Republicans push for an amendment that would ban abortion; even if the woman is raped

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

It still amazes me how conservatives want to actually move backwards and fight change. Shut down anything that tries to replace gas, ban abortion, take health care back to where companies can F over clients, and spending money to kick every illegal immigrant out of the country and erect some kind of super fence that they will figure out how to get past anyways. I mean really they're genius. They're philosophy is basically "If people want to make choices in their lives that I don't agree with I and don't effect me at all I want to make it illegal." On top of "If someone is stupid enough to let me rip them off that's their problem."

Not all change is for the better. If you pack on 300 lbs. of lard, is that a desirable change?

As far as replacing gas is concerned, forget it. Sometimes there is no replacement. Nuclear power turned out not to be a magic cure-all for our energy needs. If there is no water to drink or produce food, what do we have as a replacement? Absolutely nothing at all.

Banning abortion? The reality is that the pro-abortion people don't want any restrictions on abortion, using the emotive argument that it's oppressing women. Should we allow infanticide while we're at it?

Think national health care is so wonderful? It turns out that in nations that have it, it's not so wonderful in practice that it is in theory. One British girl on Devianart told me she hated the national health care system, and I've heard people on other forums complain that the system has become overrun with bureaucracy and politics and quality has suffered.

Kicking out illegal immigrants? Why shouldn't we? All this propaganda about "they do work Americans won't do" is bushwa. That's because they work at the American equivalent of starvation wages, and employers don't pay taxes on them. A good deal for the employers, a bad deal for the rest of us.

As for "what others choose to do doesn't affect me," also bushwa. If someone gambles their money away, what about anybody they're supposed to support, such as their wife and kids? If someone refuses to wear their seat belts while driving, that does affect society-namely in supporting someone who might be maimed for life instead of receiving relatively minor injury. So other peoples' decisions do affect you, whether you can see it or not.

Being ripped off? You can avoid being ripped off in most cases by doing basic research and taking basic precautions. Oftentimes people wind up being ripped off as a result of their own stupidity. Society isn't responsible for that.