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Originally Posted by IsiliRunite
In retrospect, it was a contradiction that I perceived, and not one she explicitly said herself. To be fair, "wrong. so very very wrong," in response to my statement lead me to believe the pro-choice portion of my statement was in fact the opposite of reality. I don't think anyone here would disagree with the statement that pro-lifers view the fetus as its own entity. Coincidentally, I can't conceive of a middle ground between a fetus being an extension female form or a unique being, so the "wrong. so very wrong" statement lead me to believe I picked the wrong orientation with respect to pro-choicers' views. I'm still trying to get things straight upstairs... Sorry for the miscommunication I guess.
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where you went wrong was assuming there are only two possible viewpoints: yours and the polar opposite. an arrogant assumption on your part that yours gets to be one of the two.
for many of us neither point you illustrated matches our view. but since you weren't interested in being constructive and simply asking for my view and instead forced a rather pejoratively worded perspective on me as though i originated it, i don't feel any particular need to clarify myself.
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Originally Posted by IsiliRunite
So I guess I'll have to throw out the question, "When does a fetus become a person?" "Is aborting a baby not the most un-motherish thing, biologically, that a mother can do?"
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1) i wish you'd asked that earlier when i had any interest in discussing it with you.
2) what does that have to do with anything? that's the weirdest question i've ever come across in an abortion debate.
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Originally Posted by IsiliRunite
II'm really not THAT arrogant. I'll admit that I've been more eager than others to get to the meat of what there is to discuss.
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pardon me, but all i did was get to the meat of it. the actual flesh, the real meat. all you've done is float around in happyland, postulating philosophical questions as though they have any merit in reality.