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#727 May 07 2011 at 3:43 PM Rating: Good
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Firstly, I didn't say that good guys CAN'T get a girl. I said that they FINISH last, which means thy actually get a girl.
Being proud of bagging the last call girl is probably something I'd hide.
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#728 May 07 2011 at 6:34 PM Rating: Default
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Firstly, I didn't say that good guys CAN'T get a girl. I said that they FINISH last, which means thy actually get a girl.
Being proud of bagging the last call girl is probably something I'd hide.


If she's a call girl, I doubt you'll be the "last" guy....
#729 May 07 2011 at 6:39 PM Rating: Good
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Swing and a miss.
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Swing and a miss.


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#731 May 08 2011 at 1:28 AM Rating: Good
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None of that matters. You can "kill" a person without them feeling any pain. Does that justify the killing? Everyone keeps skipping over the fact that a newborn can't live on it's own either. When does it stop? Does a fetus at 24 weeks magically live on it's own? No. Society has arbitrarily picked a time in the human development where people would feel the least amount of guilt for the abortion. At the end of day, the action and the result are the same at all stages of the child.
You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. You keep concepts that apply to fully grown human beings and applying them to a foetus. You really don't see why they're not the same thing do you? A foetus is not sentient. It can't feel pain, it can't feel distress. It is not viable before 24 weeks. These facts are anything but arbitrary.


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The point was on the survival rate.. So at 23 weeks and 6 days, it's at 50.0 % survival rate or 49.999999999999999999% survival rate, why is abortion 100% legal? Your entire argument implies that "it's ok because the survival rate is low".
No my argument is that it is not a viable life form, within defined limits. You don't understand the need to say "Okay, 50% viability is an acceptable cut off", do you? Oh and before you jump on the words "defined limits", see what I said above. The data used to define the limits are not arbitrary.

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NO ONE is denying the woman's right to LIVE to give birth. That's not part of the argument.
Seriously? This is what you took from what I said? You think a woman's only right in this scenario is to give birth?


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If you can't answer the question then just say so. Don't accuse me of being redundant and back pedaling. I asked you a simple question, either provide a scenario or say you can't do it. I told you from the beginning to not try to jump ahead, but here you are saying it "adds nothing to my statement", when in fact it very well does add a lot to that statement.

There's a huge difference between adjusting the fact "Gravity exists" vs adjusting the facts that support the fact "gravity exists".

So are you going to answer the question or are you just going to pout and stump with false accusations?
Fine, advance your argument. Seeing as you're the king of goalpost moving and whatever I say you'll say it's not good enough for another three pages, I can't provide an appropriate example. Your move sparky.
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That's a really silly distinction to try to make though Belkira.

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You stated that a sperm or an egg does not develop into a child without help. That a zygote was a stage in human development. I pointed out that sperm and eggs are also stages in human development.


We've had this argument before. A zygote has the complete set of DNA which defines it as a distinct "human" separate from either mother or father. Sperm and egg do not. You're being incredibly inconsistent with how you view the different stages of said development.

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You stated that they could not develop into a child without assitance, but that a zygote would, with no help from you or anyone. But that's not true. A zygote, too, needs assistance to develop into a child. Which makes your argument against sperm and eggs moot.


I'm sorry, but this is an absurd argument to make. For abortion to even be an issue, then we are already assuming a zygote located inside the womans body and which will, barring intervention, grow "all on its own". The woman has to choose to take an action to terminate that process, but you seem to want to argue it's the other way around. Sperm and eggs don't to that unless we take an action to put them together. The result of that action is a zygote. That's the point at which the issue ceases to be about taking an action to cause a human to develop and becomes about a human developing unless some action is taken to stop it.


I get the whole "my rights versus those of a growing potential person's rights" bit. I really do. But I just think you only weaken your position if you feel you have to twist around the facts to make it appear like the issue is something other than what it is.
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Allow me to point out that a zygote is not a living human or even a sentient form of life.
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You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. You keep concepts that apply to fully grown human beings and applying them to a foetus. You really don't see why they're not the same thing do you? A foetus is not sentient. It can't feel pain, it can't feel distress. It is not viable before 24 weeks. These facts are anything but arbitrary.


I know exactly what it means and I countered all of your points to support otherwise. Your points are, it can't feel pain and it isn't viable. I stated that a person can be killed without feeling pain. Does that justify the action? Secondly, I stated that child isn't viable after 24 weeks and that a newborn will die on it's own. No one has yet countered that argument.

Since anyone can be killed without feeling pain, your argument relies on being viable, which is countered by the fact that a newborn child is MORE helpless outside the womb then it was inside the womb.

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No my argument is that it is not a viable life form, within defined limits. You don't understand the need to say "Okay, 50% viability is an acceptable cut off", do you? Oh and before you jump on the words "defined limits", see what I said above. The data used to define the limits are not arbitrary.


You read above also. Your "defined limits" are arbitrary based on the counters I presented. No, I don't understand the need to say "okay, 50% viability is an acceptable cut off".

