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Comment on Be The Hero by eric doll

eric doll — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:09:47 +0000

Be an unsung hero, especially when the singer is yourself.

Comment on Book Review. An Occasional Walker by jnarvey

jnarvey — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:42:25 +0000

Hey Dag! Good to see you dropped by. Glad you liked the review. Anyway, I used the Tea Party line as a bit of a guide for potential readers; it was the best shorthand I could think of, though it applies to chapters, not the whole book.

Happy travels, friend.

Comment on Book Review. An Occasional Walker by Anne

Anne — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:43:41 +0000

I’m buying a copy now, thanks to your review.

Comment on Book Review. An Occasional Walker by Dag

Dag — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:33:50 +0000

Hey, what a fine review. I am puzzled, though. I thought my writing was mainstream. Everyone I know is pretty much like me. Could it be that the Tea Party is a little more diverse than one might assume?

My best from Arequipa, Peru.

Dag Walker.

Comment on A Fetus Is Not A Human Being by Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:01:50 +0000

So when is the fetus a human being then – At birth? 1 day earlier and it’s not a human being? You comfortable with that Jonathan?
Maybe now you’re 99% sure. That’s sure enough to kill the baby – sorry “fetus”?
Under the nazi’s, it was legal to kill jews because first they were declassified as humans under the law. The population was able to accept that. For the most part, they turned a blind eye to the obvious truth – they sure looked human. A fully developed baby sure looks human to me.

Comment on A Fetus Is Not A Human Being by Dollops - Eric Doll

Dollops - Eric Doll — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:23:48 +0000

Please consider this argument. A grain of oats is oat, a butterfly puppa is a butterfly, and a fertilised human egg is human – all they need is the right conditions and time to realise their ultimate earthly form and to start the cycle over again. Who is to say that the tadpole is not the intended end, making frog and egg mere stages in its development?

Comment on A Fetus Is Not A Human Being by the rat

the rat — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:08:27 +0000

“Why do you think anyone is obligated to give you an easy answer to a question that bio-ethicists will be debating for years to come? “

I think you owe me an answer because you are wholeheartedly advocating the right to terminate a pregnancy but you can’t define what makes a human “human”. You are willing to risk killing a human. You say bioethicists struggle with this question but apparently you do not. That tells me that one is us is an ideological extremist and I’ll give you a hint: It’s not me!

And for just downright scary let’s talk about this line:

“At what precise moment does a human being become self-aware (Certainly not at birth and not for some time thereafter)?”

Is that your definition of human, self-aware? And if you are correct and a baby is not self-aware then it’s not human? Are you seriously implying infanticide is OK because babies aren’t human? And those who are mentally disabled and never become truly self-aware? Is it Ok to “abort” them?

Comment on My Favorite Part of the Avengers Movie by john

john — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:31:50 +0000

Know nothing?

LOL! I’M not the one using comic book characters for references.

Perhaps I should go before you call Spider man to come and beat me up.

Comment on A Fetus Is Not A Human Being by sdc

sdc — Sat, 12 May 2012 11:32:31 +0000

I’d be with you, Jonathan; the second the conservative becomes an arm of the theocratic wingnut party (the way the republicans have in the US) is the second I no longer vote conservative. The only person who has any right to make medical decisions for me is ME. Oddly enough, the religious crazies didn’t get their panties in a bunch over this issue until after Napoleon worked out a cozy deal with Pius VII, where the Catholics would be given free run in France, and Napoleon would let him remain pope, while French women continued to pump out kids for the army.

Comment on A Fetus Is Not A Human Being by enkidu

enkidu — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:06:04 +0000

I understand metaphor, it does not mean that you get to make a ridiculous statement and pretend it has meaning. Please explain your ‘metaphor’. Then, please give some support for your position regarding the humanity or lack thereof of a human fetus.