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• Court nominee ? (Score:2)

  by rafael (2125)

  Did you know that the display of sigs can be disabled ?

  I'd be happy to discuss this, and I even understand the words "litmus test", but, being unfamiliar with the US political system, I don't know what a court nominee actually is and what role he has in voting or amending laws.

  Besides this, I've already explained my opinion somewhere : a law is not necessarily a bad law even if it's morally wrong or repelling. It's a bad law when it fails to help citizens. The point is : does abortion help citizens ? If so,
  • Re:Court nominee ? (Score:2)

    by pudge (1)

    I don't want abortion to be made illegal, because this won't prevent efficiently illegal abortions -- this will only make them more dangerous.
    
    If we are to say that abortion is the taking of an innocent human life (that is, the subjugation of one human's rights by another), how is this different from, "I don't want slavery to be made illegal, because this won't prevent efficiently illegal enslavements -- this will only make them more dangerous"? Or s/abortion/$insert_crime_here/?
    
    I am not asking anyone to
    • Re:Court nominee ? (Score:2)

      by rafael (2125) <rgarciasuarezNO@SPAMgmail.com> on 2002.10.02 5:04 (#13493) Homepage Journal

      You are pointing out the only place in my post where my personal opinion slipped through. This wasn't intended, sorry.

      You should understand that the abortion issue, like the slavery issue, will never, ever, go away until abortion is illegal. Not true. Replace "never, ever" by "never in the next 150 years in the U.S.A." and I'll agree -- you can't guess beyond that scope. Abortion (like slavery, death penalty, homosexuality, polygamy, ritual murder of widows, cannibalism, and other things that may or may not seem absolutely disgusting) wasn't always, everywhere, an issue, and it won't be an issue forever, because civilizations evolve, even if it's not always towards human progress.

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      • Re:Court nominee ? (Score:2)

        by pudge (1)

        No, I can say never, absolutely. The death penalty, as well. These are distinct from homosexuality and polygamy, because abortion and the death penalty have to do with essential human liberties of an oppressed people. The issue absolutely will not go away. Of course, the death penalty is different because those people are not innocent (ideally), but still, it strikes at the heart of what it means to be a human being. Issues like that never go away until the side of liberty wins. I cannot think of any