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I assume I don't need to explain why that is.

Actually, I think it would be best all around if you did.

Why do you believe a person should have complete control over her own body?

Why is it an important moral principle for you?

I don't count people until they are born

and I say a person is a person by week 12 of the pregnancy (and probably a lot earlier than that)

an iron ling keeps joe alive

without it: joe croaks

a placenta keeps lil fetus person alive

without it: lil fetus person croaks

cheese & fromage

But no one else can know which unless she's doin' the abortion herself: yeah, the doc will know anything that requires a placenta to live is not yet a human being. iron lung, placenta: pot a to, po tat o Whatever, "personhood," is supposed to mean? The issue is when a organism's life begi...

Meanwhile, the world's largest national debt is that of the US, actually

yeah, prior to beer flu we owed china big time

now: as far as I'm concerned, we don't owe them folks diddly

we should tell 'em to go pound sand

I strongly believe slavery is morally wrong.

what's the basis for your strong moral opposition to slavery?

“If Mr. Gandhi can protect his sister from rape through non-violent means, then I will be a pacifist.” Simone Weil Simone was a young atheist, pacifist, and marxist until she saw the light. For all those who disagree that a gun is also a respected symbol of the family willing to protect itself, tel...

with all the activity in-thread, it's hard to keep track of every post bein' a good egg, I've replicated my post from upthread cuz I know you'll wanna respond ----- But that doesn't answer my question: is the distinction between justified and unjustified killing a matter of fact or a matter of opini...

"hate crimes," thought crimes doesn't one have to be a mind-reader to tell the difference? not really jan aborts cuz she doesn't want the baby (she murders) betty aborts cuz she'll die if she doesn't (she kills) For the record, a human being, like all other organisms, begins when its life...

No. I did NOT mean that at all. then what did you mean? Well this explains the reason why you BELIEVE you can take orbsteal from "others", and then call it "yours". what have I taken or stolen? And, would I be correct if I said that you believe that you are one of the, so called...

Well guns have obviously ALREADY been proven to NOT work against "kings" and "commies" Wait, you mean America didn't break from the Crown? Well, shit. And what, supposedly, is 'yours" What's mine is the stuff I worked to purchase or make...and there ain't no supposedly abou...

there is NO answer to my question. You mean this: please will you inform me of what 'it' actually IS, which guns will supposedly or probably secure and keep the "free society" from exactly? Like I say upthread: kings and commies. So, from your perspective, we 'need' guns because there are...

I'm asking you what you think ought to be done to a woman who has an abortion . All I can say is what I've said many times... A man belongs to himself. He has a inviolate right to his life, liberty, and property. His life, liberty, or property is only forfeit, in part or whole, when he knowingly, w...

Is it just me or do "others" see the absolute hypocrisy and ridiculousness of thinking and proposing that to secure and keep a, so called, "free society", then guns are probably needed? yeah, it's just you For the one's that think this sort of stuff, then please will you inform ...

True story: my friend, the LA Democrat, emailed me recently for advice. He's never owned a firearm before, and he wanted to know what sort to get for home defence, because of the riots in his area. I helped him out, of course. What are friends for? What was it? A bazooka from the local Wal-Mart? :m...