hellboy said:
Matt - she's making points. Giving examples. She's not setting down a set of rigid laws and saying that we should 'strictly adhere' to them.
That's how most people discuss things - they find an example where they are right, and then ignore completely the consequences of that example when it is applied to all people.
It happens on both sides. The anti-abortion people talk about partial birth abortions as this heinous act - but in reality that is a very small percentage of total abortions.
The pro-abprtion people talk about rape, or "health of the motehr", both are issues which are invovled in an overwlhlenmingly small percentage of abrotions.
Then, on either side, people get on these narrow narrow bandwagons and talk about how the existence of those statistically irrelevant cases means that everyone should be governed by rules that accommodate those few instances.
Listen to most people when they articulate a point. It's all they do.
That would probably apease some people. Obviously not all of em though.
I missed my workout today because of this fucking thread. Dammit.
Appeasement is not a means to set policy either. You missed your workout because you're lazy.
