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Post #708823

Author
darth_ender
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The thread where we make enemies out of friends, aka the abortion debate thread
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Date created
2-Jun-2014, 5:23 AM

I'll respond to the new things you've said, as I've already addressed the rest multiple times.

Bingowings said:

Ender if your are protecting the future potential of the zygote why not protect the future potential of the plankton which may evolve into a fully functioning non-human sentience?

Or bacteria for that matter?  Why not protect them, right?  We're not talking about hypothetically evolving to human sentience over millions of years after millions of generations, and only doing so through survival of the fittest, meaning that the most vulnerable and ill-equipped to survive will get eaten.  We are talking about the same organism that was conceived, then born, then developed to find self-importance.  Just like killing another full-fledged, self-aware adult is killing his or her potential, as the same organism.  We don't try people for preventing someone from producing offspring.  We try people for killing an individual who had potential to carry on.

As for most people...I don't post for them. I post for me. As I've said before anything not in a quote box is me not someone else's opinion or a universal truth should such a thing exist.

This is all good news.  I'm not sure what you're referring to.  I don't think I attributed someone else's quote to you, but I'm glad you say what you feel.  I am enjoying this debate with you, and I'm glad we haven't gotten on each other's nerves too much.