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  1. Joe_Stocks

    Abortion

    Hi 9-10ths, As I told Storm, I reject that philosophical distinction. Scientifically, a human embryo is a human being. So, why is this class of human beings allowed to be killed?
  2. Joe_Stocks

    Abortion

    Hi Storm, Well, scientifically it is a human being, you don't accept that? I've heard this as well, that few women take abortion lightly, and this always puzzled me; if it's not a human being growing inside you, why the tough decision? Looks like the conscience getting in the way of...
  3. Joe_Stocks

    Abortion

    Hi 9-10ths, In this text, we begin our description of the developing human with the formation and differentiation of the male and female sex cells or gametes, which will unite at fertilization to initiate the embryonic development of a new individual. William J. Larson, Human Embryology, 3rd...
  4. Joe_Stocks

    Abortion

    Hi Storm, I don't make the philosophical distinction between a human 'person' and a human being. For the very reason that it begs the question, when you define a human embryo is not a person and then argue that only 'persons' should be protected then you are already at your conclusion...
  5. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Tumbleweed, 1. Do you agree with Kagan about the government banning books that advocate for or against a candidate? 2. Have you read the newspapers around our Founding and in our early years? If you did, you would not be making your argument. Amazon.com: Presidential Campaigns: From...
  6. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Hi Skwim, Another post short on specifics, you're good at this!
  7. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Tumbleweed, Actually no, they had none of those things when the nation was founded. Oh, I also forgot the income tax, do away with that too. Those Founders with this small government sound more right-wing than the modern Republican Party.
  8. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Tumbleweed, Who thinks the Constitution is too sacred to touch?
  9. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Hi tumbleweed, And I'm sure you're with Elana Kagen as she argued before the high court that the government would ban books that advocated for or against a candidate. What part of First Amendment do you not understand?
  10. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    To sacred to be touched? Who believes that, we have an amendment process. Nice strawman.
  11. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Hi tumbleweed, It's a deal. Let's go back to a federal government with no Department of Education, Commerce, Interior, Agriculture, Energy and also no Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
  12. Joe_Stocks

    World population

    Hi Warren, Actually yes. Ehlrich said the population was growing so much the earth didn't have the resources to sustain the population. The very same things being said here.
  13. Joe_Stocks

    OMG--a discussion about education that includes...

    Hi Gene, Interesting, when the economy was growing Michigan wasn't, not exactly a failure of capitalism. Public education has a monopoly and it always generously funded and they can't even teach the kids how to read? Let's get some new professionals in there then.
  14. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Hi Father, Isn't that why you guys call it 'a living Constitution?' Isn't that why you guys find a right to privacy (in Griswold v Connecticut) in the 'penumbras and emanations' of the Constitution? Isn't why you guys seek to pass campaign finance laws that usurp First Amendment? Isn't that...
  15. Joe_Stocks

    Abortion

    Hi Storm, An embryology textbook will tell you that an embryo is a human person. That is a scientific fact. I can say I have had a few conversations with some pro-life activists and I've never heard this point (that having a baby is a punishment). The pro-lifers I know (this could...
  16. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Hi Storm, Oh, they can be, but it is extremely difficult with an ideology that has values contra to our Founding values. There's a reason Jefferson was so high on the French Revolution (at least at first).
  17. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Hi Darkness, Tell that to Joe Lieberman, liberals seemed pretty keen on purity there while Republicans have yet to kick Ron Paul (opposition to Iraq war), Rudy Giuliani (pro-choice) or Mitt Romney (Obamacare in Mass) out of the Republican Party for their less 'pure' views.
  18. Joe_Stocks

    Liberals admit July 4th parades are right wing

    Hi Copernicus, I am arguing that the study was most likely done by people with a liberal persuasion.
  19. Joe_Stocks

    Ron Paul,The man America needs for President.

    Revolt, My point is, he dances around the Medicare issue (at least in this question). By saying, "I'll cut other stuff so we can keep Medicare around" smacks as an unserious point a libertarian should be making.
  20. Joe_Stocks

    Abortion

    Storm, Thanks for those links. I'll respond soon.
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