*Originally posted by Bob Cos *
*Originally posted by jshore *
Wonderful! Just because the most apocalyptic doomsday scenarios haven’t come true, this means we don’t have to worry about overpopulation?!? Haven’t these people been keeping up with environmental problems like pollution, depletion of the world’s fisheries and old growth forests, …
I don’t think anyone was trivializing these issues. If you look back at what this was in response to, I think you’ll see that’s not the point. The point is that one shouldn’t use hyperbole like “ecological apocalypse” to support abortion unless one is prepared to provide evidence for that claim. **
FWIW, that was immediately clear to me . It’s obvious that nobody’s deniying the problems of pollution and natural resource depletion, but that’s hardly the same as apocalyptic disaster.
**And, again–lest the point be missed–evidence would have to demonstrate not only that this “apocalypse” was (is) imminent, but that abortion is what has saved the day. That pollution and old world deforestation exist is not in dispute. What is at issue is the point that Mekhazzio made. **
Also correct. I don’t think there’s any way we can conclusively state that abortion would cure such disasters – regardless of its morality. Heck, one could just as easily speculate that abortion might eliminate the people who would solve these problems.
*Originally posted by JubilationTCornpone *
*Originally posted by Bob Cos *
*Originally posted by jshore *
Wonderful! Just because the most apocalyptic doomsday scenarios haven’t come true, this means we don’t have to worry about overpopulation?!? Haven’t these people been keeping up with environmental problems like pollution, depletion of the world’s fisheries and old growth forests, …
I don’t think anyone was trivializing these issues. If you look back at what this was in response to, I think you’ll see that’s not the point. The point is that one shouldn’t use hyperbole like “ecological apocalypse” to support abortion unless one is prepared to provide evidence for that claim. **
FWIW, that was immediately clear to me . It’s obvious that nobody’s deniying the problems of pollution and natural resource depletion, but that’s hardly the same as apocalyptic disaster.
Unsupported hyperbole seems to be in ample supply in this thread…earlier we had a poster state
“Every abortion came from a female who made a decision after careful planning.”
ok… :rolleyes: