Abortion
Should abortion be legal? Why should or why shouldn’t abortion be legal?
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May 7th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Yes, womans choice.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Simply put, ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL because when it comes down to it, it’s the woman’s choice. I understand the male view-point, well, what if I want to have a kid? The woman goes through the entire pregnancy. The woman delivers the child. The woman feeds the child. ALMOST ALL THE WORK THE WOMAN HAS TO DO.
So I think that women should have the choice to abort a pregnancy because ultimatley they’re the ones who have to go through the most. And also because there’s a bigger chance for an unmarried, pregnant couple to split up because the male doesn’t want a child.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:17 am
ya, it’s the woman’s choice. Abortion should be an option.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:18 am
It should be legal because
let’s say there is a 12 year old girl who got sexually asaulted you want to see her have a baby and become a parent at 12? Yeah I didn’t think so!
May 7th, 2008 at 11:19 am
very good point Bridget, very good point.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:23 am
This subject is very dear to me.
Of course abortion should be legal.
Say you’re a thirteen-year-old girl (which you very well may be).
Now, say you’ve been sexually assaulted by a man, and you’ve become pregnant.
You’re a pubescent girl in your very early teens - there’s a good chance that you could die during childbirth!
You have your entire life ahead of you! Do you want to waste your teenage years raising an infant? The dropout rates among teen mothers are staggering!
Having a hasty abortion could, essentially, save your life.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:24 am
I think that is by far the best argument for abortion, no one wants to see a girl have a kid as a young teen, especially if the father is years and years older than them. And especially especially if they were sexually assaulted. It’s the woman’s choice.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:26 am
LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL.
I 100% agree with Bridget.
if the woman is at the age of 13 or 15 I would like to think that they wouldn’t want to give birth at that age. adn i’m pretty sure she would want to keep going to school and have a good life instead of dropping out of school to take care of their infant.
woman’s choice.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
I think that abortion should be completely up to the woman, and it shouldn’t be illegal. In my opinion, the baby’s life begins when it is born and has to live on it’s own. When doctors keep people on life support, that’s a lot like a baby attached to the mother. So when the doctors disconnect the life support, is that against the law? No, so why should abortion be against the law?
May 7th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
TO ALEXIS AND BRIDGET!!!
Abortion draws out the clashes between two divergent world views. The humanistic world view says, “Man is the highest standard there is. You don’t answer to anyone, so do whatever you want.” As a christian I answer to God and God commands us not to commit murder, I know what you are saying is true but anyhow it does matter.
May 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I think it should be legal because if someone can’t take care of a child then theyre pointlessly bringing a child into a life of suffering and pain.
womans choice
May 7th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I see what you’re saying Francis, but sometimes you have to do what you think is right.
YOU ARE A GUY. YOU DO NOT GIVE BIRTH TO CHILDREN. YOU DO NOT EXPERIENCE PREGNANCY. IT’S THE WOMAN’S CHOICE.
And since you’re a Christian, God is portrayed as a male. Has he gone through child birth? I think not. I’m sorry, but you can’t look at abortion as murder, because what if you were put into a situation where you impregnated a girl? Would you want a child at age 14?
May 7th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
All that’s been said here is that abortion should be legal under these circumstances that a girl in her young teens has been raped. But what about someone of a respectable age just having stupid unprotected sex?
May 7th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
TO ERIKA
“YOU ARE A GUY. YOU DO NOT GIVE BIRTH TO CHILDREN. YOU DO NOT EXPERIENCE PREGNANCY. IT’S THE WOMAN’S CHOICE.” Erika if I last recall you are fourteen years old. Why would I want to impregnate a girl when I know I will end up in trouble. I am sure we as boys don’t feel the pain in giving birth. I am sure when teenage girls get abortions they start experiencing different moods. I know that many young girls do not have supportive parents. It is quite possible some girls my fear for their life, in this situation. Some girls may be so worried that they may get an abortion from people who don’t even know how to do it. I hope you can get my point.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Francis, you’re barely making sense, but I think I get the general gist of it.
Different moods? What are you talking about?
What does being fourteen have to do with anything here?
May 8th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Also, consider the possibility that the sexually assaulted pregnant woman has a disability, and cannot properly care for a child. Putting the child up for adoption is an option, but the woman should be able to have the choice of whether or not to have the child or terminate the pregnancy early on.