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Seriously? This is what you took from what I said? You think a woman's only right in this scenario is to give birth?


What? I said the exact opposite. I said that no one is denying her health. So, if there is a situation where her health is in danger, no one is arguing against her having an abortion in that scenario.

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Fine, advance your argument. Seeing as you're the king of goalpost moving and whatever I say you'll say it's not good enough for another three pages, I can't provide an appropriate example. Your move sparky.


The level of immaturity is overwhelming. You're not providing an example because it's not possible. A fact must be true, if there exist error, then it is no longer a fact. It's a very simple concept. So stop accusing me of "goal post moving", "back peddling" or any other accusation. I'm sure you spent that time trying guess my direction and to counter it. You must have came up with something or you would have kept whining. Let's see.

You agreed with the definition that I quoted that scientific theories are "constructed to explain, predict, and master phenomena".

What are the predictions? Are they predictions within the theory itself, predictions of applications of the theory, a combination of the two, something else or all of the above?
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Alma wrote:
Since anyone can be killed without feeling pain, your argument relies on being viable, which is countered by the fact that a newborn child is MORE helpless outside the womb then it was inside the womb.


If it's still in the womb, it's not a newborn child, and if it's after the first trimester, it's an unborn child. Before that though, it's a smattering of cells with zero sentience.


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Since anyone can be killed without feeling pain, your argument relies on being viable, which is countered by the fact that a newborn child is MORE helpless outside the womb then it was inside the womb.


If it's still in the womb, it's not a newborn child, and if it's after the first trimester, it's an unborn child. Before that though, it's a smattering of cells with zero sentience.




Ok, let me rephrase the statement as you think it makes a difference. A newborn child is MORE helpless outside the womb than in ANY state, to include a "smattering of cells", inside the womb.

You're ping-ponging the argument. I've already stated that anyone can cease someone's life with no pain. So, you argue "it's not viable". I counter to say that a newborn is more helpless than the "smattering of cells" and you go back to say "It' doesn't feel pain"!
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Ok, let me rephrase the statement as you think it makes a difference. A newborn child is MORE helpless outside the womb than in ANY state, to include a "smattering of cells", inside the womb.

You're ping-ponging the argument. I've already stated that anyone can cease someone's life with no pain. So, you argue "it's not viable". I counter to say that a newborn is more helpless than the "smattering of cells" and you go back to say "It' doesn't feel pain"!


Alma, I'm making the argument that first trimester abortions are not immoral due the the fact that it's not sentient. If you're saying that it doesn't matter whether or not it feels pain, then I have to assume that you're a vegan, because your food felt pain before it became food otherwise.

Your pain argument is irrelevant. Of course it's wrong to harm a newborn child, but that has nothing to do with the topic of abortion. So, why don't YOU stop "ping-ponging" the argument.
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Alma, I'm making the argument that first trimester abortions are not immoral due the the fact that it's not sentient. If you're saying that it doesn't matter whether or not it feels pain, then I have to assume that you're a vegan, because your food felt pain before it became food otherwise.


First, I'm not arguing morals, because that's an emotional argument that abortion can not win.

Second, my argument has always been that those smattering cells are part of the human life cycle and the time when abortion is legal is just a time where people feel less guilty for doing the action. At the end of the day, it's the same action and the same result in any trimester. The "feeling" argument wasn't mine. I merely countered it to say that it doesn't matter because there are ways to end life where the "victim" doesn't feel any pain.

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Your pain argument is irrelevant. Of course it's wrong to harm a newborn child, but that has nothing to do with the topic of abortion. So, why don't YOU stop "ping-ponging" the argument.


You're bringing in morals again. My argument wasn't to HARM newborns, but not doing ANYTHING to the newborns. Let them live on their own, like they were doing inside the womb. In the womb, the woman doesn't have to do anything but live and be healthy for the "cells/child" to grow. It stays in the womb up to 9 months, where as a child wont live 9 days outside of the womb with no attention. So this "it's not viable" is completely trash, because the newborn can't survive without MORE assistance than before for YEARS before it can survive own it's own.
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In the womb, the woman doesn't have to do anything but live and be healthy for the "cells/child" to grow.


Oh lord. Yeah, women just get pregnant and incubate. Nothing inside our outside of the woman's control affects the growth of the fetus: it just grows quietly inside the woman and it's hardly noticeable!

Alma, you can't make these claims if you've never seen a real ******. Just stop.
#740Almalieque, Posted: May 08 2011 at 8:33 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Don't project your stupidity unto me. If you're incapable of grasping the point at hand, that is a personal problem... If you need clarification, just ask.
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Abortion can win the moral argument. Some lives are not worth living. Whether you believe this to be untrue because you've had some unspeakable trauma or--more likely based on what you're typing--you've just kind of had the easy way through your whole life, it doesn't make it untrue. Can you honestly say that you'd want to live a life of poverty and need just because you can? Or be sent through the horrors of our adoption system? Yes, it works for some, but not for all.. Especially those with crippling diseases or defects. Imagine a teenage girl who has her birth control fail, or a condom break, or both. Can you honestly say that she deserves to give up her future for that? It's not our side of the fence that's heartless.

