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MutantMandias Perverse and Often Baffling
Location: Atlanta, GA Gender: Male Total Likes: 268 likes
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| | | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 20 on 7/12/2013 12:21 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aleksandar your lack of specificity isn't useful for proving your case, and doesn't give me anything to work with to disprove it.
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| jukebox fuckup
Location: killadelphia Gender: Female Total Likes: 11 likes
| | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 21 on 7/12/2013 2:48 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aleksandar it is fairly clear in most writings on this subject by evangelical conservatives (and even agnostic or atheist conservatives) that their anti-abortion position is predicated on the belief that an unborn child has the same human rights as the mother, and that the fetus' right to live outweighs the mother's right to choose to have an abortion. the disagreement between the sides isn't about women being second class citizens, it's about unborn children having (or not having) basic human rights. you are using the tired straw man argument put out by abortion supporters to try to ridicule what appears to be a genuine and modern ethical (moral?) position taken by abortion opponents. the core question remains, do unborn children have basic human rights or not?
| In playing devil's advocate, there are some points I would like to reference: 1) I agree-- opposition to abortion generally arises from the notion of human (fetal?) rights. However, there is an inherit paradox to this view; many opponents of abortion accept abortion in the cases of rape/incest/when the mother's life is at-risk. From this supposition, can it be inferred that rape/incest/high-risk babies are less 'human'? 2) the "women's rights" stance is inferred from the secondary consequences of having a kid, IMHO. I think there's little debate in the statement that children are expen$ive, women of a childbearing age may struggle to raise them, and being reared in poverty has negative neurodevelopmental consequences. Lone mother households receive a lot of flak for the feminization of poverty; however, there is a wealth of literature suggesting otherwise (Geronimus has an excellent publication on this http://www.pdcnet....008_0001_0001_0005). 3) from my perspective, it seems like the clash resides in human/fetal rights v. reproductive rights. There seems to be shades of grey on both sides of the scale (e.g., conservatives usually make exceptions for rape/incest and I have never met a liberal that advocated for 3rd trimester abortion). 4) in short, it's the social stratification that liberal and conservatives should point the finger at.
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| Aleksandar
Location: United States Gender: Male Total Likes: 110 likes
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| | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 22 on 7/13/2013 5:22 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | this is heading off-topic, but i'm into it. curious where the resident atheists will take it, too. Posted by jukebox fuckup can it be inferred that rape/incest/high-risk babies are less 'human'?
| in terms of high-risk, i imagine at that point it is triage, making a decision to save one life instead of losing two. i haven't heard an answer in the case of rape/incest that is compatible with the underlying ethos of basic human rights, and certainly this seems like an important inconsistency to address. abortion opponents do not seem to be in agreement on a number of questions -- when life begins, what the exceptions are, etc. i don't know that this lack of agreement or the presence of inconsistencies invalidates the ethical position of assigning human rights to a fetus, though. Posted by jukebox fuckup the secondary consequences of having a kid, IMHO. I think there's little debate in the statement that children are expen$ive, women of a childbearing age may struggle to raise them, and being reared in poverty has negative neurodevelopmental consequences.
| I expect abortion opponents would nominate adoption as the mechanism for minimizing or avoiding those consequences. i'm no expert but my understanding is that, in the case of the USA, every state has an abundance of public and private agencies able to facilitate an adoption when one is desired by the mother. certainly there are cases where bringing a child to term carries with it a stigma and burden, particularly for young or low-income mothers. i suppose the argument from abortion opponents with a genuine belief in basic human rights for a fetus is that these consequences are preferable in order that another human would be allowed to experience life. Anyways. I feel like neither side is really understanding the other. Protection, empowerment, equality and betterment of the condition of women must be a priority of any advanced society -- because this should be sought for all people, regardless of gender, race, beliefs. I certainly understand why abortion opponents include unborn children in this societal aspiration. Personally I wish a different aspect of the conversation was more commonly discussed. If personal and social consequences are serious enough to make the destruction of a developing human organism desirable, how can we work to mitigate or prevent the personal and social consequences so that a termination is not desired? As our society develops it seems the difficulties of pregnancy should be examined and support systems improved or designed anew.
