What's morally acceptable to you?

[JWeinCom]

padib said:

JWeinCom said:

Well... no, if a word means whatever you say it means, communication entirely breaks down. I mean... you're free to think whatever you want, but if your language usage doesn't conform with everyone else's, you're not going to be able to have an actual discussion.

As for the posting style, I explained what the problem was. So, let's hope it stays at that, and otherwise we'll handle it.

J, it doesn't work like that. I don't need to have the same definition as everyone else, otherwise there wouldn't be room for any debate it would be an echo chamber. If a dead fetus in a container is, to me, a dead baby, then that's how I see it. And his definition changes nothing to how I subjectively feel about it.

Anyway, I didn't particularly need to have a discussion, sometimes I just like posting my opinion. The other person is free to reply to me, and I'm free not to reply back. A forum post doesn't always need to foster discussion, especially in such a subjective thread about opinions.

The OP asks "What's morally acceptable to YOU", and I perfectly answered that question.

In truth, he should be moderated for flaming/baiting and ad hominem.

Actually, conversations require us to agree on definitions. Otherwise we're talking about different things. Suppose I say that I ate twenty humans today.

But when I say human I mean what most people think of as grapes. That person is going to be very confused about what actually went down in my kitchen this morning. 

You're not obliged to discuss anything you don't want to. As for the user's post, that's off topic, so I'll PM you about it.