"They're not pro-life, they're anti-woman."
#742Almalieque, Posted: May 08 2011 at 8:53 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) You obviously haven't been paying attention AT ALL. So when you go back read what has been discussed, then you can come back to me...
#743 May 08 2011 at 8:54 AM Rating: Good
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Almalieque wrote:
Guenny wrote:
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In the womb, the woman doesn't have to do anything but live and be healthy for the "cells/child" to grow.


Oh lord. Yeah, women just get pregnant and incubate. Nothing inside our outside of the woman's control affects the growth of the fetus: it just grows quietly inside the woman and it's hardly noticeable!

Alma, you can't make these claims if you've never seen a real ******. Just stop.


Don't project your stupidity unto me. If you're incapable of grasping the point at hand, that is a personal problem... If you need clarification, just ask.


Come back when you learn a little about basic biology and then try to make your "point".
#744 May 08 2011 at 8:57 AM Rating: Default
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Guenny wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
Guenny wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
In the womb, the woman doesn't have to do anything but live and be healthy for the "cells/child" to grow.


Oh lord. Yeah, women just get pregnant and incubate. Nothing inside our outside of the woman's control affects the growth of the fetus: it just grows quietly inside the woman and it's hardly noticeable!

Alma, you can't make these claims if you've never seen a real ******. Just stop.


Don't project your stupidity unto me. If you're incapable of grasping the point at hand, that is a personal problem... If you need clarification, just ask.


Come back when you learn a little about basic biology and then try to make your "point".


Come back when you realize I never said nor implied what you accused me of.... Yeaaa. go do that.. Learn to read.
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Almalieque wrote:
Guenny wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
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Almalieque wrote:
In the womb, the woman doesn't have to do anything but live and be healthy for the "cells/child" to grow.


Oh lord. Yeah, women just get pregnant and incubate. Nothing inside our outside of the woman's control affects the growth of the fetus: it just grows quietly inside the woman and it's hardly noticeable!

Alma, you can't make these claims if you've never seen a real ******. Just stop.


Don't project your stupidity unto me. If you're incapable of grasping the point at hand, that is a personal problem... If you need clarification, just ask.


Come back when you learn a little about basic biology and then try to make your "point".


Come back when you realize I never said nor implied what you accused me of.... Yeaaa. go do that.. Learn to read.


How about you don't come back at all.
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Almalieque wrote:
Guenny wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
Guenny wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
In the womb, the woman doesn't have to do anything but live and be healthy for the "cells/child" to grow.


Oh lord. Yeah, women just get pregnant and incubate. Nothing inside our outside of the woman's control affects the growth of the fetus: it just grows quietly inside the woman and it's hardly noticeable!

Alma, you can't make these claims if you've never seen a real ******. Just stop.


Don't project your stupidity unto me. If you're incapable of grasping the point at hand, that is a personal problem... If you need clarification, just ask.


Come back when you learn a little about basic biology and then try to make your "point".


Come back when you realize I never said nor implied what you accused me of.... Yeaaa. go do that.. Learn to read.


How about you don't come back at all.


And miss out on all of this fun!! Ha!
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Allow me to point out that a zygote is not a living human or even a sentient form of life.


BUT IT HAZ CELLS AND DNA like cancer and toenails and hair

#748 May 08 2011 at 11:00 AM Rating: Good
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Abortion can win the moral argument. Some lives are not worth living. Whether you believe this to be untrue because you've had some unspeakable trauma or--more likely based on what you're typing--you've just kind of had the easy way through your whole life, it doesn't make it untrue. Can you honestly say that you'd want to live a life of poverty and need just because you can? Or be sent through the horrors of our adoption system? Yes, it works for some, but not for all.. Especially those with crippling diseases or defects. Imagine a teenage girl who has her birth control fail, or a condom break, or both. Can you honestly say that she deserves to give up her future for that? It's not our side of the fence that's heartless.

"They're not pro-life, they're anti-woman."


You obviously haven't been paying attention AT ALL. So when you go back read what has been discussed, then you can come back to me...
I have been paying attention, you ****. The point is, these are moral arguments on which abortion can prevail. Since you explicitly said abortion can't win the moral argument, you're stuck here yet again either admitting you're wrong or trying to cover up your miserable reading comprehension.
#749Almalieque, Posted: May 08 2011 at 11:55 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If you were paying attention, you would have realized that no one was arguing against most of the stuff you mentioned. In any case, you are clearly in denial if you believe for a SECOND that abortion would win in a MORAL argument. You're better off arguing "women's rights" and "not being sentient", but only because you're probably too dense to understand, I'll break it down in a way that even you can understand...
#750 May 08 2011 at 12:45 PM Rating: Good
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Keep trying, guys. I think he's starting to get receptive to your ideas!
#751Almalieque, Posted: May 08 2011 at 12:51 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Keep hope alive!
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