| Freedom breeds war; and Peace, slavery. So it shall be forevermore: Men who love freedom buy it with their lives, and lovers of peace with their freedom. |
| splumer
Location: Cleveland, Ohio Gender: Male Total Likes: 201 likes
| | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 24 on 7/15/2013 12:27 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aleksandar this is heading off-topic, but i'm into it. curious where the resident atheists will take it, too.
in terms of high-risk, i imagine at that point it is triage, making a decision to save one life instead of losing two. i haven't heard an answer in the case of rape/incest that is compatible with the underlying ethos of basic human rights, and certainly this seems like an important inconsistency to address. abortion opponents do not seem to be in agreement on a number of questions -- when life begins, what the exceptions are, etc. i don't know that this lack of agreement or the presence of inconsistencies invalidates the ethical position of assigning human rights to a fetus, though.
| OK, I'll bite. Life doesn't begin at conception. It's an unbroken chain going back millions of years. The question to ask is, when does a clump of cells cease being solely a part of the mother's body and become a separate individual? There is no scientific consensus on this. Christian abortion opponents are now found of stating the Bible passage about God "knowing you" before you were formed in the womb, and using that as a basis to argue that "personhood" begins at conception. However, there is no medical basis to make this claim. Something like a third of all blastocysts never implant in the uterus and are expelled, with the mother often not even knowing it has occurred. Were these children? I think not. The question remains: at what point does a fertilized egg become a human? There is no easy answer, if we are honest with ourselves. No one likes abortion. I know several women who have had them, and they all say they were last resorts. That doesn't mean that's true for everyone, of course, but I think it's a little naïve to assume that abortion is simply a way for sluts to avoid their responsibilities. I don't think it's a decision arrived at lightly. That said, I prefer to err on the side of letting the mother decide. I don't like abortion, and I think the world would be a better place if we didn't have the need for them. But notice I said "the need." Birth control needs to be cheap and easily available, and the stigma attached to using it needs to end. Having a child at a young age and out of wedlock is a one-way ticket to poverty, and preventing unwanted pregnancies in the first place would reduce the need for abortions as well as the number of children born into poverty. To me, abortion is like crime. The way to reduce crime isn't to just keep tossing criminals in jail and hope things will work out; the way to reduce crime is to eliminate the need to commit crimes. The same with abortion. If you want to eliminate them, eliminate the need for them. I expect abortion opponents would nominate adoption as the mechanism for minimizing or avoiding those consequences. i'm no expert but my understanding is that, in the case of the USA, every state has an abundance of public and private agencies able to facilitate an adoption when one is desired by the mother.
| I was adopted myself. Not being female, I can't really say, but I can imagine that after bringing a child to term, giving it up for adoption must be about the hardest thing one could do. Anyways. I feel like neither side is really understanding the other. Protection, empowerment, equality and betterment of the condition of women must be a priority of any advanced society -- because this should be sought for all people, regardless of gender, race, beliefs. I certainly understand why abortion opponents include unborn children in this societal aspiration.
| Indeed. Sadly, the most religious among us (and Christianity is not unique in this) doesn't agree regarding women. If personal and social consequences are serious enough to make the destruction of a developing human organism desirable, how can we work to mitigate or prevent the personal and social consequences so that a termination is not desired? As our society develops it seems the difficulties of pregnancy should be examined and support systems improved or designed anew.
| To revisit my earlier point, it would be better still if women never had to make that decision.
| “We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.” -Madeline Albright |
| Aleksandar
Location: United States Gender: Male Total Likes: 110 likes
your darkest shadow, my oldest friend; the world's become ashes, this is the end.
| | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 25 on 7/15/2013 5:24 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by splumer OK, I'll bite.
| I'm glad you do, and make some interesting points. Posted by splumer at what point does a fertilized egg become a human?
