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Cilolntro
09/19/18 11:59:46 PM
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Do you support abortion? - Results (7 votes)
Yes
71.43% (5 votes)
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No
28.57% (2 votes)
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If you look at the science, consciousness begins when a brain is formed. Because of this, it would be reasonable to look at banning abortion in the 3rd trimester but even then there are counterarguments. The capacity for a fetus with a barely aware brain to feel suffering is likely minimal. Farm animal are far more self aware and capable of suffering, yet pro-lifers have no problem with the brutal ways in which they are slaughtered.

At the end of the day, people only oppose abortion because they believe in magic. They believe there is some sort of magical ghost inhabiting every one of us. To the rational person, that is absurd, and it is concerning that it impacts public policy. If you look at evidence, abortion is not a controversial issue.
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Tmaster148
09/20/18 12:00:16 AM
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Some posters here give enough reason to support abortion as is.
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dontIoseyourway
09/20/18 12:00:36 AM
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Because killing humans is wrong.
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Cilolntro
09/20/18 12:00:58 AM
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dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.
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prince_leo
09/20/18 12:01:04 AM
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I support abortion but I get why pro-life people feel the way they do even though I disagree
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Acceleration
09/20/18 12:02:35 AM
#6:


Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.

It is. I am not against abortion, but it is the murder of a child.
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dontIoseyourway
09/20/18 12:03:01 AM
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Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.

How is it not a human being.
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NeoShadowhen
09/20/18 12:04:21 AM
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What are your thoughts on people who are brain dead?

What about someone who is currently brain dead, but won't be in nine months?
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Cilolntro
09/20/18 12:04:40 AM
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Acceleration posted...
Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.

It is. I am not against abortion, but it is the murder of a child.

Prove it (you can't). There is no consciousness before a brain develops. That is a biological, indisputable fact. A fetus does not have consciousness and is therefore not a person. If I chop off my arm, that doesn't make it its own person. It would need a fully-developed brain.
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DarkTransient
09/20/18 12:04:56 AM
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Certain disabilities result in the person never truly becoming concious, but it's still not considered acceptable to kill them just because of the lack of it.

There is literally no argument to justify killing of unborn babies (other than the pure "mother should be allowed to do what she likes regardless of impact on others" argument, which is little more than "wahhh I'll do what I want!") that cannot equally be applied to certain disabled people too. Given that we'd (rightly) reject it in those cases, we should reject it in this one too.
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Amesoeurs
09/20/18 12:05:07 AM
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Cilolntro posted...
They believe there is some sort of magical ghost inhabiting every one of us. To the rational person, that is absurd

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dontIoseyourway
09/20/18 12:05:09 AM
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Cilolntro posted...
Acceleration posted...
Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.

It is. I am not against abortion, but it is the murder of a child.

Prove it (you can't). There is no consciousness before a brain develops. That is a biological, indisputable fact. A fetus does not have consciousness and is therefore not a person. If I chop off my arm, that doesn't make it its own person. It would need a fully-developed brain.

When did I say they are conscious.
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Amesoeurs
09/20/18 12:05:50 AM
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Cilolntro posted...
A fetus does not have consciousness and is therefore not a person.

here you go again with baseless assumptions and generalisations
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Tmaster148
09/20/18 12:06:05 AM
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DarkTransient posted...
Certain disabilities result in the person never truly becoming concious, but it's still not considered acceptable to kill them just because of the lack of it.

There is literally no argument to justify killing of unborn babies (other than the pure "mother should be allowed to do what she likes regardless of impact on others" argument, which is little more than "wahhh I'll do what I want!") that cannot equally be applied to certain disabled people too. Given that we'd (rightly) reject it in those cases, we should reject it in this one too.


Your existence gives support to why we need abortions.
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Cilolntro
09/20/18 12:06:28 AM
#15:


Amesoeurs posted...
Cilolntro posted...
A fetus does not have consciousness and is therefore not a person.

here you go again with baseless assumptions and generalisations

You are literally arguing that consciousness can exist without a brain. Did you skip middle school health class or something? That is beyond absurd.
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DarkTransient
09/20/18 12:06:41 AM
#16:


Cilolntro posted...
If I chop off my arm, that doesn't make it its own person. It would need a fully-developed brain.


