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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
Thats the problem with you, all you see is black and white, when the world is actually all sorts of colors, that is why you dont understand.

luckily there are enough people who can see that there are various grey areas that allow the population a way to prevent the dumpster babys, the incest children, and all the young mothers from being on welfare so they can hopefully learn from thier mistake and later in life when they are more mature and competant have a baby and also provide it a halfway decent life.

Im sorry, but you Pro-lifer extremists are wrong, you can sit and be crybabys(LOL) all you want but there are enough people who live in the real world instead of a fantasy land where everything should be all good and swell.

There is nothing wrong with being pro-life, but hell, in order for pro-life to really work there cannot be all these different situations.

unfortunatly the world is gritty enough and filled with enough bad people and bad situations where flexability is not only needed but required.

Let me throw out a little color since i have seen so many Pro-lifers put out scenarios.
Ok greg You get married, your wife gets pregnant, she gets in a wreck, is in a an induced coma because of trama she has recieved, they can save her or the baby, The decision is yours. Seeing on how you have the decision, if you chose to keep the baby would it be murdering your wife? or if you keep your wife would you be murdering your baby? If you dont make a decision they BOTH die

you dont have to answer that. But THAT is life. ****ed up places, ****ed up situations, ****ed up circumstances. You can NOT neatly pile everything into 2 different groups, im sorry, if you believe you can yer in a goddamn fantasy land.
ya see though

Its not my place to say who gets to live who doesn't...

A car accident and abortion are quite different...

Instead of killing the baby... why not leave it at the hospital so it can live and you can continue on with life?

And I do put everything in 2 groups...

Right and Wrong
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If killing the unborn baby is where the line is... then why not move the line else where...
how bout a year old and you want to kill it then OK?
Or the 5 year old...
Why I suppose a 20 year old is fair game...

Just because the baby hasn't pop'd out yet doesn't make it ok to kill it...

this is where the line should be... Killing is wrong... Plain and simple... and you "pro-choicers" have trouble understanding that...
 
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Old 10-27-2006, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
Ya know this is what REALLY blows my mind.

There are varying degrees of pro-lifers out there, but you hardcore pro-lifers amaze me.

You dont care if it ruins the mothers life, if it scars her for life to have the baby only to give it up for adoption.

You dont care if it kills the mother.

You dont care if the baby ends up dead in a dumpster

You dont care if 25% of 16 year old girls have a kid, cant afford college and end up being poor because they were never able to make something of themselves and thier babys grow up in crappy areas and become criminals. While if they are allowed the option for abortion tey could have had a baby later in life and given it all the advantages the baby deserves.

You dont care that a girl gets pregnant and puts it up for adoption, only to find out 10 years down the road that the birth at a young age left her barren. And now she can never have a baby.

You dont care that people pop kids out as fast as they take a **** so they can collect more on wellfare.

Your dont care that a family will have to deal with the shame of a child born out of incest because of a sick and twisted rape. And be reminded of it Day after Day after Day as they have to take care of this kid.

You dont care that a girl might go crazy and end up killing herself because every time she sees her baby she sees her rapists likeness.

All you care about is black and white.

Personally i really dont haave a lot of respect for the entire Moral Highhorse of extreme Pro-Lifers.


What is STAGGERING is how may Pro-Lifers support the War in Iraq, the Killing of terrorists, and the death penalty.

The only difference between Modern men, and men 100,000 years ago when it comes to abortion is we terminaate the pregnancy, while they used to smother the infant.

This isnt new.

it sucks, but hey, sometimes people are better off.
life sucks... don't it?
 
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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
Killing is wrogn. Plain and simple.
Somebody has a knife, they want to stab you. You have a gun.

you gonna feel bad about shooting him?

So, if you dont make a decision, you will allow both the wife and the kid to die?

i doubt it.

Yer gonna feel good about shooting the person.

Yer gonna make a decision at the hospital, i dont care how much you deny it.


2 wrongs dont make a right.

Yes. it is wrong to expect a 16 year old girl to have a baby
It is wrong to force somebody to have a baby out of incest
it is wrong to to force somebody to have a baby out of rape.

once again, majority of america has spoken on this. and have made thier choice

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If killing the unborn baby is where the line is... then why not move the line else where...
how bout a year old and you want to kill it then OK?
Or the 5 year old...
Why I suppose a 20 year old is fair game...?
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Wow! Greg! so quick to jump to the drastic ALL OR NONE. Dont you have any real arguement left in you or are you just gonna throw everything to extremes?
Cause that was a pretty pathetic responce!


(you know i dont mean any of this personaly greg, get me in a debate like this and i really get into it. So if anything comes across as insulting take it with a grain of salt)
self defense is a bit different there pal... that baby doesnt have a knife to its mothers throat...

