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11/11/09
We eat GM crops and animals, yet we can't take the intellectual risk of entertaining a secular government that works to resolve real problems with science, economics, and policy? Cowardly. Too much controversy, too much work.
If there were a profit in abortions, you'd be able to get one at a vending machine, like a photo-booth. #kateharding
11/11/09
If we expect tax payers to pay for other legal, safe, medical procedures. Why can't we expect tax payers to pay for this unexpected health consequence?
*Also, my tax money goes to lots of things I don't personally agree with, that doesn't mean I dont pay my taxes or hold out on something till I get my way. #kateharding
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Question: Can we just storm the Libertarian's headquarters and repurpose their offices for our own use? Lawd knows they aren't seeing much action right now.
EDIT: In the words of Dwight: "Playtime is OVER!!"
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Never mind, that's not how government works. #kateharding
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The guys over at Americablog started a boycott of sorts over LGBTQ issues, and there's really no reason why politically minded Jezzies (are there any other kind?) couldn't do the same thing. Their boycott is actually getting some decent MSM attention, too. #kateharding
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We can do it. #kateharding
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@Triana Orpheus: I actually agree that local action is likely to be more effective. If you can flood a Representative's local office with messages it will probably have a decent impact.
In general I would focus on your individual Congressperson and Senators. Righteous anger is good, but it only works if you take pains to first position yourself as a "reasonable" person. For example, "I have been generally supportive of Rep. X, but I am absolutely appalled by his support of the Stupak-Pitts amendment." Make sure you have a firm understanding of exactly what it is that the amendment says, especially if you are going to call the office, because Congressional aides are going to try to convince you that you're understanding of the matter is wrong. #kateharding
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Wordy McWord. If the Democrats are throwing women and gays under the proverbial bus, the only thing they have left is minorities...minorities who don't happen to also be women and/or gay.
I wanna be a lobbyist when I grow up. #kateharding
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"I don't want to send John Cornyn another form letter that he's not going to read."
They have you blacklisted too? #kateharding
11/11/09
This is barely a choice lately. Like Kate, I've had it. #kateharding
08/21/09
AND SD piling more misery on women who've already made a miserable decision (women rarely make this decision lightly). Is it any wonder I prefer animals?
08/21/09
Edit: I am not suggesting that abortion is like the Holocaust, simply trying to point out the irony in people who do say abortion is like the Holocaust and Obama is like Hitler going on to express their approval of abortions (or deaths of those already alive) for only a certain group of people.
08/21/09
Whole: It is still developing and depending on the gestational stage, does not even have a fully developed set of internal organs, including a brain.
Separate: The fetus lives inside and off of the woman's body and is entirely dependent on it for survival. Separated from the woman, it cannot live independently. So a fetus cannot experience meaningful separation from the mother.
Unique: See above. Also, a fetus has no independent identity outside the woman. In fact, even an infant has no separate identity. That is a later stage of psychological development that won't begin to happen until long after birth, so it's really not at all relevant to the choice to terminate or not.
As for the notion of the fetus being "living," that is a more philosophical issue as to when life begins. But it is, as with many things in the abortion debate, a moral/ethical/philosophical/theological issue that has no consensus and should be left up to the individual to decide. Legislating morality is a bad, bad idea.
When you parse that statement down, you realize it has nothing to do with "informed consent." It's more like "misinformed coercion." Just as in the health care reform debate, I don't know how we are supposed to reason with blatant liars.
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GBfhinfejrges.
I don't think I can even type anything that expresses my anger here.
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that only stupid people are breeding
the cretins cloning and feeding
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It's funny, though, to find out where the pro-lifers break down, really, when it comes to which abortions are worse than others. Wish they'd asked about Mexican babies.
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@J.D.Regent: makes ME think of X-files!
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Fucking hell, I need a sandwich.
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All I'm saying is that there's plenty of precedent for people deciding what's moral, and imposing their views on the minority as law. It's kinda part of how society works. I'd love to smoke a joint right now, but I can't. That because past versions of our society impose a moral restriction on me through the laws they passed. I disagree strongly, but I obey. It's the law.
08/21/09
If the majority said that, say, sodomy should be illegal again, that doesn't make it okay to become law.
Mmrph. I don't think I'm explaining myself properly, but I think you get the gist of it.
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