@Kristin:
You’ve made a very good point. Unprotected sex is stupid in the case where the two engaging in it don’t want a child. If the woman does get pregnant, however, are you saying that she DESERVES the baby?
This may be true, but the technology that’s been introduced today says otherwise, and if the woman doesn’t want to give birth to and raise a child because of whatever reason, she should have the right.
Perhaps if she doesn’t get a much-wanted abortion, she would grow up raising the child unhappily and carelessly, resulting in a corrupt childhood for the accidental child.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:10 am
If the girl/woman has stupid unprotected sex like Kristin said, it’s her own fault that she gets pregnat. To kill the baby really is like murder in a way. Many other people want babies that can’t have them. If you don’t want the trouble of raising a baby why not give it to someone who does? Also, can abortion effect young girls health?
May 8th, 2008 at 10:20 am
But Megan
What if the girl was sexually assaulted, and didn’t have a choice?
Do you suggest they have to deal with being raped and have to have a child?
May 8th, 2008 at 10:35 am
@Megan:
In many cases, people that have “stupid unprotected sex” aren’t that emotionally stable.
Read on:
It may be “her own fault” for having “stupid unprotected sex” (or contraception failure!), but think about the accidental child’s future with this mother. The mother may want to terminate the pregnancy due to lack of emotional stability, financial stability, bad home life, drug or alcohol problems, disability, or other problems surrounding bringing a child into the world.
As I stated earlier, giving the child to adoptive parents could be an option, but going through the nine months of carrying a child is often more than young women can handle when they’re not prepared.
Also, on giving birth:
In teen pregnancies, the underdeveloped pelvis leads to complications in childbirth and the obstructed labor is solved normally through Caesarean section. Also, the teenagers rarely get prenatal care until the third trimester. This results in birth of children who are more prone to childhood diseases.
The chances that a teen mother could die during childbirth also loom over this subject.
What I’m saying is, abortion should be legalized not only because the rate of teen mothers is on the rise, but also because some people that are having unprotected sex may not be able to carry and birth the child in a healthy manner due to various addictions or disabilities.
I also disagree with what you said about “murder”.
The “pro-life” movement is not a defender of human life - it is, in fact, a profound enemy of actual human life and happiness. Its goal is to turn women into breeding mares whose bodies are owned by the state and whose rights, health and pursuit of happiness are sacrificed en mass - all in the name of dogmatic sacrifice to the pre-human.
P.S. Post-abortion complications only occur in less than 1% of abortions.
This means even having multiple abortions cannot affect your future fertility, either.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:37 am
I think it isthe womans choice but you killing that kid, If you didn’t want the baby tell the guy to use protection or dont do it if he doesn’t want to
May 8th, 2008 at 10:44 am
YO KRISTIN WHAT THE DIEALIO . I have a question for u what if you had ‘’stupid unprotected sex” would you get an abortion Huh Huh Huh Huh?
May 8th, 2008 at 10:53 am
i think it is womens choice if they want abortion
May 8th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I don’t think Abortion is bad. I think that if both parent agree that it’s the only thing to do they should by all means have an abortion. I think that woman who are under the age 18 should get an abortion.
I also disagree with Abortion because it’s like killing our next president or the scientist that could figure out a cure fo cancer.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:03 am
@Kaitlin:
“It’s like killing our next president or the scientist that could figure out a cure fo cancer” is a bit of a stretch, if you ask me.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Kaitin:
You just said you don’t think abortion is bad but you disagree with it?
Im confused..
May 8th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Sofi, Im just saying that what if we let on person that never made it to this world be born and this one person was studying cancer and they found a cure?
May 8th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Sofi:
You had some very good points. Still, when there’s an abortion, that’s another baby that won’t ever live.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Well, Megan what if you were faced with a pregnancy right now? Would you want to give birth and have a child at age 14 or would you want an abortion?
May 8th, 2008 at 11:14 am
@Kaitlin: I realize that’s what you said.
I’m just rationalizing. The odds of that happening are like, a jillion to one.
@Megan: No way.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Another point to be made, for sure.
To all you girls reading this:
How would you like it if you were sexually assaulted and found to be pregnant?