All you seem to do is throw out all kinds of scenarios...

he arguement is abortion, not self defense, and not my future wife getting into a car accident...

Thats what liberals love to do... run circles around stuff and never give a straight answer or reason with any logic...

Killing an unborn baby... Is it ok?

Not a 16 year old was raped is it ok to kill her baby?
Not some **** ****ed eight guy and was impregnated and has ruined her life can she kill her baby?

Sure it sucks... stick it out 9 months and then its done with...

Not, well she is going to be scarred for life from giving birth...

Uh, hello genious, birth is nothing compared to the hurt of rape... and having sex in hikeschool is not grounds for an abortion...

Dont drag stupid scenarios into the debate... The arguement is abortion...

Cause the fact is that when someone has an abortion they are not just shitting out a flap of dead skin... They are purposely killing a living human...
 
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Old 10-27-2006, 05:36 PM
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lol... im far from liberal, im all about guns and human rights and crap. Just cause im pro choice dont lump me in with a certain political belief or group, i agree and disagree with both liverals and conservatives.

Didnt say you were liberal...

Whats wrong with a scenario? They are realiztic situations that must be taken into account.
God heaven forbid everything not be cut and dry! Oh no! There actually might be CIRCUMSTANCES that you diddnt forsee?


the fact is this, you dont care about anything but one principle, NO ABORTION, you dont want to hear scenarios because there are many times where a baby aint the best idea and termination of the pregnancy is the best option. For the mother, or for the family as a whole.

If you dont like hearing the countless scenarios that could come up, well, hell, maybe you oughtta think a little bit about being so cast-iron black and white.

This blind demand that abortion in all cases must be stopped is sheer ignorance, you dont even WANT to know of possible scenarios where it is a good idea.

Im not dancing around the issue, im bringing up relavant situations where the extreme pro-life situation can cause a lot more harm than good. Dont get mad at me because i bring up situations that you dont like, unfortunatly that is life, full of crappy situations.


Oh yeah, and of course RAPE is a violent and horrible thing that could permamantly scar the mother. So bad in fact that why NOT make her carry her attackers child? lol..... why not make it worse? LOL! Things aint bad enough are they?
Lets just bring her misery out 9 months with a painful labor that might result in her being barren or possible dead, then stick her with a child, or see how many people are eager to adopt an incestial rape baby.


Why is it a "rape" baby? What other classifications of babies are there? Is the "rape" baby going to have 2 heads? Doubt it... Will this "rape" baby be deseased? Well thats a possibilty for all babys. Is this "rape" baby a living human? I'll let you answer that one... As far as I am concerned a life is a life.

without examining each situation as its own individual issue then no progress can ever be made, you lump everything together and dont care about the consequences either way.

i dont see how that is constructive, i dont see how that helps the situation, i dont see how that does anything but cast blind blame and make things worse.

Here is the great thing, most people agree that you can NOT lump everything into a right or wrong situation, there are always the times where one must choose between the 2 evils. Right and Wrong is not absolute. Sometimes there is NO "Right" just "which wrong do i choose" and that is a personaly choice, not one for you to make for somebody else.

Its a good thing most other people see that.

And it is a shame there are so many people who refuse to delve any deeper into the issue and just take an ignorant one sided stand against something without exploring the other end of the spectrum, and will gladly blindly tell other people how they should handle thier problems without ever caring enough to look at the situation as a whole.

Do i think abortion is a good thing? No... nasty business if you ask me. Bu sometimes it is not only warranted, but needed.

And your big arguement is the before and after of the child birth...

Well the after is not a problem...

The mother can LEAVE THE BABY AT THE HOSPITAL.

And there is nothing anyone can do to go back and make the past go away. Can't go back and change whatever happened that night the mother was impregnated... That doesn't justify murder...

And I'll talk about one of your scenarios... there are times where either the mother or child will die... Well Theres not much you can do for a premature baby... That may be a situation that would justify an abortion... But the majority of abortions are made because the mother doesnt want a child.

Sometimes an abortion is necessary... But in most cases it isn't necessary... its wanted...

If the only reason for an abortion is that the mother doesnt want the child... thats ****ed up... I dont care why the mother doesn't want the baby... She doesn't have the right to kill it.

A baby is not a possession. Its not a cell a pair of socks that you can just throw away if you dont want them...

What is a baby? Chris tell me what a baby is. Do you think that killing a baby is OK? Dont say well its ok to kill a baby if this or that... Is it OK to kill a baby?
 
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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
I consider it a baby when it survive by itself out of the womb with a high probably success. Untill then i personally consider it simply a pregnancy, a process, which if allowed to continue has a very good chance of creating a baby.

this is why we disagree...

I didnt even read the rest of your post... lol...

I feel that if its alive... and in nine months the mother will give birth... that it is alive... its a living human... not a simple process...

shoot... washing my dog is a process...

