(June 16, 2022 at 7:19 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'm assuming an evolutionary motivational mechanism here-- that instincts tend toward genetic fitness. A baby's not intrinsically cute, but enough people say "Squeee" when they see a baby that it's relatively hard for baby-spiking hobbyists to get to babies.
This has its problems too, though. People who don't know how Google works think "Squeee" when they think about an embryo, even though in reality it's really not squee-worthy until about 9 months after conception.
That's why pro-lifers hate pro-choicers. Nobody wants to imagine a scalpel and a vacuum cleaner when they're halfway through a good "Squee" about an imaginary baby-that-is-not-yet.
The arguments against abortion that I've read don't mention cuteness as a factor.
To have an honest debate, it's important to be able to restate your opponent's argument in terms he would agree with.