Since the law in Maine states that a mother (even if she IS a teenager) has the right to do what she wants with the unborn baby.
http://www.dbcuuc.org/sermons/001001.htm
May 8th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I haven’t said ANYTHING about girls being sexually assaulted then getting an abortion. That’s completely different. I’m talking about girls having sex because they want too, then finding out their pregnat, and just getting an abortion. If they don’t have to worry about having a baby, then they might feel like there’s no consequences to having sex when they’re teenagers.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Megan, that last comment wasn’t directed at you.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:29 am
At Megan:
Well yeah
but you can’t have abortion be legal for girls who have been sexually assualted but not for normal girls who had unprotected sex. Sometimes people try to have it protected, but it doesn’t work out that way….Problems can occur that I’m NOT going to get into here.
And no one is going to be like “ooh I want to have an abortion today!” there are consequences to abortion too.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:30 am
@Megan:
Do they need consequences to having sex when they’re teenagers?
May 8th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Alexandra:
that’s true…
May 8th, 2008 at 11:35 am
@Alexandra:
Can you explain to me the consequences to getting an abortion?
Because if I’ve done my research right, there are very little cases in which the could-have-been mother actually experiences problems having to do with the terminated pregnancy.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Alexandra:
What do you mean by “consequences” of abortion?
Sofi:
I know that comment wasn’t directed at me. I was talking about other ones.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:38 am
If anybody read my longer post, you’d know that I actually mentioned the possibility of contraception failure.
Hm.
Well.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I think it’s Legal to have sex and to have an abortion but it’s not my choice to pick, it’s the womens choice to pick.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:41 am
@Jordan:
Was that post necessary?
May 8th, 2008 at 11:41 am
There are the consequences of knowing you just killed a child
that might be hard to live with
and some people are poor so they can’t afford a good abortion, so they may have to settle for people who dont know exactly what they are doing.
Idkk I dont spend my free time researching abortion.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I guess I’m just saying I don’t think abortion’s right. If other people do, that’s fine. I’m not sure what to say about girls getting sexually assaulted then getting an abortion…that’s different…
May 8th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I don’t think its right either
but i think its nessicary
May 8th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Okay so if abortion should be illegal..
If a young girl has unprotected sex and is pregnant…
she knows she can’t take care of it…
the baby is born, then what does she do?
make her and the baby go through… pain?
The girl should rather have an abortion than
raise the baby, if she know’s she cant raise it
May 8th, 2008 at 11:56 am
@Megan:
So, should abortion be LEGAL?
Altogether legal, INCLUDING people that were having unprotected sex:
Not like a special treatment only for girls that have been sexually assaulted.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
My thoughts on abortion are very strong, this is a severe problem. Why would a individual want to take away a life?It is the same as murder so why is it legal? It is still killing which if someone goes and kills a new born and get sentenced to life and a mother has an abortion and she gets off with nothing. This is a nation wide problem. Did you know that there was 1.37 million abortions in the year of 1996. There are different opinions on abortion but I just happen to have a specific reason why I strongly disagree with this particular subject.My mom was going to have an abortion with me. My mom still decided to keep me then after she was 6 months pregnant the doctor said “ there is a large chance that you could loose your baby girl ms. Gee. ” Abortion could’ve ruined my life and I just want to let the world know how much that had an effect on the way I look at life, like the fact that it can be taken from you at any moment and that a person should never be the one taking the life.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Megan
I cannot believe that you think you should just give permission to have an abortion to people who have been sexually assaulted. Most teen pregnancies happen when people are under the influence of drugs. You think just because a person makes one mistake and has unprotected sex, you should force them to have the baby. It not only the ruins adult’s education, but her social life is also down the tube. And for the child, it would be tough growing up with a teenage mother who is in high school. Imagine how hard that would be for both of them? You really want to make them go through that?
May 8th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
@Jade:
Read my long post.
Also, does abortion really constitute as “murder”?
The “killing” is not the issue:
We kill on a daily basis.
We kill germs with antibacterials, we kill weeds with defoliants…
If you took that into account, we’ve all killed.
Killing something is different from committing a “murder”.
Murder is described as a killing done with malice, while to kill is simply to deprive of life.
Only a PERSON can be murdered. Therefore, abortion is not murder unless one considers the fetus to be a person. Though, according to Roe v. Wade, the word “person” does not include the unborn, and a fetus does not have equal status with the mother until the point when the fetus can exist outside of the mother’s womb. Also, according to the law in criminal matters, the definition of a “person” is “one who has been born alive”.
Though science says a fetus becomes a person at the moment of conception, this logic is flawed because there is a monumental difference between an actual person and a possible or potential person.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
@Barry:
Please research this: “Most teen pregnancies happen when people are under the influence of drugs.”
Is this true?