| vocabulary here can be tricky. i tend to define in terms of the human organism, which is the biological entity with a lifecycle of genesis, growth, maturation, decline and death. the lifecyle of this organism begins shortly after an egg is fertilized and the process of a fetus developing begins. there is no scientific problem referring to a fetus even in the early first trimester as a human organism, albeit one at a very early point in its lifecyle -- because left to its own biological process, it will continue its lifecycle until it is birthed, matures, declines and dies. it is unquestionably unique, with the self-contained potential to become the specific, unique individual adult. the destruction of a fetus even at the beginning of the first trimester is the destruction of the specific and unique individual that would develop thereafter, because they are one and the same along a definite continuum. but to your point -- when does a fetus become "human"? i see this as a question of "when does a fetus gain a certain attribute or combination of attributes that give it enough commonality with already-birthed human organisms" and therefore the destruction of the fetus becomes similar to the destruction of already-birthed human organisms and is easier to connect to cognitively. anyhow. that is just how i see it. Posted by splumer There is no easy answer
| I am curious how future generations will look back on this issue. I honestly have no idea, but the question interests me. I wonder if, as ethics evolve, society will come to a consensus and find the "easy answer" -- one way or the other. I do agree with you that we have no consensus today and the problem remains unsolved. maybe it will remain unsolved in the future as well. Posted by splumer That said, I prefer to err on the side of letting the mother decide
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Posted by splumer I was adopted myself.
| Playing devils advocate, I am certain you are happy your mother decided as she did. Posted by splumer If you want to eliminate them, eliminate the need for them.
| I agree. I don't think outlawing them is the right answer, and I don't think legalizing them is either. I feel like there is a systemic issue going on here and to that point "eliminating the need", seems like the ideal course of action. Posted by splumer Sadly, the most religious among us (and Christianity is not unique in this) doesn't agree regarding women.
| I know many christians (and muslims, and buddhists, and jews) who are compassionate advocates for women's empowerment. opposing abortion is not incompatible with advocacy for women's empowerment. the issue of abortion is not the whole of women's empowerment, nor is it even the majority of the issue. only in the States is it politicized this way, and generally just by proponents of abortion. women's issues are not black and white, and opposing abortion does not automatically make someone anti-women.
| Freedom breeds war; and Peace, slavery. So it shall be forevermore: Men who love freedom buy it with their lives, and lovers of peace with their freedom. |
| jukebox fuckup
Location: killadelphia Gender: Female Total Likes: 11 likes
| | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 26 on 7/15/2013 6:07 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | This is one of the rare moments when I see the topic of abortion being discussed in an intelligible manner. Some additional thoughts: married women and couples with children have been a growing demographic of abortion recipients. In qualitative studies, the recession/economic factors have been commonly cited as a factor. Teenage pregnancy has been declining in recent years; however, much research indicates that when teens *do* have children, they tend to be lower in SES and 'see' little opportunity for having much of a career/future. Relative economic deprivation and social stratification have been correlates (and potential causes?) of teenage pregnancy. Also, it's a fact that girls reared in stressful environments go through puberty younger, die younger, and have their "prime years" for safe, healthy, childbirth at a younger age. In that regard, teenage pregnancy "makes sense" (for lack of better phrasing). After informally polling friends that have aborted, I discovered a reoccurring trend: "I didn't think it could ever happen to me, so we didn't use protection and I didn't bother using HBC." That is so bizarre to me; these include people that I went through sex ed with, so it's not like they're 'uneducated.' It's almost like there's a prevailing bias or assumption that "everybody" is doing it without preventative measures. My friends that went the teenage parent route seemed to have an attitude of "oh? I'm pregnant? Guess I'll become a parent, now," which seems painfully capricious (atleast to me) for such a major life decision. "Oh? My ground beef spoiled? Guess I'll have vegetarian lasagna tonight, instead."
| “Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite." |
| underdark
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| | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 28 on 1/7/2014 5:27 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aleksandar this is heading off-topic, but i'm into it. curious where the resident atheists will take it, too.
