred via sex, in my view.) 

Since it is then the woman's property, what develops of it and of her body is also her property *up until* it becomes a human life, at which point it gains rights to both life and self-ownership... and becomes a seperate entity.

Name: Xel 2006-09-01 6:18

"Socialized medicine is not freedom to choose what I want." You don't hear Canadians complaining.
"You are still evading the point that the health care market was initially screwed up by people who thought the government should stick its nose into the economy.  You now advocate, as the solution to this problem, complete socialization." Aint advocating jiminy. Soc Sec works -and will work- well and privatization would ruin it and its appliers completely. As for health-care, the current system is run by mercantile laws and it is fucked up. We'll see how it goes in Mass. and Cal.
"I must applaud Bush for at least moving in the direction to reverse this colossal failure of judgement, even if the fix was only a temporary, and likely incremental change towards something better." We'll see about that. Regarding the Infamous Deal, I approve of it on principle but it was poorly executed. It is interesting to see how the worst excesses of left-wing statism usually stems from situations of extreme economic inequality caused by poorly planned capitalism.
"Fail.  It is really as simple as this:  nobody has a *right* to a job.  Employers *do* have rights to their property.  Unless there is a binding contract, they can stop paying you for doing work, and tell you to leave the premises (its their private property) whenever they damn well please." Well I AInt damn ready to damn let an entire damn culture mistreat a damn half of its population damn.
"That 'minute portion' is a portion of a whole so large that that 'minute portion' happens to be around 15,500 *per year*.  Doesn't sound so fucking 'minute' any more, does it?  Sept. 11th was what, 2-3 thousand dead? I forget, something like that.  Well this is over 5 times that sum.  Considering that Sept.11th warranted various bits of legislation to be passed, I think it is *easy* to say that the same should be done for this 15,500, which is *far* from a 'minute' number, unlike 9/11." I wonder how amny women there are in South Dakota...
"I am doing it because I think this is what is right." The road to hell is paved with a) x < 8 b) good intentions c) chair
"The point I would like to make is that since you can't have any liberties without the right to life, that that right is at the base of your imaginary stack of cards, if you see what I mean." LIfe is redundant and useless without the liberties that follow *in time*.
"It is about a transfer of ownership..  if the man is transferring ownership and possession of the semen to the woman, then it is no longer his, and thus the child won't be his either - it would be the woman's.  (Yes, obviously it would be his genes, but that doesn't make it his property, since ownership was transferred via sex, in my view.)" He is transferring diploids, and he is using the egg of the woman to prolong his genes.
"Since it is then the woman's property, what develops of it and of her body is also her property *up until* it becomes a human life, at which point it gains rights to both life and self-ownership... and becomes a seperate entity." And the limit of life is at the point where a unique expression of humanity has developed, which comes kinda late. Since most pro-lifers are retards, unlike you, I'll battle them until I am dead, and will resort to arms to defend my fellow female citizens.




 

Name: anti 2006-09-01 6:33

It is about a transfer of ownership..  if the man is transferring ownership and possession of the semen to the woman, then it is no longer his, and thus the child won't be his either - it would be the woman's.  (Yes, obviously it would be his genes, but that doesn't make it his property, since ownership was transferred via sex, in my view.)

Your view of sex is completely fucked up. Please tell us that you're a virgin already so that the rest of us *adults* can move on. Even worse is that it's under this rediculous impression of sex that you make decisions regarding abortion. Two seperate sets of DNA, regardless of where they "meet" equal responsibility for both owners of DNA if a life is born. This is how we got the concept of marriage and the family with the parents at the head. This is how you get a fully functioning adult life that contributes to society. This is proven through society, science and culture. Anonymous, how dare you try to deny this? 

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 6:41

How about before a man "gives a woman his semen" they sign a contract which states clearly whether the women is permitted to use the man's intellectual property (semen) to produce a child. If the wman uses his intellectual property without permission then the woman will have to pay royalties, if the man permits the woman to use his semen then the woman does not have to pay royalties for using his intellectual property. IF the man wants to use the woman's uterus and her intellectual property (eggs) to produce a child, but then is unwilling to look after the sentient being that is created, then the man has to pay to support the child.

That would be just.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 6:45

You are all too stupid to understand the depths of reasonning I am capable of so to make things easier obey my commands. I instruct you to create a list of occurances where you believe my logic is contradictory and I will explain to you why it is not contradictory.

Frankly I should just run the USA, pretty much everyone who is not on the board of a fortune 500 company in this country is an idiot who sucks up fallacies like a cool iced pepsi. You all need the obey the guidance of an educated and genetically superior elite.

Name: Anonymous 2006-09-01 7:07

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Exactly.  This is a great idea, but I think it should be worded a *little* differently.  Semen isn't 'intellectual property', is it? It is certainly not human life though, and thus qualifies as 'property' for sure.  The man transfers possession and property ownership of the semen to the woman through the act of sex. 

*IF* the couple decides that they want to raise a family, and the woman wants the man accountable, then all she needs to do is have him sign a form saying that the actions to -have a baby-  have been taken, and the couple assumes mutual responsibility for the coming child.

The child will then be the responsibility of both people involved.  From here, if the man decides to back out and not help raise the child, the woman will have a legally binding contract that had been agreed to beforehand by the man, and will legally bind him to pay child support.

I like this idea.  Here, we have found a libertarian solution to the situation.

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