tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post5807560334825472192..comments2023-05-07T00:48:54.638-07:00Comments on Incongruous Circumspection: Response to Todd AkinIncongruous Circumspectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-22925523520837651512012-10-15T13:35:07.491-07:002012-10-15T13:35:07.491-07:00I'm a bit late to the party, but the reason ap...I'm a bit late to the party, but the reason appeals to conception by rape happen for the purpose of making abortion legal/accessible is because of a modification of your second argument. Pro-choice people say that a woman has the right to expel an intruder whom she did not consent to have inside her body. Pro-life people say that because conception is a possible consequence of sex, the Doenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-56609319719277574462012-09-02T14:19:08.024-07:002012-09-02T14:19:08.024-07:00More than welcome! BTW, I should probably say hell...More than welcome! BTW, I should probably say hello, having gatecrashed your blog.<br /><br />To be more specific than "UK", I'm an Englishman who's lived in Scotland for the last 23 of my 44 years. For completeness, it's probably worth pointing out - apologies if you already knew this - that Scotland is not in England in the same way that Alaska is not in Texas. My wife andAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707828497618108910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-62335815671877877542012-08-31T07:06:54.452-07:002012-08-31T07:06:54.452-07:00Perfect. Thanks!Perfect. Thanks!Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-40021801846748746152012-08-31T05:35:37.403-07:002012-08-31T05:35:37.403-07:00Well, I can't speak for all of the rest of the...Well, I can't speak for <i>all</i> of the rest of the world, obviously... but that's nit-picking - I know what you meant! I'll do my best to summarise for the UK.<br /><br />I've certainly never known any other American president who was lampooned over here like Dubya. But it goes beyond that; I don't think he was ever really taken seriously. There seemed to be a tacit Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707828497618108910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-57767161544767441852012-08-30T14:48:11.350-07:002012-08-30T14:48:11.350-07:00Nick,
Can you tell me what the rest of the world ...Nick,<br /><br />Can you tell me what the rest of the world thought of Dubya? Also, how do they perceive our current prez, Obama?<br /><br />I'm really curious to know.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-61543287999395203432012-08-30T14:31:53.132-07:002012-08-30T14:31:53.132-07:00Quite extraordinary... Mr Akin was not familiar to...Quite extraordinary... Mr Akin was not familiar to me, living as I do to the right of the Atlantic (I even had to look up the acronym "GOP"). So I googled him just to see; and yes, he does seem to've made the above claim. This would've represented a major scientific breakthrough had it been true, but apparently he has now recanted, conceding that "<i>I was medically wrong</Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707828497618108910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-40150597165778211172012-08-20T17:41:48.198-07:002012-08-20T17:41:48.198-07:00Appeals to conception by rape are a distraction, u...Appeals to conception by rape are a distraction, usually one deliberately made in bad faith; I don't blame anti-abortion people for lashing out at them in kind. If the fetus counts as a person and the permissibility of abortion depends on fetal personhood, it is irrelevant because people are not guilty for the sins of their fathers. If the fetus counts as a person, but abortion is JORnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-20471716534972650012012-08-20T16:03:31.389-07:002012-08-20T16:03:31.389-07:00I live in Missouri and watched Todd Akin during th...I live in Missouri and watched Todd Akin during the primary season. Charles Jaco (of the Jaco Report, the local reporter Akin made these comments to) has impressed me with his fairness and impartiality -- it's kind of neat to see this local program I watch in the morning over the air on the national media. <br /><br />This is certainly not the first time Mr. Akin stuck his foot in his Jeremynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-68233028577947287202012-08-20T15:29:30.229-07:002012-08-20T15:29:30.229-07:00The GOP: worrying about your welfare until you'...The GOP: worrying about your welfare until you're out of the womb. After that, you're on your own, kid.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775794907218052899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-16776311231676126062012-08-20T10:48:31.687-07:002012-08-20T10:48:31.687-07:00I used to volunteer at one of the church sponsored...I used to volunteer at one of the church sponsored anti abortion clinics and the stats that crossed my desk indicated that under legal abortion there were far fewer abortions happening. Even the 1930s when it was illegal had more abortions. That alone tells me that the decision is something that should be up to the individual regardless of my own personal opinion on abortion.<br /><br />Looking Suzanne the Salty Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186532783034924482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-83221268345892962192012-08-20T09:33:08.490-07:002012-08-20T09:33:08.490-07:00I am old enough to remember when Roe V Wade was de...I am old enough to remember when Roe V Wade was decided. There wasn't a huge rush of women to clinics, but there was a collective sigh of release. I think it's an option that has to be there, I don't judge a person by their choice because it's none of my business. <br /><br />I think Akins is a fool. A huge buffoon. I think the war on women should be shouted far and wide and womenamulbunny's random thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621932038345682056noreply@blogger.com