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sheep ([info]sheep) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2008-10-28 11:05:00


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Abortion = Rape and the holocaust
I found this via Stupid_Free and TQC (with the help of google).

I'm not Voting for a Man, I'm Voting for Generations of Children and their Right to Live

A lot of it is the usual religious blathering and lets look at pics of babies in the womb.

However, a few paragraphs stand out.



But suppose you have two candidates, one who has promised to defend and further the legalized killing of one group of people (any group: women, minorities, disabled, unborn, poor.) You disagree with the other candidate in areas that in their own right might be important, but do not involve the merciless slaughter of millions of people. Furthermore, the second candidate—whom you consider boring and disagreeable—believes that same group of people has the right to live, and he says he will defend their rights, and appoint judges who will defend it. Now, which candidate should you vote for?

...

Don't you believe that though there were other issues in Nazi Germany besides the killing of Jews, Gypsies and the disabled, that all those other issues were trumped by that one? If Lincoln's platform involved ending slavery yet you agreed with Douglas (who wanted slavery to remain legal) in lots of other areas, would you feel right voting for Douglas, knowing you were voting for slavery?

...

The right of unborn children to live is on the table. The killing of the unborn is the holocaust of our day. Where do you want to have stood on this issue? Where do you want the man you vote for to have stood on it? If your grandchildren ask you one day whether you voted for or against the right of children to live, what will you say?


...

Believing what I do that the unborn are human beings in the fullest sense, to be pro-legalized-abortion is exactly equivalent to being pro-legalized-killing-of-three-year-olds. Or pro-legalized-killing-of-teenagers. Or pro-legalized-killing-of-women. Or pro-legalized-killing-of-Jews.

...


What would you think if a politician said "I'm not pro-rape, I'm simply prochoice about rape. And though I would not choose to rape a woman, I believe that every man should be free to rape a woman if that is his personal choice." And what would you do if that politician promised the rape lobby that if he is elected president, the "first thing I would do" is to sign legislation that would invalidate all the state laws that restrict rape in any way?

Well, I think I would say that man is pro-rape, wouldn't you? But technically, no, he is simply prochoice about rape. Well, okay. Be prochoice about whether someone should eat Mexican food or Chinese food, or cheer for the Phillies or the Rays. But don't be prochoice about whether men rape women or kill children. Because that is to be pro-rape and pro-killing.

Now, no doubt Obama supporters will think this is an outrageous analogy. And those who don't believe unborn children are really human beings would understandably feel that way. (Though, both scientifically and biblically, they are absolutely wrong.) But what about all the people who keep insisting they are prolife, that they really DO believe the unborn children are precious human beings created in God's image? If that's what you really believe, then you must accept the analogy as valid. (On what basis is it invalid unless it's because the unborn aren't really human and therefore don't have human rights?)

Is rape, despicable as it is, really worse than overpowering and tearing apart an innocent child in his mother's womb? If you are REALLY prolife, not just if you say the words "I am prolife, but there are many other issues," but I mean if you REALLY believe these are children, then the analogy to rape, kidnapping, or killing teenagers or women or Jews or African Americans is perfectly legitimate. How could it not be? Don't skim over this—seriously, I want to hear your answer.


I only skim read the post, so there may be many other 'analogies'.

I've never heard of this person before, so I'm kind of hoping they are a troll or this is some how supposed to be satire... some one please tell me it is.

Ugh, I didn't even try to read the comments. I hope he is being torn to shreds.

Link to TQC - http://community.livejournal.com/thequestionclub/50530952.html (Note fame is not endorsing the post.)

Link to Stupid_Free - http://community.livejournal.com/stupid_free/1096859.html?style=mine


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[info]kuromitsu
2008-10-28 01:05 pm UTC (link)
From the comments: It's a blunt analogy, but it works.

....what.

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[info]hallidae
2008-10-28 03:06 pm UTC (link)
Ignore that one. There are occasional claims of libertarianism, but considering how much they're contrary just to be contrary in nearly every post they commenton, they probably just like shit-stirring.

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-10-28 05:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]blue_penguin, 2008-10-28 05:41 pm UTC

[info]notjo
2008-10-28 01:27 pm UTC (link)
Hmm... So, the bombing of Iran is okay, then?

Oh, but those aren't innocent white babies over there, right? Those are... um... something else.

