RE: J.J. Thompson's Violinist Thought Experiment Concerning Abortion
December 29, 2021 at 3:34 pm
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2021 at 3:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That's the disconnect - I think. Men and women both have the first hand perspective, and in equal measure, to any argument for or against abortion.
Because it's not about being pregant, or about babbies, or about personal choices related to being pregnant with babby, or whether you swing richard or haul vaj.... but what we're okay with doing to pregnant people. Hell, with respect to the state of affairs between a pregnant couple and what positions they occupy, we're only doing it half "right"...now, anyway. We're no longer okay with strapping women to gurneys but we are okay with strapping men to children. For good reason, from the pov of the state and the pov of the child - but that argument is equivalent to any good reason argument to strap the women to the children, too.
In that, I think we make it easy for malcontents on either side to object - essentially perpetuating the disagreement.
Because it's not about being pregant, or about babbies, or about personal choices related to being pregnant with babby, or whether you swing richard or haul vaj.... but what we're okay with doing to pregnant people. Hell, with respect to the state of affairs between a pregnant couple and what positions they occupy, we're only doing it half "right"...now, anyway. We're no longer okay with strapping women to gurneys but we are okay with strapping men to children. For good reason, from the pov of the state and the pov of the child - but that argument is equivalent to any good reason argument to strap the women to the children, too.
In that, I think we make it easy for malcontents on either side to object - essentially perpetuating the disagreement.
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