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Re: JFK's Assassination
ARG. annoying.
By: blindtetra
Re: Should Women Be Punished for Having Abortions?
Hope I wasn't misunderstood : I was talkinga about how we should NOT render abortion illegal so women are not forced to head to sketchy people for botched abortions.
By: blindtetra
Re: Should Women Be Punished for Having Abortions?
I'm not one for abortion, but I'm not one for rendering it illegal. As far as I know, the legalization of abortions was not made with the intent of killing babies, but saving mothers' lives. Until legalization, many women died of complications from botched abortions
The pregnant woman who goes to an abortion does not go there out for fun.
Of course, women will often get one done by their own will, but sometimes they are actually pushed to do so (I've had a few friends come to me ask for help after the boyfriend was pressuring them for an abortion, contrary to what they wanted even if the pregnancy was an accident).
No, if anything, we should not render abortion illegal if one simply sees it as an encouragement to use the service. Instead, we should push education on birth control and options available such as counseling in the advent of a pregnancy to be able to make sure an abortion is what you want, without peer pressure from either side of the issue.
Like one woman said, it's between her and God (if you believe in the first place). If she's pushed to this action, so be it, but at least don't add to her anguish by forcing her to go see a witch doctor with a coat hanger in a dark alley...
The pregnant woman who goes to an abortion does not go there out for fun.
Of course, women will often get one done by their own will, but sometimes they are actually pushed to do so (I've had a few friends come to me ask for help after the boyfriend was pressuring them for an abortion, contrary to what they wanted even if the pregnancy was an accident).
No, if anything, we should not render abortion illegal if one simply sees it as an encouragement to use the service. Instead, we should push education on birth control and options available such as counseling in the advent of a pregnancy to be able to make sure an abortion is what you want, without peer pressure from either side of the issue.
Like one woman said, it's between her and God (if you believe in the first place). If she's pushed to this action, so be it, but at least don't add to her anguish by forcing her to go see a witch doctor with a coat hanger in a dark alley...
By: blindtetra
Re: Johnny Carson: Flip Wilson, 1965
I was not expecting that punch line; I love jokes you can't predict.
By: blindtetra
Re: Star Trek TNG Edit 33: Apologies, Mister Worf
I presume Wesley was the kid in the pod thingy
By: blindtetra
Re: George Carlin: Thomas Breaks the Rules
Holy jeez! I always wondered why Carlin's voice was so familiar! Never would have guessed... I guess I'm kinda weirded out too... but not as much as finding out Bob Saget is a ginormous perv...
By: blindtetra
Re: Skeleton Frolic (1937)
Is it just me, or did the flutist flip off the conductor at 2.32?
By: blindtetra
Re: Letterman: Johnny Depp Doesn't Watch His Movies
Non, je ne crois pas. D'ailleurs, je ne l'ai jamais entendu parler français. Y a-t-il un clip sur le net? Je sais que Jodie Foster parle un excellent français et elle va enregistrer sa propre voix pour les traductions en français.
Translate THAT ha!
Translate THAT ha!
By: blindtetra
Re: James Randi:Crystals & Applied Kinesiology
Oh dear god, I used to work at a jewellery/mineral and fossil store. We kept having nutjobs coming in every week. "Excuse me, but can you tell me which stone cures a thyroid gland problem? Hyperactivity? Promotes good chi? Helps me be a better lover?"
I mean, I even had one woman explaining to me how a piece of quartz cured her mother from cancer. As she explained to me, she gave her the rock, and doing so the rock fell to the ground. Picking it up, a "spider" had appeared inside. She deduced this was the cancer that had "jumped" from her mother to the stone. I offered the obvious explanation : Uh, wouldn't that "spider" just be cracks from dropping the stone? "Maybe, she answered, but how do you explain how my mother was cured?" "Oh, says I, how long did she survive after that?"
"two weeks." she said.... "BUT she didn't die of cancer!"
I mean, I even had one woman explaining to me how a piece of quartz cured her mother from cancer. As she explained to me, she gave her the rock, and doing so the rock fell to the ground. Picking it up, a "spider" had appeared inside. She deduced this was the cancer that had "jumped" from her mother to the stone. I offered the obvious explanation : Uh, wouldn't that "spider" just be cracks from dropping the stone? "Maybe, she answered, but how do you explain how my mother was cured?" "Oh, says I, how long did she survive after that?"
"two weeks." she said.... "BUT she didn't die of cancer!"
By: blindtetra
