I have actually(unlike pocaracas :p) read all 10 pages. *whew* that was a lot. I have decided personally, I am against the death penalty. Just because I can imagine being framed or just being innocent for a specific crime, and then being sentenced to death. It would suck major balls.
Abortion is a significantly more difficult topic. From what I can gather from the back and forth argument going on, catfish can't seem to comprehend what the others are trying to get across. They think(correct me if I'm wrong) that having an abortion isn't morally wrong if it is for the sole reason that the host doesn't want children. Obviously it's also ok in the case that the host could die from the pregnancy or the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest. On the other hand, when mothers choose to terminate a pregnancy because their baby is going to be a girl, it is morally wrong. This is because it promotes sexism which affects independant adult women. Though they view this as wrong, they will not press for a law against this form of abortion because it is conflicting with the independant women's freedom and autonomy. It's the same idea that Voltaire expressed when he said "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it", or something like that. I tend to agree with them.
Abortion is a significantly more difficult topic. From what I can gather from the back and forth argument going on, catfish can't seem to comprehend what the others are trying to get across. They think(correct me if I'm wrong) that having an abortion isn't morally wrong if it is for the sole reason that the host doesn't want children. Obviously it's also ok in the case that the host could die from the pregnancy or the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest. On the other hand, when mothers choose to terminate a pregnancy because their baby is going to be a girl, it is morally wrong. This is because it promotes sexism which affects independant adult women. Though they view this as wrong, they will not press for a law against this form of abortion because it is conflicting with the independant women's freedom and autonomy. It's the same idea that Voltaire expressed when he said "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it", or something like that. I tend to agree with them.
"I trust my own reason and my own capacities to think and educate myself and to reach greater levels of knowlege and status through learning and work. To me, wishing for a god is like wishing to be a slave, it is like declaring that one is too incompetent to handle one's own affairs." - the germans are coming
