**shields self from pitch forks**
Hmm,
levite, you got most of it spot on but I disagree when it comes to abortion, suicide & pre-agreed-upon euthanasia, the drugs thing including marijuana and prostitution.
Abortion is murder, plain and simple. What is it they say, statue of limitations? How far can the line be drawn? A life is a life is a life. When you abort you refuse or even go as far as choosing someone Else's fate. You may ask what about inflicting a cruel life on somebody? I am for abortion if there are medical reasons involved that threaten the life of either parent or child. But in a civilization such as the USA, no. We can handle whatever is thrown at us so let the kid live!!
Pre-agreed-upon euthanasia implies
suicide. We have DNR (Do not resuscitate) and I think that's as far as I am comfortable with. Suicide requires mental instability. I very much refuse to believe that a sane person would want to commit suicide. And also, here's a age old question for you to ponder, "do the ends justify the means"?
I'm pretty much going to quote
MSD on the drugs. I would prefer that you don't wait around the corner to rob me so you could get another fix. I have seen aggression induced by hard drugs and marijuana is just a slippery slope. Don't get me wrong, I read
tisonlyi's post, but this is the USA and not Europe. When we have 2000 years of history under our belt then why not. In the meantime, let's enforce the rules as they are because I highly doubt the general public outside this board can handle Marijuana running the streets like cigarettes.
As for prostitution, I'm just reciting my own prejudices here, but I believe the mental capacities required from a woman or man are the lowest of the low. It's all in the element of the situation. Going after streetwalkers is by no means a greater risk than Escorts. It's all in the perceived differences that different people feed off. That's why it can be different to, say, acting porn (the aesthetic requirements notwithstanding).