May 8th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
For Barry: Do you have proof that most teen pregnancies occur when people are under the influence of drugs? What if the people just wanted to have sex, and the protection failed?
For Jade: No offense but you can’t look at aborting a pregnancy as killing a baby. I mean, DUH! But seriously, put yourself in their shoes. Do you want a child at the age of 13 14 15 16 17 or 18? HOPEFULLY NOT.
I think you need to really understand the reasons why women have abortions. Because I’m sure if it came down to it, you’d choose to have one if you were pregnant right now.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Barry:
I never said abortion should only be for people that were sexually assaulted! I said I didn’t know what to say about that. I’m still thinking about it.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Why doesn’t anybody read my posts?
May 8th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Sofi, yes that may be true. When you put it that way it changes my prospective a bit, but in my opinion abortion is still wrong. Okay well maybe it isn’t murder but it’s still taking a life. So you are right and you do have a point but to me i still look at it as a wrong thing to do. It isn’t a good choice but it is a choice
May 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Francis you are wrong!!! “Men are the highest?? yeah I think not! That’s so sexist and quite rude.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Sofi, I read your posts =]
May 8th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Sofi,
I’m sorry but your posts are sooo long,
thats why no one read them.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
reads*
May 8th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
@Alexandra:
That illustrates the disconcern and ignorance of the common American youth.
@Jade:
I’m glad to have injected a bit of insight.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Sofi
I was wrong, only about 35 percent of teens who get pregnant use drugs or drink alcohol
May 8th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
@Barry:
No prob.
It just sounded like an intensely high percentage: I was scared for a second.
: /
May 8th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
True.
Just no one wants to sit and read a page worth of words on abortion.
Even if they are great meaningful words.
No one wants to.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Well, for those who claim Sofi and MY posts are too long, maybe that’s just because we have formed our opinions to the highest extent, we’ve provided background info, and we put a lot of thought into what we have to say,
I’m sorry that my posts are too long.
That’s your own fault for not having enough time to read them.
But I bet you that if you read everything Sofi and I had to say, you’d learn something new, and of value.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
OK Erika,
Its nice that you feel that way
I’m just saying,
NO ONE READS THEM.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
@Alexandra:
Drop it.
@Erika:
I love you!
May 8th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I’m just telling you because you asked.
I have no means of continuing with it.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
erika, that is so true I mean ive been reading the longer posts like yours and sofi’s and my veiw is bending and twisting a bit…
THE LONGER POSTS ARE WORTH MORE TO BE READING
May 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
NICE!! Erika total truth. Yeah maybe if people wouldn’t be all like “Your posts are too long and such” Than maybe they might learn something. I know that I was one of those people that said oh your post are too long. But really I learned more about any subject that they wrote about. Keep it up Erika!! and Sofi!
May 8th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
ANDDDD, to all of those that believe that the Bible says a fetus is a person from the moment of conception, EAT THIS:
Two passages are most often quoted to explain the theory of life from conception. The first is Psalm 139:13-15. This reads:
“For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb… My frame was not hidden from thee when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.”
If this verse is to be taken literally, then the Psalmist came from the ground, and not his mother’s womb.
The second passage would be Genesis 2:7, which states that “The Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
According to this verse, a fetus is not a person — a living soul — until after birth, when it takes its first breath.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
FOR Alexandra: Just because you may not see eye to eye on these topics with me does not mean you have to get all deffensive. You shouldn’t get this emotionally attached with the blog. And I don’t think you should get angry. You may not read longer posts just because you don’t feel like it. But shorter posts get skimmed over.
FOR Sofi: Ahhahaa I love you too.
FOR Jade: Thanks.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I think that should be the woman’s choice because they are the ones that have to go through the pregnancy. Even though the baby is not going to be born it can’t be considered murder because they weren’t ever born.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
OBVIOUSLY AUSTIN KESSLER;;
May 8th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Aye, I agree with Austin
May 8th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
haha dude.
i’m not angry.
and i’m not “emotionally attached” to these blogs.
hahahaa that made my day
May 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
but as Sofi said
lets drop it
May 8th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
@Jade:
Fanx girlfraand.
@Erika:
You’re the man.
That is, you would be the man.
