Rath said:
Sqrl said:
Rath said:
No I actually do disagree with you Sqrl.
I believe it is 'life' but I do not believe it is 'a life'.
However in the end I think thats all semantics, we are talking about destroying the same thing - the first steps toward an individual human life. I am comfortable with that being destroyed as long as its before it reaches a stage where it has any possibility of any knowledge of anything being done to it.
Call it murder if you will.
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I addressed the semantic portion a bit with jv103, but I'm not following your disinction of "life" vs "a life". A "life" is "a life" is alive =P Whether it is human or not is the real issue, no? The specific word used is not really at issue, its the effect that actually matters and something that was alive becomes dead...whatever word you wish to use. I personally opt for the blunt and direct word because I don't believe in sugar coating...just the opposite in fact.
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The word 'a' implies indepedence, I believe that it is 'life' not 'a life' because it is entirely dependent on its mother.
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Ok I see where you were going with it now, I do still disagree on the reasoning but I do agree on the point that it is largely semantic and fairly silly to argue for either of us.
So with that in mind let me rephrase using your terminology:
Would you agree that all abortion is destruction of "life" while some abortion is destruction of "a life" (particularly late term abortion)?
