Yorick, you just don't get it. I don't have the patience to teach you elementary logic.
However, to give you one more chance to reflect: Look at the following opinions:
First, since your original statement was about MURDER (the killing of a person) which you have now changed to the taking of LIFE generally, we have to parse out the three different possible opinions at issue.
1. Opinion that the fetus is not life: this opinion does not allow life to be destroyed by supporting abortion. In YOUR opinion it may, but that is based on a DIFFERENT opinion (yours) and is irrelevant for making a statement that this opinion by its own terms allows life to be destroyed. Under this opinion, it isn't a life, so life can't be destroyed.
2. Opinion that the fetus is a life but is not a human life: this opinion does allow life to be destroyed by supporting abortion, but does not allow murder because the life being destroyed is not human. Again, in YOUR opinion it may, but that is based on a DIFFERENT opinion (yours) and is irrelevant for making a statement that this opinion allows life to be destroyed or murder to be committed.
3. Opinion is that the fetus is a human life, and that abortion is therefore wrong: this opinion does not allow life to be destroyed because it does not support abortion.
4. Just for s*ts and giggles: TL's opinion -- a fetus is a human life, but abortion should be supported and encouraged because in the aggregate much more human mortality is needed to avert the impending overpopulation problem. This one of course does support the taking of life and murder, but this opinion was not one of the opinions we were discussing, so it also matters not.
So, to surmise: you were wrong, you are wrong, and you will probably continue to be wrong because I doubt you will take the time to read and understand this.
[ 08-12-2004, 10:57 AM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]
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