(May 12, 2010 at 11:04 am)Saerules Wrote: I'm using "condone" with the understanding that it is "accept and allow things that you consider 'wrong' to continue". By that definition, it is necessarily condoning.
Condone: to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condone
I don't think it's acceptable, but I also don't think that my perception of acceptable acts have to prohibit others from doing such a thing. necessarily making something illegal and demonizing it won't make the problem go away, but making it an option will allow people to make more informed decisions instead of hasty ones.
Bottom line: I don't like abortion. I wouldn't choose it for my partner, nor would I likely support it in most circumstances.
However, I don't think it's the government's job to say what a woman can and can't do with her own body. That's all.
(May 12, 2010 at 11:04 am)Saerules Wrote: I don't thin it's cutting it thin at all... if I let the parasite grow for almost a year, it will be a hungrier, noisier, uglier, messier parasite. Then after a good number of years, it might begin to be less parasitic, until it possibly becomes a thing off of which a parasite might feed. If I let my hair grow for almost a year, it might be able to bend into a different hairdo than the one I wear currently... and will also probably be prettier. A few minute long haircut can ruin all of those years of wonderful growing in a few snips! If anything... it is the haircut that should be considered worse than abortion... not the other way around
I'm guessing you don't have any kids then.
