RE: I am a pro-life atheist
February 24, 2012 at 1:25 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2012 at 1:26 pm by NoMoreFaith.)
If we are quite finished playing word games, you may note that the only definition that matters is Human Being.
But if we want to play the game, I should point out, that both Tiberius and myself are in the UK and it is defined thusly in English Law.
Murder is when a man of sound memory and of the age of discretion, unlawfully killeth within any county of the realm any reasonable creature in rerum natura under the King's peace, with malice aforthought, either expressed by the party or implied by law, so as the party wounded, or hurt, etc. die of the wound or hurt, etc. within a year and a day of the same.
Is a Zygote a reasonable creature. No. It is incapable of reason.
I am not offering this as a counter argument, but rather to highlight the pointlessness of comparing different variations of the theme Murder.
We live in lots of different countries and the definition varies, so the only issue to hand is "Is Abortion a morally permissible act".
That is the only topic up for debate, everything else is word games, which from what I can tell, are being used in certain instances to obfuscate the lack of an actual argument.
But if we want to play the game, I should point out, that both Tiberius and myself are in the UK and it is defined thusly in English Law.
Murder is when a man of sound memory and of the age of discretion, unlawfully killeth within any county of the realm any reasonable creature in rerum natura under the King's peace, with malice aforthought, either expressed by the party or implied by law, so as the party wounded, or hurt, etc. die of the wound or hurt, etc. within a year and a day of the same.
Is a Zygote a reasonable creature. No. It is incapable of reason.
I am not offering this as a counter argument, but rather to highlight the pointlessness of comparing different variations of the theme Murder.
We live in lots of different countries and the definition varies, so the only issue to hand is "Is Abortion a morally permissible act".
That is the only topic up for debate, everything else is word games, which from what I can tell, are being used in certain instances to obfuscate the lack of an actual argument.
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If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
