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To: AskStPhilomena

Abortion is not a felony at present, so you are comparing apples to oranges. I don't trust those who advocate or excuse the commission of what society has enacted into law as a felony based on some militant religious agenda, and what should be a felony, by every reasonably plausible moral standard of which I am aware, and kidnapping is one of those.


33 posted on 12/14/2004 10:30:18 PM PST by Torie
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To: Torie

Abortion is not a felony at present, so you are comparing apples to oranges.

This is all a semantics dance. Abortion is not a felony but it is murder. It is a crime. Just excused by the State which has no authority other than the whim of judges and legislators.

I don't trust those who advocate or excuse the commission of what society has enacted into law as a felony based on some militant religious agenda,

More semantics. Any opinion that disagrees with the "Extremist" Secularist Status Quo is automatically "militant" as if "militant" is somehow a bad word. The Catholic Church on earth is the "Church Militant".

and what should be a felony, by every reasonably plausible moral standard of which I am aware, and kidnapping is one of those.

Just change the name from kidnapping to "child protection " or in the case of Elian Gonzales "deportation" Everything is okay as long as you name it right. "Hijacked Islam" is somehow different from "Regular Islam" when the differences are a myth as anyone who has ever read the papal decrees on the Crusades would know.

We'll call the systematic murder of children "a woman's right to choose" and we'll fund it as well. "Eugenics" has become "Population Control" Combatants that agree with our national interests are "freedom fighters" and those that disagree are "terrorists" When we engage in terrorism it's "Guerilla Tactics" and the "Boston Tea Party" when others do it to us we call it a "Massacre" while they call it "brilliant strategy" Just read Brit history books about the American Revolution and compare them with U.S. History books. (eg. the Paoli Massacre)

35 posted on 12/14/2004 11:08:27 PM PST by Gerard.P (If you've lost your faith, you don't know you've lost it. ---Fr. Malachi Martin R.I.P.)
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To: Torie
Re: "Abortion is not a felony at present, so you are comparing apples to oranges."

A poor argument. The Pope's actions (as far as we know about it on this thread) were most likely legal. The moral quality of the action is less so. I will agree only as far as abortion is a greater crime than kidnapping but the point being noted by you was the legality of abortion so I believe it fails as an argument.

I for one trust nothing coming from or cited by mr sinkspur. More info necessary.
51 posted on 12/15/2004 11:53:41 AM PST by Mark in the Old South (Note to GOP "Deliver or perish" Re: Specter I guess the GOP "chooses" to perish)
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