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| Graeme1203 |
Many years ago, when being taught about politics, it was shown to me how from the far left to the far right it was not a straight line, but a circle. When you stand back and look at the ideologies at a high level, they start to meld, become more similar than different. | ||
| Sifo |
Many years ago, when being taught about politics, it was shown to me how from the far left to the far right it was not a straight line, but a circle. I would agree in theory. In reality, at least in the US at this point, the right is light years away from closing that circle. The left has pretty much done it's part though. | ||
| Crusty |
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| Court |
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| Airbozo |
Nice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhLYaCOiK1M | ||
| Froggy |
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| Slaughter |
If you think weapons or martial arts are what is needed to defend against evil... you're not even close. | ||
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| Aesquire |
The legal argument that if a company bribes the President & his Party that it's legal to force you at gunpoint, ( fines, arrest and jail.... ) to buy that company's product, is morally rejected by me. | ||
| Bartimus |
Sumos on bikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-wOp11FsF0&featur e=youtu.be | ||
| 1313 |
Now that's funny! What's even funnier is that I took a few pics of a much more accessorized version of the bikes used in the video nearly 1 year ago in Istanbul.    | ||
| Sifo |
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| Two_seasons |
Abortion starts with a cold heart. After the deed is done, it then starts to consume the mind! | ||
| Airbozo |
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| Sifo |
Only if you have no concept of what is going on. | ||
| Airbozo |
Like when _viable_ life actually starts? | ||
| Sifo |
Like when a unique set of DNA becomes a living cell? | ||
| Airbozo |
Living cells are not always viable organisms. They require much more than single cells to survive. Ask the living cells that just got scraped off my knuckle. Oh wait... | ||
| Reepicheep |
This is the right discussion, and we shouldn't entrench. So, is someone getting CPR or on a breathing machie "viable"? Is somebody in a wheelchair, who would never be able to hunt or farm without a lot of industrialized assistance "viable"? Is a 1 year old baby, who would be dead in 36 hours were it not for constant maintenance, "viable"? Is an egg fertilized in a test tube but never implanted "viable"? Is a sperm and an egg, both still viable, but not yet joined, "viable"? Does a fertile male standing next to a fertile female who have not had sex result in something "viable"? I've tried to be openminded about these things and get to an intellectually honest answer. It's hard, but there are a few logical places where you could join the line. | ||
| Aesquire |
The very term, "viable" is germane to the discussion only in the logic of the morality of the definitions. It IS part of the overall subject of life and the morality of it's preservation and taking. I won't discuss my views here, wrong thread, & don't claim to have the answers to the ethical quandary. Anyone have a rabbit with a waffle pic?  | ||
| Crusty |
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| Graeme1203 |
'Anyone have a rabbit with a waffle pic? : )' As requested  | ||
| Aesquire |
Thank you! | ||
| Sifo |
If they aren't viable, why do they need to be destroyed?  |
