Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 13, 2016 20:44:15 GMT
I didn't want to post this on the Orlando thread as it's off topic. But this comment jumped out at me.
One Pea wrote about guns:
The thought came to me that the same can be said of those who are in favor of abortion. If you substitute the word Abortion for guns you get; "any real discussion gets shut down with accusations that any restrictions or bans are part of some agenda trying to completely ban abortions. Innocent lives are either important enough to work to save or they're not. So far, in this country, they're not."
Just struck me as interesting. Depending which side of the fence you're on in both these issues, the same language can apply to each side. It's also interesting to me how distinctions are made between which innocent lives are worth saving and those which are not.
One Pea wrote about guns:
But it's useless to even get into this debate, because real discussion always gets shut down with accusations that any restrictions or bans (ex: assault weapons) are part of some agenda trying to completely ban guns. Innocent lives are either important enough to work to save or they're not. So far, in this country, they're not.
The thought came to me that the same can be said of those who are in favor of abortion. If you substitute the word Abortion for guns you get; "any real discussion gets shut down with accusations that any restrictions or bans are part of some agenda trying to completely ban abortions. Innocent lives are either important enough to work to save or they're not. So far, in this country, they're not."
Just struck me as interesting. Depending which side of the fence you're on in both these issues, the same language can apply to each side. It's also interesting to me how distinctions are made between which innocent lives are worth saving and those which are not.
My original pea date was November 1999 and my number was 1803