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The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostHippocratic
Abortion vs. other healthcare sectors.
I have no idea which statement you were disagreeing with.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI was just testing you.
What other sectors of healthcare begin with the intent of destroying human life?
Taken from the other perspective, if the belief is that this is not a human life, then abortion is a subset of "woman's healthcare" which is a subset of "healthcare." All sectors of the healthcare industry want to be profitable - or want to have their cost covered by other sectors (e.g., emergency rooms). Honors for providing an increased level of service/care is not "nefarious," it's just what every sector does (i.e., more patients means more services - awards are given for in increase in visits, etc.).
This is what I mean by "ending the war." The people I know who are pro-choice and work in the woman's health industry are not evil, baby-killing, nazi-like, atrocity mongers. They are not in the employ of "Big Adoption" out to kill as many children as it can. They disagree with you about whether or not a fetus is an independent human life. They disagree with you about the priority of the rights of the fetus/baby over the rights of the woman. They disagree with you that 9 months of pregnancy is "an inconvenience."
They disagree. And you disagree. So instead of focusing on what we disagree about - why not find what we agree on and build on it?
Or you can just continue to rail and disparage...
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostIt's not unusual that you are confused.
But I will ask one. You made reference in previous posts to my delighting in the war (which I don't). You seemed offended that I was suggesting you are part of the problem (which I believe you are). So if my message is "continuing an endless war will only ensure more infant deaths, and anyone perpetuating the war is part of the problem - not part of the solution," how would you suggest I articulate that in a way that would not cause offense or trigger a reaction? I'd be curious to know how you would have preferred to hear that message. Or would you simply rather not hear it?The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by QuantaFille View PostThe billing departments. But that's an entirely different topic.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostPregnancy isn't a disease.
(This is what I meant in my other post about "really bad arguments." You tend to respond to things I never said. Then, when I explain why what you have responded to is not based on anything I said, meant, or think, you spend pages telling me that I actually did say/think/mean that. If you are true to form - I'll be told now how I actually meant/think/implied pregnancy is a disease.)Last edited by carpedm9587; 05-08-2019, 12:56 PM.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostI don't believe I said it was...
(This is what I meant in my other post about "really bad arguments." You tend to respond to things I never said. Then, when I explain why what you have responded to is not based on anything I said, meant, or think, you spend pages telling me that I actually did say/think/mean that. If you are true to form - I'll be told now how I actually meant/think/implied pregnancy is a disease.)
You seem to think abortion is a cure to the disease of pregnancy so it is "healthcare" - it is not. It is terminating a perfectly normal biological function, the growing of a new life. That isn't healthcare, that is butchery. The only time it could be considered healthcare is if the mother's life is in danger. Then it is caring for her health.
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Originally posted by QuantaFille View PostThe billing departments. But that's an entirely different topic.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostYou seem to think abortion is a cure to the disease of pregnancy so it is "healthcare" - it is not. It is terminating a perfectly normal biological function, the growing of a new life. That isn't healthcare, that is butchery. The only time it could be considered healthcare is if the mother's life is in danger. Then it is caring for her health.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostLike I said, your language is colored by your "should not exist" perspective. We tend to use "Big X" in reference to industries for which there is documented evidence of their trying to deceive the public into continuing to use services that are bad for them. Usually, they are entire industries (e.g., Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, Big Sugar, etc.). You seem to want to carve out one sector of a larger industry (healthcare) and give it the same treatment, presumably because you don't want it to exist.
Taken from the other perspective, if the belief is that this is not a human life, then abortion is a subset of "woman's healthcare" which is a subset of "healthcare."
All sectors of the healthcare industry want to be profitable - or want to have their cost covered by other sectors (e.g., emergency rooms). Honors for providing an increased level of service/care is not "nefarious," it's just what every sector does (i.e., more patients means more services - awards are given for in increase in visits, etc.).
This is what I mean by "ending the war." The people I know who are pro-choice and work in the woman's health industry are not evil, baby-killing, nazi-like, atrocity mongers.
2) If you are truly interested in "ending the war", you wouldn't be so deceptive as to set up this jackass "evil, baby-killing, nazi-like, atrocity mongers" crap. You manufacture that so you can pretend to argue against it.
They are not in the employ of "Big Adoption" out to kill as many children as it can.
