----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: Re: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today
> On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:23:09 -0400, JDG wrote > > > If the standard liberal Democratic position is to oppose every one > > of those restrictions on abortion, then isn't it true that they are > > defending all abortions from any legalized restriction? > > I suppose it does. But that is dramatically different from "defending > abortion." One can defend the legality of abortion without endorsing it. Which is what I was referring to by saying defend abortions. It is amazing how close our language is on this. . I would have used endorsing abortion for saying it was inherently a good thing. Also, by talking about aborition as "reproductive rights" one does defend it as a fundamental human right....which actually goes beyond simply defending the legality of it. Finally, given the fact that I was specifically referring to polls on the legality of abortion, I still don't see why it was such a stretch to see that this is what I meant. I'm always happy to clarify, but I'm not sure why calling my ideas radical is considered a reasonable way to ask for such a clarification. All I did was look at the data and drew a conclusion from the numbers...while giving others a chance to draw their own conclusion. >The fact that something is wrong and undesirable, even horrible, cannot imply that > it must be made illegal. It must not also be the least worse option. Killing in self defense is legal for this reason, even for private citizens. >Otherwise, wouldn't we have to make war illegal, for example? Well, if there were an international constitution for a Federated Republic of the World that supported rights for all and that was backed by the World Police Force which was backed by the International Guard, then that would be a reasonable thing to do. In the absence of the ability to enforce such a law fairly, it is merely words on paper, as WWII showed. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