And I wouldn't compare a life to washing my dog...
 
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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
read up on what i asked about the morning after pill.... im curious to your take on that
any thing after conception is life....

morning after pill is a form of abortion... not birth control...

and no I dont think that is right neither...

As far as Im concerned... If you take a life, its murder... regardless of age
 
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A lot of folks feel this way....It is not a baby until it can survive outside the womb....but .....

So, your wife is pregnant and she goes into labor at 27 weeks. The "fetus" as you would call it, can't survive and needs to be in an incubator for 12 weeks. Then, after comming out of the incubator, still struggles. Eventually, after 3 months, the little baby is now ready to go home. By your definition, the "fetus" would still be a "fetus" until it could go home.

I would dare you to tell your wife who just gave birth to this brave little thing that she just gave birth to a fetus. I bet you would have no teeth left.

BTW, even healthy babies can not survive on their own either. Just like when they are in the womb, they need nurishment, warmth, liquids, etc....all the same things they need in a womb.
 
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Originally Posted by Rabbit
I agree 100% any kind of doctor that could even preform that has no respect for me.


I believe there only limited reasons abortion should be even considered.

1. If the mother was raped, there is a very slim chance that the mother could raise the child knowing how it was conceived.

2. If the birth of the baby will without a doubt be life threatening to the mother or child.

Just because a girl is "young" is no excuse to have one, she was old enough to spread her legs, she's old enough to take responsibility for the action.

When me and my wife first got pregnant (I was 19 she was 18) we could have easily decided to have an abortion, hell she wasn't working, and I was only part time. I went full time at $8 an hour, and we had to live with my dad for about a year. BUT, we took responsibility for our actions and I have not one single regret about it!!!!

You, my friend, are a real man!
 
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For every women who is raped that has an abortion, I bet there are a 10,000 abortions done for simple birth control. Stop using the rape argument. It is simply stupid and does not hold-up to scrutiny.

It is no different then saying that people should stop driving because someone got killed by a car.

Abortion is ONLY clinically necessary in cases where the mother's life is in serious risk of death if the baby has to be carried to term. That is it PERIOD. For those of you that consider abortion healthcare, consider that as well as the only time it should be healthcare is when the mother is in big trouble.

Having an abortion because you got pregnant at an inconvenient time in your life, too bad. Grow up and take responsibility.
 
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You have a right to your own, wrong opinions.

Funny, the same things you said about me, I could say about you....but I don't. This is what people eventually do when they can't win an argument. Stick to the argument instead os just saying that I amk wrong.

Some things are black and white. Is that soo bad?

I think ending the life of a fetus is murder. If my wife were to get knock-up by some other guy, I would use every legal amount of force I could muster to make her keep the baby, if she was not intending to do so. If she were raped, I would do the same...UNLESS the baby was putting her life in dire straits.

So, when I state my opinions, know that I stand behind them. Hopefully, you can respect that.

BTW, I am not offended....I don't offend easily and I am not a religious zealot. My best friend has a very different life-style then do I. I have known him for 25 years. I don't agree with his life-style, but he has been a great friend for many years. My kids even call him "uncle". We have had geat debates for years and they never have gotten in the way of being respectful of eachother.

I would hope that people here can be the sam eway.
 
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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
LMAO!

Wow, if yer going to get immature and start telling people to grow up for disagreeing with you that is your perrogative.

I dont have to agree with you and i wont agree with you, i think your point of view is very stubborn and i think your lack of interest in looking any further to the subject is disappointing and promotes ignorance.

Welp, when it came to the polls and voting, more people disagreed with you than agreed with you. Personally, i think that is a good thing.

Go ahead and lump everything into black&white, right&wrong. Thats all you buddy, but that doesent make you right. Take a whiff of the coffee, things are in various shades of grey. Very Very seldom are they "black and white" no matter how much you want them to be.


Well, lemme say this one more time, I DONT AGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU HAVE SAID, i think your intolerance and lack of ability to rationally look at things by a case by case basis is rediculous.

if that offends you, that is YOUR problem, NOT mine.

I can have my own opinion on this, my own feelings, and my own ideas, weather you like it or not.
Well... like i said...

It is Right vs Wrong...

When you get shades of "gray", then things start to change... well if this then that and if that then this...

No... its wrong, plain and simple...

I have to agree with MTs#1... not saying that you are a terrible person for feeling different... or anything along those lines...

Heres an analogy...

A man kills his neighbor... he shoots him in the chest...

He says, "welp, my neighbor was going to do something that would embarrass my family" Is it not murder anymore?

Or

He says, "welp, my neighbor raped my wife" Is it not murder anymore?

Or

He says, "welp, my neighbor was going to tell the school that my daughter did something bad and it would have ruined the rest of her life" Is it not murder anymore?