If you were a man.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
TO AUSTIN-YOH AUSTIN I TOTALY DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU SIAD IT’S TOTALY BLANK AND ONE SIDED, ALMOST LIKE YOUR THINKING WITH HALF YOUR BRIAN. WHAT IF THAT WAS YOUR SPERM OR YOUR CHILD WOULD YOU WANT THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILD TO HAVE AN ABORTION AND KILL YOUR BLOOD AND FLESH. Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh . PLEASE DO ANSEWER BACK
May 8th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Hahaha, Konzo, it sounds like you just wanted to say sperm.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
sofi : haha, your welcome?
Konzo: You are so right !
May 8th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I think that the decision of abortion should be up to the woman.
Although to the Pro-life people, it’s wrong and taking a life isn’t the way to go, I am Pro-Choice.
I do think that it’s sad to see a life not yet born taken away, but stuff happens and sometimes we need solutions and abortion is one of them.
It shouldn’t be legal just because of young girls get molested or sexually assaulted by men, that shouldn’t be the only reason to get an abortion.
Sometimes women cannot handle the stress of having children and if they decide that they do not want to go through a pregnancy than they should certainly have the right to have an abortion.
Thankssssss
May 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Konzo,
Even if it was my baby, I would still let my wife choose whether or not she wanted to have it or not. I see what you are saying and you think I’m not thinking about the men, but I still think that the woman should decide if she wants to have the baby. I might be disappointed but it’s not you or me that has to go through the pregnancy.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
sofi,
I totally agree with you. An unborn child is not a person!
May 9th, 2008 at 10:56 am
If poeple are thinking that an abortion is murder because you’re killing a baby that could grow up to be the president, or cure cancer, that kinda means you could argue that everytime a man “does his thing” without impregnating a woman, that’s half a billion potential presidents dead.(yeah, half a billion sperm every time)
May 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Wow Jack, I never thought of it that way. nice perspective.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Thank you, Jackson.
AHA!
If a fetus is considered a “person” at the time of concepton, then why would we celebrate our birthdays?
If we became people at the time we were concieved, then our real “birthday” should be celebrated as our “day of conception”. This would celebrate our true “coming to be”.
Anybody hear me?
May 12th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Does anybody have any argument to counter my religion-bashing several comments up?
May 12th, 2008 at 11:34 am
No.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:14 am
TO JAKALYA - So every time a man does his thing which I don’t know what that means half a billion presidents die that’s a nice way to conceal the true topic huh.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I think that abortion should be legal. I think that it is the girl or woman’s choice if she doesn’t want the baby. I do not think that the man should have anything to say about the matter because the baby is in the woman so she should have the ultimate say. For example, if I went to a party and got wasted and didn’t know what I was doing (with my actions), then something could result badly. If the next week I took a pregnancy test and I was pregnant, I defintely would not want to keep the child, since I had been raped. If I had sex with someone I had feelings for and learned that I was pregnant, I think that my decision about abortion or not would be decided by me at the current state of time. Obviously, I think that all of us being 8th graders would not want to be pregnant and have a child when we’re 13 or 14 years old. It would definetly ruin our future in high school and our later lives. Basically, what I’m trying to say is that I agree with either sides and I think that anyone should have the right to make up their own decision.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
i mean’t “any say in the matter” not “anything to say about the matter”. sorry
May 14th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Alex Thompson:
When you said you were (hypothetically) wasted, you said you might “make a bad decision”, which would imply that you were willing to engage in intercourse.
After stating the aforementioned fact, you also went on to describe how you had been “raped”, which is an act where one engaging in intercourse or another sexual act is unwilling, or forced.
In saying this, you contradicted yourself, and therefore I have no further reason to listen to anything you say.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Sofi:
I’m not really trying to be rude, but I don’t care at all if you don’t listen to what I have to say. I could seriously CARE LESS. If your wasted and you don’t know what your doing, the man who is doing it with you is taking somewhat of an advantage over you. I did not say that I would engage in sexual intercourse at all. So I would get straight with what your talking about, and know what your saying before you say it. Thanks.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:21 am
SOFI:
I think that you need to stop using your dictionary to look up words so it will make you look smart. Just a little advice. Cuz people notice.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Alex:
That’s what hypothetical means.
And if you read a little bit, you would realize that it doesn’t take a dictionary to harvest and comprehend such words.
You don’t think I’m smart?
Then why don’t you have any retaliations to my arguments?
And by the way, if I may beat Paley to it, I’d like to point out the fact that if you could care less, that would imply that you DO care.
Saying that you couldn’t care less would be the proper phrase if you wanted to tell me that you didn’t care at all.
