elprincipe said:
If it didn't make sense after the explanation for those with your viewpoint, I'm not sure you are capable of comprehending. Maybe if I render it in an even simpler way:
1. abortion = murder 2. you are asking those who are against abortion to allow other people to abort. 3. following from 1. and 2. above, you are asking anyone who is pro-life to let someone murder someone else because they shouldn't interfere in their "private" affairs (private as in one person taking the life of another) 4. does not compute.
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You can make the same argument about a lot of things. What if I am a pacifist and don't want to pay the government taxes to wage war? Can I just refuse to do so? No, I can't, because the government gives a shit about everybody, not just what I want.
What if I am upset that black people are coming into my restaurant and I don't want them to be there? The government protects the greater interest rather than my interest.
What if I think alcohol is completlely immoral and should be outlawed? The government protects the greater interest rather than my interest.
What if I think abortion is murder? You get my drift. The government recognizes a greater interest that needs to be protected because there is a reasonable basis for allowing abortion to protect people's rights.
Because you don't understand that is like saying you don't understand why the government doesn't allow people to discriminate against people. I am not implying that those two things are necessarily of equal weight, but just because you think something is immoral doesn't mean the government or society has to agree with you.
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