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Debate the abortion issue here.

Damon

Killing one million utilitarian may bring pleasure to ten million non-utilitarians.

true, but it doesn't outweght the pain associated with those 1 million killings

Don't be trying to impose your morailty on me.

I'm not, how you inferred that is beyond any sane person's scope fo reason.

Death? So what it is meaningless.

this defeats your reward/life after death argument

One thing you're missing: Individual rights is the greater good.

when I say greater, I mean common good

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 12:28 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

Killing one million utilitarian may bring pleasure to ten million non-utilitarians.

true, but it doesn't outweght the pain associated with those 1 million killings

That is your opinion. The pleasure may outweigh the pain and you have nothing to prove otherwise.

Death? So what it is meaningless.

this defeats your reward/life after death argument

In your moral relativist world death being meaningless is a legitimate position. I was simply pointing out how absurd your views are.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:08 PM Permalink
crabgrass

One thing you're missing: Individual rights is the greater good.

exactly

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:31 PM Permalink
crabgrass

In your moral relativist world death being meaningless is a legitimate position

still waiting for any indication that your own definition of that "one true morality" isn't as relativist a view as any other...only thing is, you don't seem to be able to provide any definition of what this "one true morality" even is.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:33 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

Individual rights is the greater good.

And the individual's right not be butchered in the womb by his or hers mother is the greater good. Death over inconvenience. It should be a no brainer.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:35 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

crabs, the "one true morailty" does not need to be defined. It exists beyond your ability to understand.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:36 PM Permalink
crabgrass

And the individual's right not be butchered in the womb by his or hers mother is the greater good.

a fetus isn't an individual until it's born...a mother is.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:37 PM Permalink
crabgrass

crabs, the "one true morailty" does not need to be defined. It exists beyond your ability to understand.

it's beyond YOUR ability to understand it, which is why you keep failing to define it.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:38 PM Permalink
Damon

That is your opinion. The pleasure may outweigh the pain and you have nothing to prove otherwise.

it also depends on many other factors besides their deaths. it's a very complicated theory and I am not educated enough in its finer points to answer all available questions and hypothetical situations

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:44 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

a fetus isn't an individual until it's born...a mother is.

Yes it is. Your viewpoint shows just how morally depraved you are.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 1:50 PM Permalink
crabgrass

Yes it is. Your viewpoint shows just how morally depraved you are.

no, it's not.

it's identity is entirely with the mother.

it's not a question of morality.

it' simply not an individual until it's been BORN.

the act of birth imparts "individual" status, not the act of conception.

still waiting for any evidence that you know what that "one true morality" even is.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:02 PM Permalink
Damon

it' simply not an individual until it's been BORN.

the act of birth imparts "individual" status, not the act of conception.

exactly

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:04 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

That is all that it is.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:14 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

the act of birth imparts "individual" status, not the act of conception.

exactly

Unborn children are separate and identifiable human beings. Your denying the truth does not change that.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:16 PM Permalink
Damon

Unborn children are separate and identifiable human beings.

depending on what stage in the pregnancy

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:19 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

At any stage.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:22 PM Permalink
crabgrass

Unborn children are separate and identifiable human beings.

they aren't separate.

they belong to the mother entirely.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:25 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

they aren't separate. Yes they are. definition: to see the differences between; distinguish or discrimnate between. or to keep apart by being between. All of the things Dan pointed establish that the mother and the unborn child are seperate beings.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:32 PM Permalink
crabgrass

definition: to see the differences between; distinguish or discrimnate between. or to keep apart by being between.

so, what is between a fetus and it's mother? The thing that keeps them apart by placing something between them is called "BIRTH"

my hands and my ears are both distinguishable from my torso, the differences are obvious, and yet these things are all completely a part of me.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:38 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

so, what is between a fetus and it's mother?

Does this make it clear for you?

