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Originally posted by sgtclub
I still think it is a difficult issue, but it's one that I think should be done honestly in that I think the left should realize that we are balancing the rights of 2 lives, not 1.
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Your comments about the "dishonesty" of the left are getting a little tiresome given your lack of knowledge about the issues, let alone about the left's position on the issues.
For example, you suggest that the left's opposition to the death penalty is based on a "sanctity of human life" argument. That may be true for some people, but it's hardly true for all, and your suggestion that no person of integrity can be anti-death penalty and pro-choice is absurd. My own opposition to the death penalty is based more on a recognition of the fallibility of the legal system than on anything else. I'm fairly certain that if a woman decides that she cannot handle raising a child, and therefore that she wants to get an abortion, she is unlikely to abort the wrong fetus. She is unlikely to make that decision based on the race of the fetus. She is unlikely to have been swayed by misleading arguments. All of these issues and more are present in death penalty cases, and there is a fundamental difference between having the state decide who should live and die and having an individual decide whether she can be a mother.
Your postulates above -- that the fetus is absolutely certainly a human being -- are similarly faulty. If you believe that, then surely you believe that women should be prosecuted for child endangerment if they drink while pregnant, right? Or if they work near chemicals? I mean, after all, you're not on the left so all of your positions must be completely honest and integral with each other, right?
If you want to explore your views on abortion here, fine. But enough with the sanctimonious "right is good, left is bad and dishonest" bullshit. That's beyond annoying even when it comes from someone who actually knows what he's talking about.
