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« on: February 21, 2010, 03:34:45 PM »

I am pro-choice, but I find these "libertarian" arguments for it more despicable than any pro-life argument. Especially this:

An unborn child is property. And not all libertarians are pro-life - me, Einzige and Mech for example.

That's not quite so bad if you don't view a fetus as an "unborn child" (as I don't), but if you actually think that's a full human being and believe in this sort of thing...that's just another horrifying thing about libertarianism.
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BRTD
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Posts: 113,288
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2010, 04:01:53 PM »

I am pro-choice, but I find these "libertarian" arguments for it more despicable than any pro-life argument. Especially this:

An unborn child is property. And not all libertarians are pro-life - me, Einzige and Mech for example.

That's not quite so bad if you don't view a fetus as an "unborn child" (as I don't), but if you actually think that's a full human being and believe in this sort of thing...that's just another horrifying thing about libertarianism.

A fetus isn't a full human being, but it would hardly matter if it were.

See, I agree with the first part but not the latter.
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