| I'll be boring, atheist, and Libertarian at the same time... If you don't have a uterus, you can't have one. If you can't have one it is none of your business. If you can have one, but don't want one, nobody should make you (China, I'm looking at you...) I don't like paying the NSA to read this post, but I have to. Guess that means tax money can be used to do things you don't support. This is especially relevant since the NSA is violating the 4th Amendment (I know, I know, that's another thread, take it there), while paying for an abortion is not something specifically prohibited. (You can insert your own favorite Constitutional violation here. Just change out NSA for whatever the fed/state/local government is doing that really pisses you off) A religious opinion that isn't even supported by the club handbook most in use in this country is not a valid reason to make law.
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| blitz
Location: Cumberland, ME Gender: Neither Total Likes: 330 likes
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| | | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 34 on 4/20/2016 1:44 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by blackhawk
Talking about ugly atrocities, let's take a moment to remember Elin Krantz, she was literally the Swedish spokes model for racial integration in Sweden. Ironically she was brutally rape and killed by a black muslim immigrant. http://liefdenetwe...im-african-refugee
| This link is dead... But doing a little more research, the murderer was from Ethiopia, had been living in the United States for years prior to emigrating to Sweden and had a thorough criminal record in the US. Also, there is no mention of his religion anywhere (he is assumed to be Muslim by right-wing lunatics)... Only about 30% of Ethiopians are Muslim, so it's more likely he was actually Christian. EDIT: The murderer's name was Yohannes, AKA John. Muslims don't name their son after John the Baptist. That's like a Christian naming their son Muhammad. Posted by blackhawk religionofpeace.com A primer for infidels (you). To understand Islam this is the place to learn all about them and why they love to kill and rape infidels so much.
| thereligionofpeace.com: Working to streamline America's war on terror courtesy of the Fred Horowitz Freedom Center. The narrative that all Muslims are terrorists has been thoroughly debunked & confirmed to be an opinion held only by the truly obtuse, insane, or militantly Christian. Even Donald Trump isn't so retarded as to say that. Where in that holy trinity of ignorance do you live?
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| blitz
Location: Cumberland, ME Gender: Neither Total Likes: 330 likes
Good news!
| | | | Re: Rape by Muslims < Reply # 38 on 4/20/2016 4:43 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by blackhawk
Ephrem Tadele Yohannes, yeah that's a nice Christian name. Ephrem is Hebrew in origin and is found in the Old Testament of the Bible. The Quaran "borrows" many names from the Bible. The Bible predates Islam. Feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken. Think I'll eat some bacon now...
| Sure. Yes, the Qua'ran borrows SOME names from the Old Testament, yes, many Muslims are given Arabized versions of Biblical figures such as "Ishmael" (Isaac in the greek/latin Christian tradition). "Yahya" is the arabic form of John, and is a somewhat common name in certain Muslim countries, whereas "Yohannes" is Greek. You may know that Ethiopia has been a sanctuary for Orthodox Christianity (some people call it greek orthodox) for over 1,500 years. Yohannes has been the name of at least a half-dozen, CHRISTIAN, Ethiopian emperors. Ultimately, if his parents were Muslim, he would have been named "Yahya" or "Yahia", not "Yohannes". If he had converted to Islam, he most likely would have changed his name to either "Yahya" or "Yahia". Again, my point is this thread is supposed to be about "rape by muslims", but there has been no evidence suggesting he is Muslim. In fact, it seems more likely that he is NOT Muslim. The fact that she was raped & killed in this manner is indeed unfortunate & completely disgusting. Why you would place the blame on Muslims, however, just doesn't make any sense (scapegoat much?). But hey, I'll go ahead and put my "generalization hat" on and start assuming every white person who assaults innocent people, commits a murder, or rapes someone is a Christian and thus Christianity is a religion of crime, murder, and rape. Do you understand how retarded that sounds? Well, that's how you -- or anyone who thinks "religionofpeace.com" is an objective, authoritative source on Islam -- sounds.
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