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Old 08-09-2007, 10:19 AM   #17 (permalink)
micfranklin
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Originally Posted by Alun
Legal abortion kills a fetus too immature to be a person. Illegal drugs kill people.
You know what I mean.

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Originally Posted by Alun
Or "save the people who haven't learned yet" or "save the people who might make one self-destructive decision" or otherwise "save the people who would regret it later anyway." We don't let people kill themselves just because they don't know better. That's a useless, meaningless level of freedom.
Useless or not, it's still a freedom regardless. The government's job is not to protect you from you.
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