08-22-2004, 12:53 AM
PIX,Aug 20 2004, 01:44 PM Wrote:Unlike cells, humans are volitional, willful beings. Don't throw 'life' into a general categoryAh that's nonsense, holocaust on grass? Not even, you're not killing it because it grows right back from where the last blade of grass was severed. The 5 week old fetus, doesn't even have organs, and the ones it does have don't function at that point, it's not living yet. You say their presence conflicts with our lifestyle? What if our lifestyle can't even handle another life in it. Not everyone is fit to raise a child and a better solution would be to abort so it doesn't have to live a very potentially bad life style where they may suffer until they die. Now would you rather someone live 10 years of suffering that they're totally aware of, or a couple months in the womb where it is incapable of them feeling any kind of pain?
for the sake of simplicity. If that were the case, cutting the grass once a week would be a
holocaust. We are talking about humans protecting humans. Just because that 5 week old
child can't understand Hooked on Phonics, doesn't make it any less human. Just because
that 10 week old child isn't watching 5 hours of MTV a day, makes it no less human. I see
great numbing of the emotions by society's picture of when we can/can't feel guilty for hurting
a child. I also see great hypocracy when society demands we stop spanking our kids to discipline
be cause it 'harms' them but we continue to suck little bodies out of their safe wombs because their
presence will conflict with our busy, fun lifestyle. Whoops....i made an accident....I spilled my milk...
lemme clean that up....done. Whoops....i got pregnant....lemme clean up that mess....ah better.
It's good to be alive eh?
The decision should be left up to the parents that would be raising the child because they'd be aware of the life the child would be living and be a good judge as to whether anyone should have to live that life.