They disagree with you about whether or not a fetus is an independent human life. They disagree with you about the priority of the rights of the fetus/baby over the rights of the woman. They disagree with you that 9 months of pregnancy is "an inconvenience."
They disagree. And you disagree. So instead of focusing on what we disagree about - why not find what we agree on and build on it?
Or you can just continue to rail and disparage...
And you still have not answered the question.
But I will ask one. You made reference in previous posts to my delighting in the war (which I don't).
You seemed offended that I was suggesting you are part of the problem (which I believe you are).
So if my message is "continuing an endless war will only ensure more infant deaths, and anyone perpetuating the war is part of the problem - not part of the solution," how would you suggest I articulate that in a way that would not cause offense or trigger a reaction? I'd be curious to know how you would have preferred to hear that message. Or would you simply rather not hear it?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostI don't believe I said it was...
(This is what I meant in my other post about "really bad arguments." You tend to respond to things I never said. Then, when I explain why what you have responded to is not based on anything I said, meant, or think, you spend pages telling me that I actually did say/think/mean that. If you are true to form - I'll be told now how I actually meant/think/implied pregnancy is a disease.)
Calling abortion "healthcare" implies that it is advantageous to the health of a human, as opposed to destroying the life of one. Abortion is elective surgery with the singular goal of terminating a human life -- with the exception, of course, when it is actually necessary to save the life of the mother.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYou left out Big Oil.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostScience, my friend. Don't be a denier!
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostA) The Abortion industry is not "woman's health industry"
2) If you are truly interested in "ending the war", you wouldn't be so deceptive as to set up this jackass "evil, baby-killing, nazi-like, atrocity mongers" crap. You manufacture that so you can pretend to argue against it.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostUm..... "Big Adoption" would be a great alternative to "Big Abortion".
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostIt's not the workers in the Abortion Industry I fault - it's the drivers of the Abortion Industry. MANY people who have worked in the Abortion Industry wake up to realize they've been misled.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostPerhaps the question got lost in your verbosity!
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostSorry, but I don't buy it.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostOffended? I think you're wrong, but that's your privilege.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI believe in free speech. I think you're nutty to call a human life "a blob of tissue", but I think that reveals your own prejudice.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostAnd I think that it's just birdbrained asinine to claim (paraphrasing) that those of us who are arguing for pro-life are guilty of the deaths of more children - or however you worded that. I think that was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen you type.
And I see you doing exactly that.
I'm sure it's not a message you want/like to hear. It is what I firmly believe. If you are not actively looking for and promoting an end to the hostilities and an attempt to find solutions that respect the rights of BOTH individuals - woman and child - then you are part of the problem.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostI did! :gasp:
I believe it is a human life...remember?
CP - look through this thread and all of the threads about abortion, and see how many you find that do not paint (at some point) the pro-choice advocate as "evil" or do not use the words "murder" or "kill babies." Look for how many do not, at some point, remind us that "that's what the nazi's said." If you don't think these are the messages being regularly flung out by the pro-life contingent, then I respectfully suggest you are not listening to your peers, or reading the literature, or listening to the speakers.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYou tend to say things that can easily be construed as something you apparently didn't intend to say.
Second - even if what you just said WERE true - it's not the misconstruing that is a problem - it's the insistence, after I respond and clarify - that what I actually think is whatever the person first interpreted. Sparko will misunderstand/misconstrue something I wrote and then cling to his interpretation even when I provide clarification, insisting that what I meant was not what I am explaining - but what he originally thought.
At that point, it's no longer misconstruing - it's either intentional misrepresentation and/or a need to put up strawmen because he doesn't have an argument to what I actually said. Several other here have that habit. The site seems to revel in this dynamic. I've wasted more time trying to clarify, and I've simply learned not to waste the time. I've come to believe he's not interested in actual discussion/debate - he just hates me and wants to do anything/everything to mock and tear me down.
His choice - but not worth my time.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostCalling abortion "healthcare" implies that it is advantageous to the health of a human, as opposed to destroying the life of one. Abortion is elective surgery with the singular goal of terminating a human life -- with the exception, of course, when it is actually necessary to save the life of the mother.
When you decide it is an individuated human person (which is as much a philosophical issue as a scientific one), then suddenly it all looks awful and what you are saying follows naturally.
It is the inability/unwillingness of either side to see the argument as framed from the opposite side that has resulted in the polarized/intransigent situation we find today and have had now for 50+ years.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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