Abortion Essay

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Re: Abortion Essay

Postby LaserGuy » Mon May 07, 2012 5:14 pm UTC

Diadem wrote:
el matematico wrote:
zmic wrote:If the killing of a human fetus is an acceptable price for 15 minutes of carnal pleasure, we are forced to conclude that a human fetus is even less valuable than a good fuck

For some people that is true, namely those people that don't want children at that particular point in time.


Fixed that for you.


There do actually exist people in the world who have no interest in ever having children.
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Re: Abortion Essay

Postby Azrael » Mon May 07, 2012 5:19 pm UTC

But there is, arguably, a much larger set of persons who simply do not want a child right now. His clarification makes the point that the 'does not want children ever' set is a subset of 'does not want children right now'.
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Re: Abortion Essay

Postby Diadem » Mon May 07, 2012 5:51 pm UTC

Thanks Azrael, that was indeed what I was trying to say.
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