RE: Oh, Catholics, you delightfully hypocritical fucks.
February 9, 2013 at 7:19 pm
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2013 at 7:21 pm by Gabriel Syme.)
Hi Napoleon,
Well the threat title labels Catholics as 'delightfully hypocritical fucks' on the alleged grounds they changed their opinion to win a lawsuit.
That would certainly seem like implying different events to me, (!), not least because they didn't change their opinion, rather their argument is based on how the law itself defines unborn children.
It is the legal definition which counts in court-cases, not Catholic doctrine.
The hospital isn't actually "doing" anything, least of all being hypocritical.
If the law states that an unborn child is not a person, then it cannot issue a credible judgement on grounds that it is a person.
It has to be consistent.
Hey - its no problem at all, I thought it was a fair point, not pedantic.
No worries!
(February 9, 2013 at 6:40 pm)Napoléon Wrote:(February 9, 2013 at 6:30 pm)Gabriel Syme Wrote: It is not changing its own position, it is asking the court to apply its law consistently - which is only fair.
No one to my knowledge implied otherwise.
Well the threat title labels Catholics as 'delightfully hypocritical fucks' on the alleged grounds they changed their opinion to win a lawsuit.
That would certainly seem like implying different events to me, (!), not least because they didn't change their opinion, rather their argument is based on how the law itself defines unborn children.
It is the legal definition which counts in court-cases, not Catholic doctrine.
(February 9, 2013 at 6:40 pm)Napoléon Wrote: It is however still hypocritical of them to do this.
The hospital isn't actually "doing" anything, least of all being hypocritical.
If the law states that an unborn child is not a person, then it cannot issue a credible judgement on grounds that it is a person.
It has to be consistent.
(February 9, 2013 at 7:17 pm)Stimbo Wrote: That's okay, we're here to learn from each other if nothing else. If I come across as a little pedantic at times, it's only because I have a passion for language and so I can tend to be a little protective towards it. You'll get used to me I'm sure!
Hey - its no problem at all, I thought it was a fair point, not pedantic.
No worries!
