if I were a rhetorical question, I would look like this

[the_siobhan]

Is it possible for somebody who is pro-life and somebody who is pro-choice to be friends?

Is it simply a matter of difference of opinion? Or is it more than that? Is there an underlying difference in values that makes it impossible to be friends?

What do you think?


What I'm listening to right this second: Stromkern

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[panic-girl.livejournal.com]

Does it even matter what I say at this point?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

At his point I have no idea what you are talking about.

You are perfectly free to try and explain it to me. You are also perfectly free to decide it's not worth the effort to continue the conversation. Either way, it's pretty much up to you.

[panic-girl.livejournal.com]

At his point I have no idea what you are talking about.
My threads got crossed, but by the time this part happened, I was too discouraged to even try anymore.

[panic-girl.livejournal.com]

Okay here is what you said:
I think that's as much as we can expect from people who are coming from a very different ethical basis. We have to give them the freedom to disagree with us without taking it personally.
Which, to me, meant we were talking about something wider than the "but" camp, into the whole "pro-life" arena. And I was thinking about those people when I said that a group of people who think that they know what is best for my body (abortion is bad, you're killing babies, etc) I DO take personally because it's about MY person.

How does, "I support your right to an abortion but I wouldn't choose one for myself" have anything to do with your body?
Right, so now you have no idea what I'm talking about because this isn't what I'm talking about anymore.

There you go.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, gotcha. The hazard of holding several conversations at once I guess.

I was still talking about the "but" camp as having a different ethical basis but still respecting our rights to make our own decisions for ourselves.

I don't equate them with the anti-choice anti-sex viewpoint at all.

[panic-girl.livejournal.com]

It's kind of funny really because when you say "very different" I assumed you couldn't be talking about the "but" contingent, because I think they're not that different! How's that for irony in this whole thing. Heh.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

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