Abortion not allowed

[Esquilax]

I have I have said I believe that everyone deserves a fair and equal chance, I have said I believe abortion is murder as you are preventing someone from living. How are these not arguements. I have said at 24 weeks a baby can survive birth.

Now that the drama-llama has come and gone (all the fun stuff happens when I'm asleep, apparently ) this is something I'd like to address.

Do you understand what an argument is, Carm? Here's the second definition of the word:

"a reason or set of reasons given in support of an idea, action or theory."

What you've given us so far hasn't been an argument, it's been a position. You've told us what you believe, when we're all asking you for why you believe it, and more importantly, whether you can support that belief with evidence and consistent definitions. So far, you've been content to simply repeat your beliefs, over and over, as though the simple fact that you have those beliefs is justification for both holding them, and enforcing them on everyone else.

It's not.

To be blunt, nobody cares that you believe. What matters is whether you can convincingly argue in support of your position, whether you can present evidence that shows that your position is correct and morally tenable.

What you're doing is shouting "it's murder!" every time someone tries to respond to you. Would you find it convincing if we only saw fit to respond to you with "nuh uh!"?

If not, why should we find it convincing when you do the same to us?