Very good point Leo.
I also would have checked a "both" box, because I see both sides of the debate. I slightly favour pro-choice, based on arguments I have heard, but I respect peoples right to hold their own opinion. I see it as none of my business. When I was more vocal and mean-spirited I would say "how many pregnant 16-year olds are protesting abortion clinics?". But I understand why the pro-lifers are offended, and some of the drawbacks of a pro-abortion society.
I always loved the spin in this one too. Neither group is anti-anything. It is pro-life (geez, how can I be against life) and pro-choice (how can I disagree with that). I like to think of them as anti-life and anti-choice, to take the gleam off. It is a beautiful piece of manipulative bullshit to name the sides of that argument as such, isn't it?
The first rule is not to tell other poeple what to do though... so...
Thanks,
-Pip
I also would have checked a "both" box, because I see both sides of the debate. I slightly favour pro-choice, based on arguments I have heard, but I respect peoples right to hold their own opinion. I see it as none of my business. When I was more vocal and mean-spirited I would say "how many pregnant 16-year olds are protesting abortion clinics?". But I understand why the pro-lifers are offended, and some of the drawbacks of a pro-abortion society.
I always loved the spin in this one too. Neither group is anti-anything. It is pro-life (geez, how can I be against life) and pro-choice (how can I disagree with that). I like to think of them as anti-life and anti-choice, to take the gleam off. It is a beautiful piece of manipulative bullshit to name the sides of that argument as such, isn't it?
The first rule is not to tell other poeple what to do though... so...
Thanks,
-Pip