Thanks.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I was going to say that
May 14th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
It’s really offensive that you would doubt my intelligence.
If you actually think that I use the aid of a dictionary to perfect my speech, then by all means, let’s have a face-to-face conversation, because I’d like to prove you wrong.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Well matt and paley,
I’m glad your made your opinion Oh So clear….
you almost, like, formed words.
Good Job ;]
May 14th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
To Sofi:
Are you trying to say that I’m dumb? Thanks if you are. Really nice Sofi. I do read I just chose not to everyday because I have better things to do with my time. I never said that you weren’t smart I was just saying that it’s kinda funny when you use huge words. I’m VERY sorry for saying “that I could care less”. Thanks for telling me the “proper phrase”. I really needed to know that. And what does what we’re talking about have anything to do with Paley. THANKS AGAIN!
May 15th, 2008 at 8:22 am
I never said you were dumb.
I just suggested reading a bit more so that you could expand your vocabulary to that of a normal person.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:29 am
To Sofi:
Well it sounded like that was what you were trying to say. “Thank You” for letting me know that I need to read a bit more to get my vocabulary to a “normal” person. Thanks Sofi for all of your vocabulary and proper phrases help.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:30 am
And I apologize if I made it sound like I was calling you dumb.
I’m simply making a point about my intellect and the words I choose to use.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I think it’s good that Sofi and Paley are correcting you when you make sense, but I could really care less. Get my reference?
And I also don’t think Sofi is using very complicated words, I guess you’re just not familiar with “conception” or “inticate”
Maybe you should consider using the dictionary though, because it actually does make people sound more inteligent, which, last time I checked, is not a bad thing
May 15th, 2008 at 8:46 am
That’s “intricate” sorry.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Jack:
I never said that she was using complicated words. I’m obviously familiar with the “complicated” words. I don’t try to act fake like Sofi by looking up words in the dictionary to make myself look smart. If people find me stupid or dumb, I don’t care. Obviously, people that think that don’t even know me at all. Jack, I’m not trying to make a fight with you but I responding back to what you said by agreeing with them. Thanks.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:58 am
SOFI:
I have to agree with alex because sofi, you do make some people feel dumb and it make them really mad.
JACK:
Just because people dont use a dictionary when they’re leaving a reply doesnt mean they’re dumb.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Let’s get back on topic, shall we?
Kaitlin: Well maybe there’s some other meaning underlying the fact that I “make” people feel stupid, hm?
May 15th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Alex:
I don’t appreciate being called fake.
As I suggested before, let’s have a face-to-face conversation sometime.
You would really benefit from it, since you seem to enjoy evading me in real life, and attacking me online.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Kaitlin:
Thanks for agreeing with me!
Sofi: Why don’t you just reply back to what I said. It just shows that you don’t have an answer to what I said.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:26 am
That’s quirky, I don’t feel inferior when Sofi uses colossal words, I acknowledge that she’s more percipient than me, at least in that particular subject, and I assimilate from it.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Sofi:
I don’t avoid you in real life, we’re not friends and we’ve never been, so that’s why I don’t talk to you.
I’m not attacking you on this blog thing I’m just saying what I want to say to you.
I don’t feel as if we need to have a face to face conversation, because the topic that we’re talking about is stupid. We’re talking about the dictionary when the topic is abortion.
I think that we should BOTH get over this thingy that we have going on and pretend it never happened and go back to our own friends and not fight over stupid crap. Thanks.
p.s. If you had read the directions on the home page, then you would know that we should have stopped all this a long time ago. It says that we need to stay on topic and this is completely off topic so this is the end.
May 15th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Haha Jack, thats the best thing I’ve read all day
That comment made my day
May 15th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Alex and Sofi.
You both contributed. So, arguing over this isn’t worth it anymore.
You both made your points, and you should both hear each other out.
Alex, instead of accusing Sofi of using a dictionary to look up fairly large words maybe you should listen to her speak on an every day basis. That is her vocabulary. She doesn’t try to be someone she’s not. She is who she is.
I think that your arguement has gone a little far…and frankly this blog, not blog thingy, shouldn’t be used as that.
Also, I think having a face to face conversation on the topic might be helpful. What’s the worst that could happen?
May 15th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Oh and I don’t think Sofi tries to make people feel dumb.
As stated previously, Sofi is Sofi. She’s no one else. She has her own intentions and I don’t think she wastes her time to insult people or make them feel unintelligent. Sorry to those who are angry with Sofi’s exstensive, educated vocabulary, but she is seriously one of the smartest people I know. Her words are hers and no one elses. She stands for what she says.