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[info]ayezur
2008-10-28 05:42 pm UTC (link)
Potential terrorists. We're making the first strike.

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[info]aristaea
2008-10-28 01:38 pm UTC (link)
I'm really sick of the "abortion is genocide" crap. It's only genocide if it's systematically directed toward one specific ethnic or racial group. Otherwise it's just regular murder, guys.

Also, the "science proves it!" bullshit is possibly more annoying than the intelligent design crowd. Science isn't in the business of defining what is and isn't a human being, only what is and isn't alive (and we can't even agree about the finer distinctions of that). So don't put all your philosophical religious craziness on science, mister.

Is rape, despicable as it is, really worse than overpowering and tearing apart an innocent child in his mother's womb?

Ummm... YES, because a FETUS isn't SELF-AWARE and can't SUFFER the way that a postnatal human being can. A fetus is less cognitively developed than a cow, so unless you're VEGAN you can shut the fuck up, you arrogant man.

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[info]seiberwing
2008-10-28 03:29 pm UTC (link)
"Overpowering" makes it sound like they're wrestling the fetus to the ground and stabbing it in the back of the neck.

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(no subject) - [info]anonyrat, 2008-10-28 04:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sneer, 2008-10-28 04:00 pm UTC

[info]blancdoeufs
2008-10-29 01:22 am UTC (link)
Oh, I'm so glad there's a man around to tell us what we should think about rape and abortion!

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[info]bwthree
2008-10-29 02:41 am UTC (link)
Hmm.... What about practices like selective abortion of female embryos? Would those also qualify as genocide, or is the fact that the targeting is racial/ethnic in basis more integral to the definition than the targeting itself?

My favorite rebuttal to the "life begins at conception" argument is to point out that around 80% of all embryos don't even survive past the first week. If every zygote is a person, than the number of babies killed via abortion is a drop in the ocean compared to the number claimed by God. I've yet to see anyone come up with a coherent response to that.

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(no subject) - [info]aristaea, 2008-10-29 06:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]bwthree, 2008-10-29 11:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]aristaea, 2008-10-29 07:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bwthree, 2008-10-30 04:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]aristaea, 2008-10-30 03:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]warrioreowyn, 2008-10-31 03:23 am UTC

[info]warrioreowyn
2008-10-31 03:24 am UTC (link)
Ummm... YES, because a FETUS isn't SELF-AWARE and can't SUFFER the way that a postnatal human being can. A fetus is less cognitively developed than a cow

It really depends on the stage of development, doesn't it? What's true at one week is not necessarily true at 6 months.

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[info]hallidae
2008-10-28 03:12 pm UTC (link)
The comments on the guy's blog make me queasy. It's too early to feel this sick.

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[info]seiberwing
2008-10-28 03:30 pm UTC (link)
As a Jew and a descendant of Holocaust victims of I would like to say the following:

NOTHING IS LIKE THE HOLOCAUST. STOP COOPTING THEIR FATES FOR YOUR PITIFUL POLITICAL PLOYS.

Oh, and fuck you.

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[info]napalmnacey
2008-10-29 05:33 pm UTC (link)
I'm not a Jew or a descendent of Holocaust victims but I would like to add a hearty "YES. THIS."

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-10-29 06:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2008-10-29 07:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-10-29 07:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2008-10-29 07:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-10-29 07:48 pm UTC

[info]otoselkie
2008-11-02 08:58 pm UTC (link)
Thank you. Thank you. I have always wanted to scream at the anti-choicers standing in front of the abortion clinic in my (primarily Jewish) hometown with bigass "holocaust of our time" signs, "YOU DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH THE SHOAH!"

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-11-02 09:41 pm UTC

[info]the__ivorytower
2008-10-28 05:11 pm UTC (link)
I think my response would have to be...

...are you fucking retarded?

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[info]rekall
2008-10-28 05:21 pm UTC (link)
Maybe someone can explain it to me. Why do people think that making abortions illegal will magically make them disappear? Are they not familiar with the term 'Back Ally Abortion'? Women will die if abortions are made illegal. Why is the life of a clump of cells more important than the life of a full-grown, adult woman?

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iwanttobeasleep
2008-10-28 05:26 pm UTC (link)
Because the woman had sex.

