"Blowing up facilities and killing medical personnel. NO, and I don't think these people can really call their actions Christian. At least not any flavor of Christianity I know about."
Of course that's wrong, but as you said, " [they do] not represent a significant portion of the population." Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 4:05 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Science, for dummies Yes, morals are subjective, but that should not prevent us from trying to prevent the immoral acts simply because the other person does not share the opinion. As you mentioned many times in your latest post, it is a matter of degree. How does one try to prevent the amoral, in ones opinion, act. Talk to the women/couple involved and explain why you feel it is wrong. I am fine with. Try to scare people by showing medical and not so medical images of abortions. A little strong armed, but under freedom of speech, one that has to be allowed. When and where can be somewhat debated, but outright banning -- no. Banning the practice with legislation is definitely NO. Again it is a matter of degree. You countered this with the common NAMBA argument. But that is a bad argument; because NAMBA does not represent a significant portion of the population. As distasteful you and I may think about their practices, if they represented 80% of the population, their practices would be culturally acceptable. Now you may counter that anti-abortion is a majority view, but the simple fact of this discussion and a current legal precedents says otherwise I believe. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174543 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
