Comments on: Fetal Position

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:49:09 +0000

Dang, I wanted to go see that. I need to check Belcourt’s site to see if it’s still there.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:39:02 +0000

That’s very true, and you’re right the debate would definitely be different if the roles were reversed. I loved this line from the “Lake of Fire” review:

It’s a powerful image that Kaye complicates with camera placement: the protesters appear to kneel before the looming Washington Monument, worshipping the ultimate metaphor for patriarchal authority.

By: teri

teri — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:32:33 +0000

I’ve never understood why abortion debates have to get so philosophically complicated. How can something be considered a separate entity when it is inside another person’s body? It’s not even IN the world yet. I find it interesting to imagine what the abortion issue would be like if men were the ones who carried the babies.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:09:14 +0000

Brian — having only read the brief wiki mention on the subject I can’t comment with authority on it. But from that mention I’d say it sounds like he’s correct. Disgusting, but correct.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:05:14 +0000

Ginger — Well I’m just saying there are different types of rights that exist for different reasons by different means. It’s impossible to feel deprived of something if you never knew or cared that you had it; *we* are the ones who feel horrified by the idea of killing a newborn, not the newborn himself, which is why we have to extend the positive right.

By: Brian McMurphy

Brian McMurphy — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:02:02 +0000

Singer’s big into beastiality and zoophilia. You’ll fit right in with his “moral independence”. Though you may be forced to notify all the ducks in Centennial Park if you move into their neighborhood.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:21:58 +0000

while a person’s natural right to life likely begins sometime after birth, we are justified in granting a positive right to life to a developing baby; The phrase "sometime after birth" concerns me. So you are saying that not only does an unborn child not have a right to life, but since a newborn isn't self-aware, they don't have a natural right to life, either? I am pro-choice, but damn...that's a really scary statement to me.

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Volunteer Voters » The Road To Serfdom — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:06:19 +0000

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By: Lesley

Lesley — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:23:51 +0000

Well said.