If fantasy could be true (contains some RotE spoilers so beware)

[danieladamsmith]

Thul...first of all you can put your knee back down. THe answer is in my statement. Politically I am pro choice and would think that in many cases rape, incest, the life of the mother or simply a mistake that abortion should be legal and safe. I never said that. I can't explain this to someone that isn't a parent. It just changes your feeling about abortion. I am total leftist but personally in my life with my wife there is no question that if she gets pregnant we are having the baby whether it has Down Syndrome or is totally healthy. That is a decision for my life...

I am a left voter. I have never voted for a Republican or a Conservative Democrat in my life...but I think arguing the extremes is always dangerous. In the case you stated I have no problem with the person terminating the pregnancy. I'm an atheist. I am not pro-life because of religion but only because I have a child. Now many conservatives argue that we should torture people because it might stop a ticking time bomb. Using your Arguing the Extremes" logic that would and should be okay because who likes a ticking time bomb...

Now you can fritter away and pull at the threads of what I am saying and compare seatbelts to the horrific crime that occurred here in Austria a few years ago where a man locked his child in a hidden basement and continued to rape her and deny her the freedom to leave all the while she was bearing his children from incest.... You can compare those two. You have the right...but you're not RIGHT. I am talking about cruelty. Okay in public school they tend to make you stay in a room for 8 hours. Is that the same? Please...

Cruel is cruel. And hey many animals that are eaten are subjected to cruel treatment, without a doubt. I wouldn't deny that.... Seatbelts are not cruel. I get your intellectual arguments but just because you can make an argument does that mean you always should?

And please remember this is with ALL DUE RESPECT...