If its murder to kill his neighbor for the same reasons that are used for unborn babies... then why isn't abortion murder?
 
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When Greg first started this post, my first reaction was to close it. As fun as these discussions are, this is a Mustang site and I don't believe that they add value to the mission of the site.

I appreciate that there have been many different opions stated here, and, for the most part, people have remained civil. I don't think that anyone has been personally attacked in any way....their opinions have....their arguments have....but the individuals have not.

Furthermore, I would ask that NO MEMBER of this site take out their feelings "personally" to any member on this site in any way in any other thread. We are here, first and foremost, Mustang enthusisits to help and aide eachother. So, while many have had a disagreement about issues in this thread, I would expect the same people to help eachother in other posts in a manner to which this discussion never has happened.

So, please, keep this "fight" to this thread and leave it here...where it belongs.

Thank you for your input.
 
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Originally Posted by WaterDR
When Greg first started this post, my first reaction was to close it. As fun as these discussions are, this is a Mustang site and I don't believe that they add value to the mission of the site.

I appreciate that there have been many different opions stated here, and, for the most part, people have remained civil. I don't think that anyone has been personally attacked in any way....their opinions have....their arguments have....but the individuals have not.

Furthermore, I would ask that NO MEMBER of this site take out their feelings "personally" to any member on this site in any way in any other thread. We are here, first and foremost, Mustang enthusisits to help and aide eachother. So, while many have had a disagreement about issues in this thread, I would expect the same people to help eachother in other posts in a manner to which this discussion never has happened.

So, please, keep this "fight" to this thread and leave it here...where it belongs.

Thank you for your input.
Don't close it... I think its a good arguement... for the most part, mostly senior members have posted... and they all know how stuff goes on round here...

lol...

Chris just has a sandy vagina... lol
 
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lol.... naa... i just dont much appreciate being told to grow up and stuff like that cause i dont agree with somone. but im gonna leave it at that cause i like Dr. Water and we have opposing beliefs and thats cool. I like the guy, I think it is time i chilled out on thie thread, i said my parts and all so... ya'll know how i feel... its just debate.

and yer a jerkface.

lol
screw you red liver lips... go to your minivan forums where ya belong... lol

I swear this is the only forum on the WWW where **** like this happens... thats why I post here... lol
 
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BTW, even healthy babies can not survive on their own either. Just like when they are in the womb, they need nurishment, warmth, liquids, etc....all the same things they need in a womb.
You are reaching and nitpickingon with that one....

I am glad that Jack took some of the heat for a while. I agreed with most of what he said. But hit the nail on the head by reiterating what I had said several posts back about the high and mighty attitudes and such. WaterDR saying that he (Jack) is entitled to his own WRONG OPINIONS! HA! How F'd up is that! How can you have a debate when it comes to that. There is nobody that is right or wrong in any debate. To have a debate, there has to be two sides of the argument and evidence to back it up. Whether or not you agree with the evidence for both sides of this argument, it is there. We can't debate facts, and there aren't 2 sides. They are what they are. The arguments around abortion come back to ethical decisions and religious beliefs, which are far from factual.

The whole scenario about the "premy" baby having to be hooked up to machines to survive and all that made me start thinking about the whole Terri Schiavo situation. So do you pro-lifers feel like she should have been left to rot in that hospital bed or at home with the family or whatever, hooked up to a machine, never to function in anyway like a human being ever again just to save a life? I mean, come on, what good does having a person like that on the earth do for society?

And as far as Greg avoiding answering the scenario Jack laid out about deciding between the mother or the baby shows that Jack hit on a nerve that made Greg think. Whether or not you want to dance around it, Greg, you could be forced to make that decision. The mother could not speak for herself and you would be the one that would have to make a decision. I for one would pick the mother, my wife, in a heartbeat. I know the mother, have a relationship, etc, and we would likely still have the opportunity to try and have another child. Yeah, I could remarry and find another "wife," but it just wouldn't feel right to me. That's my personal opinion on it. If my (future) wife died, I am not completely convinced that I would remarry. Now, if adultery were involved or something like that and we split, that is a totally different scenario, but anyway....

Bottomline is, I think that the thread is done, as it does seem to be just us 4 making the major contributions and I think we have touched on just about everything there is to touch on. Plus, I am not going to debate with people who may say that I am entitled to my opinion and then tell me my opinion is wrong. If I say that your opinion is wrong, where are we? No better off then we were to start with. It is childish and uncalled for.

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Here's my stance on abortion, Having paid for one to a girl I knew in the early 80's, And because I wouldn't have been able to support a child that wouldn't have had a chance at a normal family life. I leave the choice up to the woman who has to bear the child. She should have that choice. No man alive can rule if a woman must certainly have this baby or not. Man does not have to bear that child. Woman does. It's her decision. Nuff said,,
 


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