VGC Poll: Abortion

[elprincipe]

akuma587 said:

elprincipe said:

akuma587 said:
Your original post didn't make any sense...your asking us to just agree with your ramblings when there is no good reason to do so.

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.

 

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.

 

None of the things you describe involves a human life, except for repeating what I said.  You fail.  The government's number one job is to ensure our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  Life is listed first for a very good reason, because the others can't follow unless you have life.  Your analogy is very poor.