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Originally posted by Sparhawk
I think abortion is wrong. Do I think government should be able to stop a woman from doing what she wants with her body? Well, it's a very hard argument for me to justify (especially being a man), but I'm tempted to say yes.
Am I against the death penalty? Or, framed another way, do I think government should be in the business of killing its citizens? No, I don't.
Oh yes, and here's the hypocracy:
Republicans:
Abortion: Pro-Life
Death Penalty: Pro-Death
Democrats:
Abortion: Pro-Death
Death Penalty: Pro-Life
If you want an un-hypocritical view, you need only look as far as the Catholics:
Abortion: Pro-Life
Death Penalty: Pro-Life
or Clinton:
Abortion: Pro-Death
Death Penalty: Pro-Death
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That doesn't quite work out for the democrats. See, pro-lifers claim that the fetus is a living human, or is at least a potential living human. I'll break those two down later, but let's just call it a living human.
Pro-choicers say it is NOT a living human. Therefore aborting it is not murder.
No one argues that a convicted felon is a live, or that the felon is human.
That means that:
"democrats" (this is a stereotype btw, some are against, some are for abortion)
abortion: pro-CHOICE
death penalty: pro-death.
As for the pro-lifers' argument that's often used that the fetus is a POTENTIAL human being and is therefore entitled to the rights of a human being, that's just a dumbassed argument.
Let's take another example. Your kid is 20 years old, and has a birthday coming up in a month. By the pro-lifer's argument, he should be allowed to go to a bar and drink because he is a POTENTIAL 21 year old and is therefore entitled to the rights of a 21 year old. The logic kinda breaks down there doesn't it
