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athelind ([personal profile] athelind) wrote2004-01-30 10:30 am

Conservative Philosophy

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So that explains Bush supporters.

[identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
If we go down to brass tacks, I only support Bush because he's the only pro-life candidate (Though rumors abound that Kerry is personally pro-life, just not politically).

Everything else is moot to me.

[identity profile] araquan.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
Hee. Now that's comedy. }:>

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[identity profile] athelind.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. So quantity of life is more important than quality of life.

We don't care how well they live or how long, but by golly, squirt out them babies.

Convenient that you'll never have to face that issue personally, what with that Y chromosome, eh?

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[identity profile] athelind.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
I should also note that, yes, that's the point of both the strip and my commentary on it: you've limited your intelligence and your perceptions to make a fool seem wise.

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[identity profile] araquan.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
And by the way. My comment came first. It's only due to a glitch in the Space-Time Continuum that it appears otherwise. Grr.

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[identity profile] athelind.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
I think it's more appropriate seen as an addendum to the comment above, however.

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[identity profile] araquan.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. I suppose... But still, I had to set the record straight. }:>

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[identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
Hardly, do you know why I'm pro-life? I was pro-choice until I took it upon myself to learn about abortion.

I have fairly extensive medical connections through my extended family. I arranged to watch two abortions performed and that's when I changed my mind.

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[identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think if abortion were illegal there would be such a greater amount of babies, given 97% of abortions are not rape/incest/health of the mother issues. I think people would express more personal responsibility and not get pregnant in the first place.

I removed the first half because I do not feel comfortable revealing such in a public forum. We can discuss it some other way sometime.

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[identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com 2004-01-30 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
See my p #mail when you can.

While you were the catalyst, it isn't really your fault because you didn't know, but your comments hurt me more than words can describe. I'm not really strong enough to publicly explain just yet.

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[identity profile] baxil.livejournal.com 2004-01-31 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
But you're not a vegetarian? Tour a slaughterhouse sometime.

[identity profile] baxil.livejournal.com 2004-01-31 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
By the way, if that came off as a cheap shot, I apologize.

It was, sort of. But it was also an entirely serious suggestion. [WARNING: Disturbing images at link.]

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[identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com 2004-01-31 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes I have actually.

I believe killing of any kind is pretty horrible, and I include plants in this. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

There is also this little problem of my family being glutin-intolerant and soy-allergic. While I don't have the problems now, overexposure causes them to flare out and there is no cure.

In other words, if I lived on a vegetarian diet, I would have to have one that didn't include massive amounts of soy or glutin(wheat).

If you have any suggestions on how to do this, I'd be welcome to try.

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[identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com 2004-01-31 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I've seen this in person. I have a very strong stomach, remember what I said about medical connections?

I've also seen open heart surgery, normal births, c-sections, brain surgery and car accident victims operated on(The latter was the most disturbing). So, my dislike of abortion is not just because I thought it was 'so gross' either.