It's not a person; it's a part of a person that has now been detached from them. It doesn't become, well, not that, just because you've cut it off.

The difference here is that the person who's being harmed - yourself - in this situation, consented to the harm (or at least, that's implied by the fact that you cut it off yourself).
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DarkTransient
09/20/18 12:07:24 AM
#17:


Cilolntro posted...
Amesoeurs posted...
Cilolntro posted...
A fetus does not have consciousness and is therefore not a person.

here you go again with baseless assumptions and generalisations

You are literally arguing that consciousness can exist without a brain. Did you skip middle school health class or something? That is beyond absurd.


No he isn't, he's arguing that conciousness (especially in a situation of "they haven't gained it yet but will do so if not interrupted" rather than "they've never had it and never will") is not a required trait for them to qualify as a person.
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BignutzisBack
09/20/18 12:07:41 AM
#18:


Tmaster148 posted...
DarkTransient posted...
Certain disabilities result in the person never truly becoming concious, but it's still not considered acceptable to kill them just because of the lack of it.

There is literally no argument to justify killing of unborn babies (other than the pure "mother should be allowed to do what she likes regardless of impact on others" argument, which is little more than "wahhh I'll do what I want!") that cannot equally be applied to certain disabled people too. Given that we'd (rightly) reject it in those cases, we should reject it in this one too.


Your existence gives support to why we need abortions.


Man you really do have issues wow
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ChainedRedone
09/20/18 12:07:54 AM
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I'm 100% pro-choice but people like the TC are so embarrassing.
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Tmaster148
09/20/18 12:08:00 AM
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BignutzisBack posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
DarkTransient posted...
Certain disabilities result in the person never truly becoming concious, but it's still not considered acceptable to kill them just because of the lack of it.

There is literally no argument to justify killing of unborn babies (other than the pure "mother should be allowed to do what she likes regardless of impact on others" argument, which is little more than "wahhh I'll do what I want!") that cannot equally be applied to certain disabled people too. Given that we'd (rightly) reject it in those cases, we should reject it in this one too.


Your existence gives support to why we need abortions.


Man you really do have issues wow


I'm not bald, so I got that going for me.
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dontIoseyourway
09/20/18 12:08:24 AM
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Tmaster148 posted...
What the fuck.
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Questionmarktarius
09/20/18 12:08:59 AM
#22:


Poll needs an "indifferent" option.
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Sativa_Rose
09/20/18 12:09:16 AM
#23:


DarkTransient posted...
Certain disabilities result in the person never truly becoming concious, but it's still not considered acceptable to kill them just because of the lack of it.

There is literally no argument to justify killing of unborn babies (other than the pure "mother should be allowed to do what she likes regardless of impact on others" argument, which is little more than "wahhh I'll do what I want!") that cannot equally be applied to certain disabled people too. Given that we'd (rightly) reject it in those cases, we should reject it in this one too.


These are some good points. The convenience of abortion is ultimately what drives people to support it, IMO.
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Cilolntro
09/20/18 12:09:20 AM
#24:


DarkTransient posted...
is not a required trait for them to qualify as a person.

False. If I grow some of my cells in a petri dish, that does not make it a person. Until it has a functioning brain and individual consciousness, it is nothing more than a cluster of cells. That is a flat-out biological fact. It isn't even something that can be debated.
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BignutzisBack
09/20/18 12:09:25 AM
#25:


Tmaster148 posted...
BignutzisBack posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
DarkTransient posted...
Certain disabilities result in the person never truly becoming concious, but it's still not considered acceptable to kill them just because of the lack of it.

There is literally no argument to justify killing of unborn babies (other than the pure "mother should be allowed to do what she likes regardless of impact on others" argument, which is little more than "wahhh I'll do what I want!") that cannot equally be applied to certain disabled people too. Given that we'd (rightly) reject it in those cases, we should reject it in this one too.


