tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post4388064238983439186..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the Oreo goes there ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-41131085886507451492018-07-30T22:25:34.988+10:002018-07-30T22:25:34.988+10:00Jeremy Bentham on the suffering of non-human anima...Jeremy Bentham on the suffering of non-human animals: "the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?... The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes..." So the Oreo has become vegetarian?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808416744757194189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-5273151621899348092018-07-30T14:49:48.187+10:002018-07-30T14:49:48.187+10:00Hi Dorothy,
“Evidence that late-term abortion’s a...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />“Evidence that late-term abortion’s are being used to selectively target foetuses with disabilities has outraged US Republican politicians.”<br /><br />The same Republicans who want to slash the healthcare, education and welfare programs that profoundly disabled children and adults will need for the rest of their lives.<br /><br />Same old story - every life is sacred until your born, then you had better hope that you end up “a total superstar” otherwise don’t expect the state to be there to help you out.<br /><br />DiddyWrote Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-15921656937732397612018-07-30T14:08:19.928+10:002018-07-30T14:08:19.928+10:00Oreo: "The question of how to balance women&...Oreo: "<i>The question of how to balance women's rights with the rights of the child</i>..."<br /><br />Seems like the Oreo thinks <b>foetus=child</b> - hence her concentration on when the foetus "feels pain". But the missing point here is obvious: the role and the importance of "society's rights". Does "society" in fact have any rights here ? Even just to permit or prohibit abortions and under what conditions ? If the woman, and potentially her partner if she has one, does not want to incur the life-long pain and trouble of providing for a 'disabled' person - which is quite likely to need to be continued after her (and partner's) death - can this be transferred to 'society" right from birth onwards ? Is this a fair price to put onto "society" for its claim to determine the right, or otherwise, to legal abortion ?<br /><br />DP: "<i>What's the bet the Catholics will be cited? You know, that bunch of men sworn never again to have a fuck with a woman … but instead to spend their lives fucking with Christ</i> ..."<br /><br />Ah yes, DP, and those Catholics who established and operated the church run "home for unmarried mothers" in Tuam, Ireland where up to 800 children ranging from newborns to 3yos were abused to death and then dumped in a septic tank. So now we know what the real morality of the Catholic Church is: 'illegitimacy' is a crime that justifies the death penalty. <br />[ See, for instance: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-07/ireland-dead-babies-found-in-sewer-may-prompt-inquiry-widening/8330504 ]GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com