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(no subject) - [info]blancdoeufs, 2008-10-29 01:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dejla, 2008-10-29 04:26 pm UTC

[info]julesnoctambule
2008-10-28 05:32 pm UTC (link)
The cells aren't important at all. Maintaining control over women and making them second-class citizens, keeping them powerless and essentially turning them into non-people incubators is the ultimate goal of the pro-'life' movement. If it were really about 'life', they'd show the same fervor when it came to war and the death penalty. . .and yet they don't.

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(no subject) - [info]kagutaba, 2008-10-28 06:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sneer, 2008-10-28 07:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lerefuge, 2008-10-29 01:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-10-29 07:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]luthe, 2008-10-30 03:11 am UTC

[info]blue_penguin
2008-10-28 05:36 pm UTC (link)
Because the women are sinners who deserve what they get if they try to get abortions, whereas the fetuses are totally innocent. Duh.

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[info]velvet_mace
2008-10-28 06:50 pm UTC (link)
Eve ate the apple and was punished with the pain of childbirth, so it's all good religious folk's duty to punish all women forever for it. All women must suffer it. ALL OF THEM. Yes I'm looking at you, you sinning childfree people.

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[info]tachikoma01
2008-10-28 07:55 pm UTC (link)
*raises hand* I've actually had an anti-choicer tell me that basically yes, the fetus IS more important.

And that the answer to "What about pregnancies where the mother will not survive if the fetus is not aborted, like ectopic pregnancies?" is apparently "We can't play God and choose to kill one person to save another." Which means killing them both is the proper answer, apparently.

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(no subject) - [info]finchbird, 2008-10-28 09:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tachikoma01, 2008-10-29 02:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cygnia, 2008-10-28 10:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tachikoma01, 2008-10-29 02:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cygnia, 2008-10-29 03:36 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]funwithrage, 2008-10-29 03:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-10-30 08:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]digigirl132, 2008-10-29 02:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2008-10-29 05:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2008-10-30 08:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2008-10-30 12:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]edge_of_reason, 2008-10-31 12:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2008-11-01 12:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]harrylovesron, 2008-10-29 08:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]darsynia, 2008-10-30 01:07 pm UTC

redwarrior
2008-10-28 09:46 pm UTC (link)
Because the clump of cells might have a penis.

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[info]mmanurere
2008-10-28 05:38 pm UTC (link)
I'm Voting for Generations of Children and their Right to Live ...

...long enough to die of a treatable illness due to lack of medical care.

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(no subject) - [info]microclimate, 2008-10-28 05:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-10-28 06:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kuromitsu, 2008-10-28 06:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-10-28 06:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rimrunner, 2008-10-29 03:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kosaginolegion, 2008-10-28 11:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tachikoma01, 2008-10-28 07:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2008-10-28 09:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]julesnoctambule, 2008-10-28 09:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - redwarrior, 2008-10-28 09:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]finchbird, 2008-10-28 09:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjo, 2008-10-28 10:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - redwarrior, 2008-10-28 09:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]plazmah, 2008-10-28 10:40 pm UTC
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redwarrior
2008-10-28 09:42 pm UTC (link)
Wow. This is so full of fail that my brain cannot comprehend the amount of fail it is producing from its fail-hole.

And something in me thinks that this person would be all for the killing of GLBT people. But, as George Carlin pointed out, gays have the least number of abortions.

Funny how that works.

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(no subject) - [info]blue_penguin, 2008-10-29 12:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rimrunner, 2008-10-29 03:10 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2008-10-29 05:37 pm UTC

[info]kalakagatha
2008-10-29 06:50 pm UTC (link)
The next person who suggests that losing my 3-year-old daughter (god forbid) is exactly equivalent to the miscarriage I had about 8 months ago at 8 weeks is going to get a boot to the brainpan. Sadly, I mostly only see those arguments being made online. And the web has no brain.

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[info]darsynia
2008-10-30 12:58 pm UTC (link)
Wait, wait, wait. He's saying that abortion is the rape in this scenario? Not the whole, 'we're forcing you to spend nine months of your life (three quarters of a YEAR) doing something you don't want to do that makes you very sick, threatens job security in some ways, could potentially threaten your life, and forces you to change most of your living habits' thing?

Not to sound like I'm vying for attention, but I'm pregnant, and ever since I discovered I was and started down the delightful path of throwing up all the time and all the other delightful symptoms/side effects, I've realized just how utterly horrible and terrifying it would be to be forced to go through that against my will. I don't care WHAT led up to the pregnancy, that's cruel and unusual punishment.

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