tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398816522051509280.post6605601293120062483..comments2023-11-03T07:19:42.953-05:00Comments on The Dissentators: A Militia by Any Other Name...The Dissentatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02826424514995298881noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398816522051509280.post-13125043300393593362007-03-13T08:16:00.000-05:002007-03-13T08:16:00.000-05:00Your change in view is certainly justifiable and, ...Your change in view is certainly justifiable and, as I am not a father, I cannot argue with the sentiment. If you do not agree with abortion in your own life, I am curious to know if this would make you vote against it and decide this for others. <BR/>There are cases, such as the ones I see here in South Africa, where the child is born into a family where both parents are dying of AIDS, where jobs are scarce and few can afford proper care and schooling. There are too many cases like this in the states to just outlaw abortion, and because of this I could never agree with the pro-life sentiment. What I mean to say is that we should vote in our own self-interests but with compassion for those who do not feel the same or have the same economic and/or community support.CapeTownDissentatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850206609204923201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398816522051509280.post-10796866543187007692007-03-13T07:58:00.000-05:002007-03-13T07:58:00.000-05:00aaCapeTownDissentatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850206609204923201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398816522051509280.post-1048815088671396382007-03-12T21:40:00.000-05:002007-03-12T21:40:00.000-05:00This is an arguement I have actually changed my op...This is an arguement I have actually changed my opinion on 180 degrees. Before my wife got pregnant, I would have said almost word for word what you said. However, seeing pictures and hearing my daughters heart changed my mind. I truely believe she was a living individual before she was born. Becuase of that, I believe abortion is simply wrong.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398816522051509280.post-66070384888272486222007-03-12T16:31:00.000-05:002007-03-12T16:31:00.000-05:00Certainly these are issues that are hardly resolve...Certainly these are issues that are hardly resolved by professional lawmakers and seldom by bloggers. I do agree with the old phrase about outlaws and guns, just as if we outlawed cigarettes we would create a black market for them. Regarding the rights or lack of rights for an unborn baby, your framing of the argument forces me to appear like an ogre and say that an unborn baby doesn't have rights, but an unborn baby doesn't necessarily have the rights of a living U.S. citizen. Biologically, it isn't even a self-sustaining life, entirely dependent on the mother. Taking away a woman's right to choose is not, in my opinion, infringing on the something without rights. <BR/>I didn't mean to be ambiguous concerning my views on ind. rights. I honestly do not want to ban guns or outlaw them. In terms of the ease with which one can acquire a gun, however, and the fire power of available weapons, the 2nd Amendment does not seem to be supportive in the case of a automatic weapon. <BR/>While the 2nd Amendment, I agree, should and does allow for an individual to bear arms, there remains no textual citation in the Constitution that affords an unborn child any rights.CapeTownDissentatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17850206609204923201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398816522051509280.post-10527432959992174282007-03-12T12:12:00.000-05:002007-03-12T12:12:00.000-05:00I fall on the other side of both of your arguments...I fall on the other side of both of your arguments; I believe the 2nd amendment protects our right to own guns, and I believe abortion should be illegal. I heard many of the arguments made by the majority opinion on Friday and believe they are correct. In the words of the old phrase, “if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.” I believe we have rights until those rights infringe on others rights. Abortion is a perfect example. If a woman has the right to decide what affects her body, why doesn’t the unborn baby get the same right?Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.com