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Tea Party congressman underwhelmed by current Republican presidential field [Allen West (R-Fla.)
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Posted on 05/20/2011 1:11:30 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

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To: sten

Insulting me doesn’t advance your argument. West is pro-choice. That’s a fact.


81 posted on 05/25/2011 4:00:51 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

You mean absolute zero creation of life isn’t pro-life? Killing some of the babies who slip through that system isn’t pro-life either?


82 posted on 05/25/2011 4:01:52 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: trisham

83 posted on 05/25/2011 4:02:28 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

It’s never “OK” to “stop life”. That’s what being “pro-life” is all about. From conception to the end of our natural lives.


84 posted on 05/25/2011 4:03:00 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: sten

Speak.


85 posted on 05/25/2011 4:04:04 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

stopping conception would also abort the life intended to be created through the act

to be technically accurate


86 posted on 05/25/2011 4:04:39 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: BykrBayb; sten

It’s a concept that many do not understand.


87 posted on 05/25/2011 4:04:49 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: BykrBayb

:)


88 posted on 05/25/2011 4:05:56 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: sten; EternalVigilance; trisham; Dr. Brian Kopp; DJ MacWoW; little jeremiah; Coleus; narses; ...
Congressman West is pro-life, with the exception of rape, incest, and endangerment of the mother. in those cases, he believes it’s up to the mother, not the government.

NOBODY has ever suggested that medical requirements to save a woman's life should be abolished (unless of course the requirement is a basic necessity like food and water, in which case the libertarians just want the woman murdered).

So, West believes that a child should be murdered because their father is a rapist or commits incest? For what other crimes does he believe the child should be executed for his or her father's deeds?

sounds like a rational stance on the issue.

Yep, abortionists are full of rationalizations.

it’s not pro-abortion and it leaves the choice with the mother.

So, he's "personally opposed" but thinks it should be the mother's "choice"?

89 posted on 05/25/2011 4:06:53 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: sten

Contraception is not pro-life.


90 posted on 05/25/2011 4:07:21 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: wagglebee

so you believe the government should dictate the actions of the people?

absolutionists are always off the deep-end ... by definition


91 posted on 05/25/2011 4:08:41 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: trisham

of course it is.

using a condom to stop the creation of life... which otherwise would have been created, still results in the stopping of that life.

a married woman on the pill her entire life has no children. without the pill, she could have had 3-6 easily.

the difference is in the mess level. the results are the same.


92 posted on 05/25/2011 4:13:25 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

I think our government should enact and enforce laws against murder.


93 posted on 05/25/2011 4:13:25 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: trisham
Contraception is not pro-life.

after re-reading, i just understood what you said.

so you agree... to be pro-life, you cannot use contraception

94 posted on 05/25/2011 4:16:24 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

You should look up contraception in the dictionary before you go any further. I’ll give you a hint: it does not create life.


95 posted on 05/25/2011 4:16:29 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: sten
using a condom to stop the creation of life... which otherwise would have been created, still results in the stopping of that life.

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You're making my point. Contraception interferes with the creation of life. It is therefore pro-choice/pro-abortion.

96 posted on 05/25/2011 4:18:01 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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so you believe the government should dictate the actions of the people?

I believe that government has a duty to protect innocent life, it is the reason for government.

absolutionists are always off the deep-end ... by definition

I assume you meant "absolutists" because I don't intend to absolve baby killers of anything.

But yes, I believe the right to life is absolute. It is what our Republic was founded on.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,

Now, I understand that libertarians essentially despise the notion of government altogether, but their insistence that the Founding Fathers felt the same way is completely unfounded.

97 posted on 05/25/2011 4:19:34 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: BykrBayb

if you intentionally stop a life from being created... which would have been created otherwise...

you have aborted that life from coming into existence.

as assuredly as if it was 6 months from being born.

the difference being the level of intervention required


98 posted on 05/25/2011 4:20:39 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

You’re learning. Now look up conception. I’ll give you another hint: it doesn’t mean contraception.


99 posted on 05/25/2011 4:25:16 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: trisham

i believe you are agreeing with me on what i would call strict, or absolute, pro-life

i’m not on board with that. i do not believe good fruit can come from seeds planted by evil acts. that said, i still believe the choice is up to the individual... and should be agonized over.

the difference between the two positions isn’t nearly as great with the pro-abortion crowd.


100 posted on 05/25/2011 4:25:33 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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