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To: Cathryn Crawford
too much time is spent on arguing about why abortion is wrong morally instead of why abortion is wrong logically

A severe and antagonistic misunderstanding of operant behavior has led to both camps, or all camps, standing on curbs and corners flashing signs at each other. Morality is a personal thing, and ethics is a legal matter. The only aspect of this that is even close to philospohical logic is ethics. It is legal. End of story. Making something illegal and punishing misbehavior is a typical liberal act. If we wish to discourage this practice, we should encourage character development in our youth. Maybe character doesn't matter to a certain hedonistic former President, but it certainly matters to most of the rest of us. Do that: encourage character development so that citizens can handle life with some grace.

47 posted on 06/06/2003 11:08:19 AM PDT by RightWhale (gazing at shadows)
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To: RightWhale
Making something illegal and punishing misbehavior is a typical liberal act.

Yeah, I remember all those "tough on crime" liberal lawmakers and judges during the 80's...

175 posted on 06/06/2003 12:26:19 PM PDT by stands2reason
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To: RightWhale
So, do you believe that we should simply keep abortion legal; and teach our children that they shouldn't have an abortion?
190 posted on 06/06/2003 12:46:21 PM PDT by Cathryn Crawford (Save your breath. You'll need it to blow up your date.)
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To: RightWhale
Regarding your post 47...

Morality is a personal thing, and ethics is a legal matter. The only aspect of this that is even close to philospohical logic is ethics. It is legal. End of story.

Okay--here we go again...

Slavery once was legal. And morality is not a personal thing. It is based on logic. Ethics is dependent on morality.

The fact that abortion is legal shows you how disordered our society really is.

Killing another human being for whatever reason is never right and cannot be condoned. It's only logical that if one group is declared a non-person (arbitrarily) then other groups become vulnerable as well to the same treatment.

459 posted on 06/06/2003 6:56:47 PM PDT by attagirl
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To: RightWhale
So you would argue that we should have no laws at all, therefore no punishments for misdeeds of any kind -- and just focus on "encouraging character development"?
615 posted on 06/11/2003 9:39:23 PM PDT by Proud2BAmerican
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