Am I just reading things wrong?

[smileylovesfreedom]

Sorry to double-post, but as I look at the rest of this thread, a question comes to mind.

Haven't you people realized it is completely futile and an utter waste of time to argue over abortion? I don't think I've ever seen/heard/read of anyone changing their views on abortion because of an online debate.

+1

 

[SeanEdwards]

Haven't you people realized it is completely futile and an utter waste of time to argue over abortion? I don't think I've ever seen/heard/read of anyone changing their views on abortion because of an online debate.

I used to be pro-choice, and am now opposed. Not everyone in the world has their opinions carved in stone.

 

[newyearsrevolution08]

I used to be pro-choice, and am now opposed. Not everyone in the world has their opinions carved in stone.

carved in stone is just being close minded. Not saying that people need to always change their point of view but yes arguing, debating and seeing OTHER sides of things can make people see things differently and even change their point of view as well on various subjects.

To say that debates and arguments online don't go anywhere is naive because you are simply assuming the only people who MIGHT learn from the various topics are the ones who are engaging IN the conversation BUT that doesn't even include the hundreds who simply view these threads getting various perspectives.

 

[nickcoons]

You cannot as a parent abrogate your responsibilities to your children because you live in 'a free society'.

And that's what I was getting at when I said that the fact that the fetus exists because of an act known to lead to the creation of a fetus may invalidate the entire analogy.

That means you cannot starve them, work them to exhaustion, beat them needlessly etc. Passive methods of aggression (simply not clothing, feeding and/or evicting a child who cannot fend for themselves) is still aggressing.

What a second.. working someone to exhaustion and beating them are not passive. They shouldn't be in your list. But I understand what you're saying.

 

[Theocrat]

The Sanctity of Life is Not Futility

Sorry to double-post, but as I look at the rest of this thread, a question comes to mind.

Haven't you people realized it is completely futile and an utter waste of time to argue over abortion? I don't think I've ever seen/heard/read of anyone changing their views on abortion because of an online debate.

Defending human life on any level is never a waste of time. Maybe this video will get you to see why abortion is one of the most atrocious practices in the history of mankind, hence the reason why it needs to be continually discussed for what it truly is--murder of an innocent, defenseless life.

 

[JS4Pat]

Haven't you people realized it is completely futile and an utter waste of time to argue over abortion? I don't think I've ever seen/heard/read of anyone changing their views on abortion because of an online debate.

Haven't you people realized it is completely futile and an utter waste of time to argue over liberty? I don't think I've ever seen/heard/read of anyone changing their views on foreign policy, monetary policy or civil liberties because of an online debate.