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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote] [b]Suho1004 said:[/b] I'm curious as to why you like that answer least, though. She was the only one who thought seriously about what she was saying. All of the other people interviewed dodged the logical conclusions of the position they maintained. Are you saying that you liked their answers better? I understand that if you don't agree with the premise they begin with, blue cap girl's answer is the least palatable, but at least it attempts to be intellectually honest. [/quote] Suho, Sorry to take so long to answer you. I've been too busy and tired this week get back to you. I don't want you to think I've been ignoring you. The thing I dislike about the girl in the blue cap is that her presentation makes it look as if she has thought the answers through. From the answer she gives, I would guess that she is intelligent and quick on her feet. Thus, her immediate comeback with "Yes, they should be punished", makes it appear that she has put some thought into her position. But, when pressured on this, she starts to back peddle. I feel that her initial response was not based on thinking the issue through, but a reaction of "This person is shoving a camera in my face. I'd better be on guard. I'll answer the questions in a manner consistent with the position I'm purporting: Abortion should be illegal". This makes it appear that she has thought the issue through and only under a little more questioning do we find that she hasn't really thought about the consequences of what she's doing at all. In many ways the other people in the interview were more honest with the interviewer because they immediately said they had not thought about the question. As a matter of fact, it became quite clear that blue cap girls answers became unpalatable to her very quickly and I think that's what bothered me about her the most. Even when faced with the fact that her actions might lead to situations she would not be comfortable with, she was still not willing to consider a more lenient position. However, I don't think we can fault her or any of them for not immediately swinging around to the interviewer's point of view. This is an important complex question and they should take some time to think about the questions before reaching conclusions. Whether they will think more about the question or not, I don't think we can say. As a matter of fact, I am against abortion. I don't think I would ever be likely to decide that an abortion was an appropriate solution. However, I also don't feel that it is my place or anyone's place to force that opinion on anyone else. I'm guessing here, but it seems to me that the people who are trying to make abortions illegal for everyone are saying that they know the right answer for everyone and everyone has to conform to their way of behaving. I also am totally opposed to making abortion illegal. When you make anything illegal, you loose the ability to regulate it. Both Bobbins and I are old enough to remember when abortion was illegal in this country and we each had friends who died from getting abortions from people who didn't know what they were doing, but were willing to perform an abortion for enough money. This is a slow. horrible way for a young girl to die. As soon as abortion became legal, the number of back alley abortions dropped way down and you very rarely hear of people thinking that they need to go to an uncertified practitioner. The legalization of abortion has rather, than increasing the number of abortions, made them much safer. The only thing that making it illegal again will do is open the door for back alley abortions. It will not decrease the number of abortions performed. It will only make them dangerous again. There are other professions where this has happened as well. We have had children born in Virginia, California, and Indiana. In California and Indiana there are laws making it illegal to practice as a mid-wife. The only thing this does is remove all safety regulations from those people in those states who are practicing mid-wifery. They still practice. In Virginia and Ohio (next door to Indiana) it is legal to be a mid-wife and because the state allows mid-wives to practice there, they also have the ability to enforce certain regulations making the practice safer for the baby and mother. It is only possible to e a mid-wife in states where it is legal after receiving certain training and certification. In the states where it is illegal, anyone who wants to can be a mid-wife. I think the reason I immediately dis-liked blue cap girl is that I got the feeling she was giving a performance and was probably less willing to think about the issues being discussed than the other people who at least were honest enough to say, I haven't thought about that before. . -- not necessarily stoned... just beautiful. [url=http://www.hyperbole-software.com/] [img]http://www.hyperbole-software.com/ozone/hyperbole-88x33.gif[/img] [/url] Loading...
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