Comments on: A legal conundrum for you http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:20:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Random Name http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231229 Random Name Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:46:23 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231229 <i>To avoid both, we need less stupid and naive people in America and I’m not sure this will happen anytime soon.</i> Holding my breath until this happens. Turning blue. Passing o--- <i>Thud</i> To avoid both, we need less stupid and naive people in America and I’m not sure this will happen anytime soon.

Holding my breath until this happens. Turning blue. Passing o—

Thud

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]]> By: Serious George http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231189 Serious George Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:45:42 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231189 "And psychologically and physically they are at the very least quite different." Yet they look very much like we did when we were that age. Obfuscate much? “And psychologically and physically they are at the very least quite different.”

Yet they look very much like we did when we were that age.

Obfuscate much?

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]]> By: zinger http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231184 zinger Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:10:29 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231184 In the strict legal sense, a doctor can perform abortions on "fetuses", but a woman cannot kill her preborn "baby". In the moral sense, both are the premeditated taking of an innocent human life which is the definition of murder. In the strict legal sense, a doctor can perform abortions on “fetuses”, but a woman cannot kill her preborn “baby”. In the moral sense, both are the premeditated taking of an innocent human life which is the definition of murder.

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]]> By: hrw http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231137 hrw Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:19:54 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231137 Infanticide has historically been treated as a separate crime from homicide; at least in the English common law. And there is good reason for this; the circumstances are different. Again historically a human was not treated with similar despite age and development differences. Babies were frequently though to be less than human. And psychologically and physically they are at the very least quite different. Due to today's science, we could argue on a materialistic basis an opposite conclusion but the debate is still there. The emergence from the birth canal cannot on its own confer personhood and humaness whether legally nor morally. One could take the conception route or the more ambigous route of a graduated entry into the ranks of humanity. Regardless in this case, she is guility but when serve very little time. The abortionist should clean up his act as the later the abortion the riskier the procedure. I would like to see his liability inusurance after the latest admission. To avoid both, we need less stupid and naive people in America and I'm not sure this will happen anytime soon. Infanticide has historically been treated as a separate crime from homicide; at least in the English common law. And there is good reason for this; the circumstances are different.

Again historically a human was not treated with similar despite age and development differences. Babies were frequently though to be less than human. And psychologically and physically they are at the very least quite different. Due to today’s science, we could argue on a materialistic basis an opposite conclusion but the debate is still there.

The emergence from the birth canal cannot on its own confer personhood and humaness whether legally nor morally. One could take the conception route or the more ambigous route of a graduated entry into the ranks of humanity.

Regardless in this case, she is guility but when serve very little time. The abortionist should clean up his act as the later the abortion the riskier the procedure. I would like to see his liability inusurance after the latest admission.

To avoid both, we need less stupid and naive people in America and I’m not sure this will happen anytime soon.

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]]> By: trr http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231120 trr Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:40:48 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231120 Confused? ;-) Have a good weekend y'all. Confused? ;-)

Have a good weekend y’all.

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]]> By: Make it Man http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231088 Make it Man Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:53:55 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231088 You're not an atheist? What then? With a comment like that last one, I don't know what else you might be then. You’re not an atheist?

What then? With a comment like that last one, I don’t know what else you might be then.

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]]> By: Zanzibar http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231047 Zanzibar Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:29:52 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231047 I can see it now… By day, John Doe is a vigilant anesthesiologist, aleviating the sufferings of the torrent of patients that run through Johnson Community Hospital. But by night, he is “The Painkiller”, a vigilante who stops the pain of all people he comes in contact with by taking them out of existence. How did John Doe become the painkiller? One night after being stood up by one date too many, he realized that life is full of pain, heartache, and suffering. The birthing process, homework, dentist visits, blind dates, headaches, malnutrition… it was too much. He wished there was something he could do to stop his own pain, and that of others. And then it came to him… the dead feel no pain. And he became The Painkiller. Is he a hero? Is he a villian? Does it even matter, if killing is merely anti-social and not actually evil? See The Painiller(TM) in theaters averwhere Summer 2008. Ok, ok. It’s a little campy. And by little, I mean that even Adam West might turn it down. But it would make a great summer blockbuster, no? I can see it now…

By day, John Doe is a vigilant anesthesiologist, aleviating the sufferings of the torrent of patients that run through Johnson Community Hospital.

But by night, he is “The Painkiller”, a vigilante who stops the pain of all people he comes in contact with by taking them out of existence.

How did John Doe become the painkiller? One night after being stood up by one date too many, he realized that life is full of pain, heartache, and suffering. The birthing process, homework, dentist visits, blind dates, headaches, malnutrition… it was too much. He wished there was something he could do to stop his own pain, and that of others. And then it came to him… the dead feel no pain. And he became The Painkiller.

Is he a hero? Is he a villian? Does it even matter, if killing is merely anti-social and not actually evil?

See The Painiller(TM) in theaters averwhere Summer 2008.

Ok, ok. It’s a little campy. And by little, I mean that even Adam West might turn it down. But it would make a great summer blockbuster, no?

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]]> By: Scroop Moth http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231040 Scroop Moth Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:20:23 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231040 No man is honest, make it man. I'm not an atheist. God probably is, but I'm not. No man is honest, make it man. I’m not an atheist. God probably is, but I’m not.

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]]> By: Make it Man http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-231012 Make it Man Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:25:06 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-231012 Well it seems that infanticide, and not just abortion, is justified in the minds of some of our atheists.... What have I said before? Logically, there's no foundation for morality in an atheistic world view. Morality is relative. Whatever you can get away with is ok. At least you're an honest atheist, Scroop. Well it seems that infanticide, and not just abortion, is justified in the minds of some of our atheists….

What have I said before? Logically, there’s no foundation for morality in an atheistic world view. Morality is relative. Whatever you can get away with is ok.

At least you’re an honest atheist, Scroop.

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]]> By: Frank in Phoenix http://online.worldmag.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-230999 Frank in Phoenix Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:02:44 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2007/10/26/a-legal-conundrum-for-you/#comment-230999 Addendum: She conceived, by an act of her own volition, a human being that was in all likelihood healthy enough to survive -- if only she <i>wanted</i> it to. Addendum: She conceived, by an act of her own volition, a human being that was in all likelihood healthy enough to survive — if only she wanted it to.

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