Your existence gives support to why we need abortions.


Man you really do have issues wow


I'm not bald, so I got that going for me.


I'd rather be bald then be a psycho, for real dude it's just a message board and you're telling people they should have never been born. Pretty sad smh
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Tmaster148
09/20/18 12:09:55 AM
#26:


BignutzisBack posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
BignutzisBack posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
DarkTransient posted...
Certain disabilities result in the person never truly becoming concious, but it's still not considered acceptable to kill them just because of the lack of it.

There is literally no argument to justify killing of unborn babies (other than the pure "mother should be allowed to do what she likes regardless of impact on others" argument, which is little more than "wahhh I'll do what I want!") that cannot equally be applied to certain disabled people too. Given that we'd (rightly) reject it in those cases, we should reject it in this one too.


Your existence gives support to why we need abortions.


Man you really do have issues wow


I'm not bald, so I got that going for me.


I'd rather be bald then be a psycho, for real dude it's just a message board and you're telling people they should have never been born. Pretty sad smh


Putting words in my mouth is not a good look. I never said anything about how he shouldn't have been born.
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EpicKingdom_
09/20/18 12:10:00 AM
#27:


Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.


WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.

The fact remains, if you do not do abortion, a baby will eventually form.

Thus, baby killers.

No matter how you look at it, abortion is anti-life.

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Cilolntro
09/20/18 12:10:08 AM
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ChainedRedone posted...
I'm 100% pro-choice but people like the TC are so embarrassing.

Because I refuse to show respect to people who believe in magic and legislate based on their fantasies?
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dontIoseyourway
09/20/18 12:10:47 AM
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Cilolntro posted...
ChainedRedone posted...
I'm 100% pro-choice but people like the TC are so embarrassing.

Because I refuse to show respect to people who believe in magic and legislate based on their fantasies?

You don't legislate shit.
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Cilolntro
09/20/18 12:11:24 AM
#31:


EpicKingdom_ posted...
Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.


WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.

The fact remains, if you do not do abortion, a baby will eventually form.

Thus, baby killers.

If you have sex, a baby will form. By masturbating, you are killing babies.
Thus, baby killers.
See how easy that is?
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DarkTransient
09/20/18 12:11:36 AM
#32:


Cilolntro posted...
DarkTransient posted...
is not a required trait for them to qualify as a person.

False. If I grow some of my cells in a petri dish, that does not make it a person. Until it has a functioning brain and individual consciousness, it is nothing more than a cluster of cells. That is a flat-out biological fact. It isn't even something that can be debated.


I mean, my point in that post was "this is what he's saying", not "this is fact" (although it is), so my post was true either way - assuming I didn't interpret his posts wrong.
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Dragonblade01
09/20/18 12:11:41 AM
#33:


I understand it.

I just think they're way off base.
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BignutzisBack
09/20/18 12:11:45 AM
#34:


dontIoseyourway posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
What the fuck.


No kidding, Wtf for real. That's sad that someone would take it that far
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Questionmarktarius
09/20/18 12:12:00 AM
#35:


Cilolntro posted...
If you have sex, a baby will form. By masturbating, you are killing babies.

Hold on... I thought I was just killing kittens.
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EpicKingdom_
09/20/18 12:12:28 AM
#36:


Cilolntro posted...
EpicKingdom_ posted...
Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.


WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.

The fact remains, if you do not do abortion, a baby will eventually form.

Thus, baby killers.

If you have sex, a baby will form. By masturbating, you are killing babies.
Thus, baby killers.
See how easy that is?


Exactly, who said the pill wasn't anti-life either?
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NeoShadowhen
09/20/18 12:12:32 AM
#37:


Cilolntro posted...
EpicKingdom_ posted...
Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.


WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.

The fact remains, if you do not do abortion, a baby will eventually form.

Thus, baby killers.

If you have sex, a baby will form. By masturbating, you are killing babies.
Thus, baby killers.
See how easy that is?