Amniotic Fluid: This protective liquid, consisting mostly of water, fills in the sac surrounding the fetus. Amniotic fluid is a colorless liquid that surrounds and protects the baby inside the amniotic sac within the uterus.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:46 PM Permalink
crabgrass

Amniotic Fluid: This protective liquid, consisting mostly of water, fills in the sac surrounding the fetus. Amniotic fluid is a colorless liquid that surrounds and protects the baby inside the amniotic sac within the uterus. When the amniotic sac ruptures, this may be referred to as your "water breaking."

and just who's amniotic fluid is it?

hint: rhymes with "other"

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:48 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

Since it is in the sac, which clearly seperates the mother and the child, I would say it is the baby's.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:48 PM Permalink
crabgrass

Since it is the sac with the baby I would say it is the baby's.

no, it's the mother's fluid.

it's the mother's fetus.

it's the mother's.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:49 PM Permalink
crabgrass

does the fluid separate the cord?

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:50 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

keep falling back on that lie. but it has no basis.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:51 PM Permalink
crabgrass

my eyeballs are "separated" from my eye sockets in much the same way.

they are still entirely my eyes.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:52 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

the are attached but separate, crabs. I know you can't deal with it being a morally depraved soul.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:52 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

my eyeballs are "separated" from my eye sockets in much the same way.

Are they the same eye?

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:52 PM Permalink
crabgrass

keep falling back on that lie. but it has no basis.

I haven't lied.

and you haven't shown any lack of basis in what I've said.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:53 PM Permalink
crabgrass

Are they the same eye?

I have two of them...they are both entirely mine.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:53 PM Permalink
THX 1138



true, but it doesn't outweght the pain associated with those 1 million killings

Says who? You?

You have 10,000,000 happy people versus 1,000,000 unhappy (Actually unfeeling) people.

You do the math.

To me it sounds like a great return on equity.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 2:54 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

and you haven't shown any lack of basis in what I've said

I don't need to show anything. what you said obviously has no basis.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:00 PM Permalink
crabgrass

I don't need to show anything. what you said obviously has no basis.

it's so obvious that you can't even state why?

yea...sure it is.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:00 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

the child is a separate human being that is all that needs to be said.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:01 PM Permalink
crabgrass

the child is a separate human being that is all that needs to be said.

it's entirely the mother's, that's all that needs to be said.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:05 PM Permalink
THX 1138



it's entirely the mother's, that's all that needs to be said.

5:06 PM - "Fetus"

5:07 PM - "Crabby"

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:06 PM Permalink
crabgrass

5:06: mother's
5:07: self's

it's called "BIRTH"

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:08 PM Permalink
THX 1138



That's just insanity.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:10 PM Permalink
jethro bodine

crabs is morally depraved. Nuff said.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:10 PM Permalink
crabgrass

That's just insanity.

no, that's nature.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:12 PM Permalink
THX 1138



crabs is morally depraved.

I didn't think so until he said it was ok to "Abort" a "Fetus" after birth, as long as the cord hadn't been cut.

Now I'm not so sure.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:13 PM Permalink
THX 1138



Birth:
the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:14 PM Permalink
crabgrass

Birth: the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent

"new individual"

not "a nine month old" individual.

it's NEW,because it's individuality was granted it by it's birth.

"from the body"

of which it had previously been a part of.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:17 PM Permalink
THX 1138



Do you really believe that nonsense?

5:19 - "Fetus"

5:20 - "Individual"

Like it didn't exist as an individual 1 minute ago?

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:19 PM Permalink
crabgrass

Like it didn't exist as an individual 1 minute ago?

it didn't exist as an individualuntil it's mother gave BIRTH to it.

only now is it a NEWindividual, as you yourself just defined it.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:24 PM Permalink
THX 1138



It was still an individual, it just hadn't exited the womb.

Nothing changed, other than exiting the womb.

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:26 PM Permalink
crabgrass

It was still an individual, it just hadn't exited the womb.

so, your definition of a NEWindividual is flawed?

it's wasn't an individual, it was entirely it's mother's.

it didn't become an (NEW) individual until it's mother gave birth to it and made it a NEW INDIVIDUAL

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:29 PM Permalink
THX 1138



Goodnight Gracie

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:33 PM Permalink
crabgrass

Birth: the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent

NEW

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:35 PM Permalink
THX 1138



Well, I guess I have to disagree.

I don't see much difference between "Fetus" @ 5:54 PM, & "Baby" @ 5:55 PM.

Except that it's no longer in the womb.

It's still got the same limbs, the same brain, the same blood....

Wed, 05/12/2004 - 3:54 PM Permalink