She doesn’t back down.
And she is REVOLUTIONARY!
May 15th, 2008 at 11:18 am
YES! abortion should be legal. its the woman’s choice, and if thats what she desires, she should be allowed to have an abortion. lets say that a young girl in her teenage girls gets raped by someone that is older and she becomes pregnant. what do u expect her to do? giving it birth will be a big risk especially because shes young. being a teenage mother may ruin her life. abortion could really save her from that.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:30 am
whatever erika. i don’t think that you need to be involved.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
thank you both, sofi and erika. i’m glad you guys definetely have your own opinons.
thanks again.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
TO AKARI- DO YOU THINK YOU COULD LIVE WITH YOURSELF KNOWING THAT YOU KILLED A WOULD BE CHILD WOULD YOU I DON’T I WOULD BUT THAT’S NOT MY PLACE TO TALK CAUSE I’M NOT A “WOMAN’
May 15th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
TO KONZO:
umm u dont make any sense at all.
i think u may need grammar help.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
how about we stop. so Adortion….. abortion should be legal anyone else want to add on to my train of thought?
May 15th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I’m not trying to get involved. I’m trying to keep the blog on topic.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Kaitlin
We can’t add on to your “train of thought” because you didn’t make one. You didn’t make a point… Just saying abortion should be legal means nothing.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
No erika, I don’t care about that anymore. I think also we should get back on topic.
May 15th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Ummmm, Kaitlin, I thought Konzo and Akari were having a good argument and you kinda ruined it. But hey, whadoino?
May 19th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
There is no logical reason that abortion should be illegal.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Exactlyy.
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:37 am
bobo: Who are you and why are you blogging at 2 o’ clock in the morning? You may not be able to say the R word, but you can say pregnant. No need for “preggers” or “prego”. So your saying that the woman should have to go through nine months of a pregnancy with a baby she doesn’t even want because the male wants a baby? Listen to what you’re saying. And you don’t usually know if the woman is going to die at pregnancy.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 am
Again, Mr. Clifford didn’t delete your comment, I DID.
Jack knows what he is talking about, unlike you who is being the typical meat-head, bully. You don’t know how to write, your almost completely illiterate. Your points go everywhere, your words are not spelled correctly, and your usage of words are almost like those of a fourth grader.
Bobo, stop.
You don’t get a please or thank you because you have to earn respect from me. Obviously since you have offended many of my friends, I’m not going to have any respect for you.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Abortion in my eyes is wrong and Erika no i wouldnt have an abortion i know that makes me sound bad but adoption IS an option as well and i rather have my baby with a loving family than to never have been born at all.So on that fact you are wrong. Erika you may have many good points but Abortion is still wrong through my eyes
May 30th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I think it should be the woman’s choice.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
@Jade:
I’m not trying to sway you into believing anything you don’t feel is morally sound, but I WILL stand up for what I believe so that I know you respect the values of others.
Legalize abortion.
June 8th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Hello everyone, I was in York 8 last year and was on the Blog Team, and out of curiosity I thought I’d read through what this year is talking about, and contribute to the debate. First off, you all seem to be getting just as thoroughly off-topic as we did last year. This is (unfortunately) a lesson in real politics. I mean, anyone who has been following this years Democratic primary can see how people spend more time worrying about irrelevant things, instead of focusing on the issues, like certain people in this thread were spending time insulting people for using dictionaries (which makes no sense– someone who is intelligent enough to supplement their vocabulary like that should be admired, it is not ‘fake’).
Now, onto my opinion on the topic. It is my opinion that abortion should stay legal, and Roe vs Wade should be upheld. There are many reasons for this, but one of the biggest is that the government currently has much larger problems to deal with (torture facilities in other countries that we use, never-ending wars) to be spending its time controlling woman and their conscious decision to not carry a fetus to term. If a woman decides to terminate her pregnancy because she would not be a suitable mother for the child, than that should be her choice. Chances are, if the woman wants an abortion, but is forced because of laws preventing it to have the baby, than she would not be a responsible mother, anyway.
One last thing, before, a poster (Alexandra) stated that no one reads, or wants to read, longer posts. To the contrary, longer posts such as Sofi’s tend to be much more thought out. And I was much more inclined to read them than the short posts that were incoherent and riddled with grammatical errors.