"In the Cards" (Campaign for Free Expression Video Contest)

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[stojadinovicp]

To kill a doctor is not a crime??? How did that get in there as something to be tolerated???

[UntamedAxeRage]

@stojadinovicp It works on the same principle as "to kill a human fetus is not a crime."

[stojadinovicp]

@UntamedAxeRage: an egg is not a chicken, a nut is not a tree, a silk cocoon is not a dress, a fetus is not a person... this is not a difficult concept...

[UntamedAxeRage]

@stojadinovicp I agree with you. Nevertheless, there are millions of people in the world who believe that life begins at conception and that human embryos and fetuses should be granted the same rights as any other human beings. For such people, the destruction of a fetus is tantamount to the murder of an adult human being. They have the right to express their point of view irrespective of how much it offends you or how wrong you believe it to be. That is the whole point of the video.

[stojadinovicp]

@UntamedAxeRage: there are millions who believe that a man was dead for 3 days then got up to play hoops, what millions believe is irrelevant, same as what i believe, what IS relevant are the FACTS... a fetus is not a person and that is a fact, not someones belief... "small" difference but an important one...

[UntamedAxeRage]

@stojadinovicpYour statement is both incorrect and irrelevant. Get yourself a dictionary and look up the word "person." I think you'll find that the applicable definition in this case is "one that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties." That a fetus meets this definition is by no means a fact as you so brazenly claim (you haven't even considered what stage of fetal development you're talking about) but rather a philosophical question that merits intense debate and discussion

[UntamedAxeRage]

@UntamedAxeRage In any case, as has been pointed out to you before, this video is about the right of all people to freely express their convictions, regardless of the correctness or incorrectness of their views.

[dontbedifficult2]

"PROTECT DISSENT" is going to be my new graffiti tag

[stojadinovicp]

@UntamedAxeRage: no, it doesn't, what is required is scientific research to find out at which stage of fetal development the fetus becomes enough human-like to be considered a person. Philosophical bullshit only brings more problems.

[stojadinovicp]

@Globalistreason: no because the term unborn child is a misleading one, in the first trimester it is NOT a child and therefore can not be an unborn child either, it is an embryo. I do recognize the crime of killing a developed fetus. Learn the difference.

[Globalistreason]

@stojadinovicp The opinion is protected not the act. You recognize it is a crime to kill a doctor but you do not recognize it is a crime for a doctor to take the life of an unborn child. Should that opinion be tolerated?

[stojadinovicp]

@UntamedAxeRage; ok, fair enough, i will gladly rephrase: a fetus before the end of its first trimester is not a human being and as such is not a subject of any right and duties.

[kelpie394]

@stojadinovicp Probably about the time North Dakota tried to pass a law making it legal to kill an abortion doctor.

[ughfup]

@sholio And, for the record, being tolerant towards other religions was taboo in Europe 500 years ago, even less.