If your intention was to make the pro-choice side look bad, you're doing an excellent job.
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Unsugarized_Foo
09/20/18 12:13:03 AM
#38:


Too many people as it is. Might as well thin it at our own hands
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Cilolntro
09/20/18 12:13:42 AM
#39:


NeoShadowhen posted...
If your intention was to make the pro-choice side look bad, you're doing an excellent job.

I am sick of people like you playing nice and respecting pro-lifers. They are just religious extremists who disregard all scientific facts and want to rule based on a bronze-age novel.
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DarkTransient
09/20/18 12:14:22 AM
#40:


EpicKingdom_ posted...
Cilolntro posted...
EpicKingdom_ posted...
Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.


WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.

The fact remains, if you do not do abortion, a baby will eventually form.

Thus, baby killers.

If you have sex, a baby will form. By masturbating, you are killing babies.
Thus, baby killers.
See how easy that is?


Exactly, who said the pill wasn't anti-life either?


There's a difference between terminating a life, and avoiding one being created in the first place.
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dontIoseyourway
09/20/18 12:14:37 AM
#42:


BignutzisBack posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
What the fuck.


No kidding, Wtf for real. That's sad that someone would take it that far

Yeah, some people take this website way too seriously.
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DarkTransient
09/20/18 12:15:13 AM
#43:


Cilolntro posted...
NeoShadowhen posted...
If your intention was to make the pro-choice side look bad, you're doing an excellent job.

I am sick of people like you playing nice and respecting pro-lifers. They are just religious extremists who disregard all scientific facts and want to rule based on a bronze-age novel.


And here we see another pro-choice tactic (actually, liberal tactic really, they use this on a lot of issues): Stereotype their opposition into one small group that can easily be dismissed as "crazy" (generally because those who *actually* fit the stereotype really do qualify as crazy) and avoid the reality that there are a huge variety of people who disagree with them (which is where the actual issue is - they're not wrong that their stereotype is crazy, they're wrong that everyone who disagrees with them fits it).

Just to give one example, I'm pretty much as non-religious as they come, and yet here I am on the anti-abortion side.
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NeoShadowhen
09/20/18 12:15:31 AM
#44:


Conflict posted...
NeoShadowhen posted...
Cilolntro posted...
EpicKingdom_ posted...
Cilolntro posted...
dontIoseyourway posted...
Because killing humans is wrong.

I agree. Good thing that isn't what abortion is.


WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.

The fact remains, if you do not do abortion, a baby will eventually form.

Thus, baby killers.

If you have sex, a baby will form. By masturbating, you are killing babies.
Thus, baby killers.
See how easy that is?


If your intention was to make the pro-choice side look bad, you're doing an excellent job.


Really? Because he just aptly demonstrated that pro-lifers have zero understanding about the concept of cause and effect


Yikes.
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EpicKingdom_
09/20/18 12:18:22 AM
#46:


Conflict posted...
Why do you guys consistently make this topic


Trolling purposes.
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DarkTransient
09/20/18 12:22:09 AM
#47:


Conflict posted...
This topic is pointless anyway. Why do you guys consistently make this topic when you know not a damn mind is going to be changed? You'll still have people like @DarkTransient and @Howl saying some incredibly fuckin stupid shit like that it's equivalent to genocide or that anyone who goes through an abortion should receive retroactive punishments.


Yeah, it doesn't change any minds... that's why support for it continues to drop lower and lower, right?
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Tmaster148
09/20/18 12:22:53 AM
#48:


DarkTransient posted...
that's why support for it continues to drop lower and lower, right?


http://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/

Nope.
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Questionmarktarius
09/20/18 12:26:38 AM
#49:


Who actually supports abortion?
It's an unfortunate resolution to an unfortunate situation, but sometimes it's the only real viable option.

I can't think of anyone who advocates abortion to the point of "you should get an abortion! I'll drive you there now, and we can get smoothies afterwords!" Maybe radical population control loonies, but I don't know any of those.
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Jaghave
09/20/18 12:28:21 AM
#51:


Murdering someone due to inconvience and your gender should be outlawed
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