Libfas, please explain your ethics

1.  Why is it wrong to kill a violent criminal but okay to kill an innocent fetus?  I'm not particularly opposed to abortions, but it makes no sense that you rail against capital punishment while endorsing abortion.

2.  Why do you despise Christianity but tell everyone else that their religions are beautiful and are to be respected?  I don't understand how you can extol the greatness of science and education while while telling everyone (other than Christians) that their baseless beliefs should be protected.  I'm generally opposed to religion, so I say if you're going to hate one of them, hate all of them.

3.  Why is it wrong from conservatives to go on fear mongering about terrorism but it's okay for you to tell everyone the world is going to end because of global warming?  Whether or not you believe in either of these supposed threats it's clear that both sides are using fear to manipulate people.  Why not take the higher road if you're so educated and ethical?

4.  Why do you like Mac so much?

5.  Why do you believe the federal government can fix all of society's ills when it can barely deliver the mail?  It has been proven throughout history that large central governments lead to corruption and abuse.  Why do you continue to support big government?

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does a fetus have a "life" in the sense that it has anybody that cares deeply about it? as deeply as one can care about someone whom they've known for years and years and years? no. it is not a person. the main reason that killing is wrong is the untold pain it inflicts on those still living who were deeply attached to the person killed.
you could say that the mother already does care that deeply about her unborn child. if so, said mother can just NOT have an abortion. problem solved.
you could also argue that by way of slippery slope this gets into "dumpster baby" territory. but obviously innate squeamishness takes hold of too many of us so that "dumpster babies" will NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS be something that is kindly looked upon. so trust me, you DO NOT have to worry about that.
then there's the bridge between "a thing that looks kind of like a fish" and "miniature baby".
that line should also be drawn by squeamishness. and that's exactly what is happening right now in many developed countries' legal systems. i maintain though that the mother's health takes precedence because, as i've said before, she is a fully developed person, while the life growing inside her is not.