Yup, I don't get the Libs. They support, sometimes happily, infanticide yet are staunchly against the death penalty. Personally, I don't believe in either.
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Yup, I don't get the Libs. They support, sometimes happily, infanticide yet are staunchly against the death penalty. Personally, I don't believe in either.
If I was dying of liver failure, could I attach myself to your body and borrow your bile production? Why or why not?
Being against the death penalty is a mathematical judgement. At this time, we cannot guarantee with 100% certainty that a convicted person is guilty. There are enough cases of our justice system incarcerating an innocent person. This means that with the death penalty as a punishment and enough time, you will likely kill an innocent person. Folks are against the death penalty because they would rather not run the risk at all of killing an innocent person by mistake, negligence or otherwise.
I agree with you. I'm against the death penalty as well. I'm sure the man has executed many innocent people. I'm not sure what you are after with your question though. so thanks for that.
A kidney is not the same as a fetus. Maybe a better analogy might work. But for a fetus as a kidney id say...if your kidney is malfunctioning get rid of it. But if u have a child and it is not harming a woman and risking her life on a level equiv to kidney failure...then this breaks down logically. This is especially true if the woman is pregnant due to her own indescretions...
Killing is killing. Sometimes there is a rational reason for it. Most the time...there isnt.
The type of organ is not the point of the analogy. The logic is stressing the dependence.
I, as a living human with rights, cannot attach myself to you in order to survive. I can't force that on you. I can't force you to take care of me and keep me alive via your body. Yes, I will die without you supporting me biologically.
If you refused to let me use your body, would you consider that killing?
If you refused to let me use your body, could the government step in and force you to allow me to use it to keep myself alive?
In the same way, a fetus, which is not a separate legal entity, cannot force itself on a mother in order to survive. It can't force that on a mother for 9 months (and neither can the government.) And yes, the fetus will die without the support biologically.
So, it sounds like you are more pro-consequence and pro-punishment than you are pro-rights.
When you have an itch and scratch your arm, you will get dead skin cells and living skin cells. Do you consider it killing when you scratch away 100s of living cells?