tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14925914.post8123288987512099299..comments2023-10-10T06:32:51.479-04:00Comments on Other than that, how'd you like the play Mrs. Lincoln?: I wonderylmurphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01820059278478668840noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14925914.post-68351868875532080032008-02-08T19:15:00.000-05:002008-02-08T19:15:00.000-05:00i'll certainly take a stand for what i believe in ...i'll certainly take a stand for what i believe in - that paul mccartney does in fact play the drums. i find it hard to believe that in all his years with the beatles that he never once picked up the sticks whilst jamming with the boys. hence, the logical conclusion that one would come to is that "at one time or another, paul mccartney played the drums with the beatles."<BR/><BR/>a technicality, you say? yes. but this great nation thrives upon technicalities and loopholes. people get rich from spilling hot drinks on themselves all the time. you might even call me a patriot for holding fast to a notion that can in no way be proven, but can also never be disproven... and then you might send me $8.The Otterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01585400398755869080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14925914.post-8237522698949152202008-02-08T19:09:00.000-05:002008-02-08T19:09:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Otterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01585400398755869080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14925914.post-80354933831003408742008-02-07T20:27:00.000-05:002008-02-07T20:27:00.000-05:00I wrote nothing about abortion at all, veiled or o...I wrote nothing about abortion at all, veiled or otherwise. What post are you reading, Mike?<BR/><BR/>My point was that since we are a democracy, the majority rules, right? Catholics are the single largest religious group. I think Catholics are anti-abortion Mike.<BR/><BR/>But then you gotta take the good with the "bad" if you decide to legislate morality. I think most Americans think that is a slippery slope so most people are only willing to commit to clear, glaring examples of inhumanity. Slavery would be one of those. <BR/><BR/>Abortion, to most Americans, is a gray area because the particulars are so disputed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14925914.post-34387025737915610102008-02-07T19:40:00.000-05:002008-02-07T19:40:00.000-05:00I find it interesting that anonymous' post starts ...I find it interesting that anonymous' post starts with noting the fact that people justified slavery and the holocaust by convincing themselves that people of Jewish or African ancestry were either less human or even non-human, but then ended their post apparently giving a veiled defense of abortion, based on the fact that not everyone agrees that an unborn human is fully human.<BR/><BR/>Interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14925914.post-10989395278416933272008-02-07T18:54:00.000-05:002008-02-07T18:54:00.000-05:00no I don't want the hail mary being posted in publ...no I don't want the hail mary being posted in public buildings and don't want to pray the rosary every day...<BR/><BR/>anything else?<BR/><BR/>I’m guessing that was rhetorical…<BR/><BR/>laws are moral dilemmas put into legislation though<BR/><BR/>murder is kind of a moral dilemma wouldn't you agree?<BR/><BR/>how about stealing? that's sort of one...and driving while drunk....and....I really probably don't have to go on I'm guessing...<BR/><BR/>we just pick the laws based on what we believe - we believe those things are wrong so we make laws....based on our beliefsylmurphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820059278478668840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14925914.post-1724156992932956682008-02-07T18:23:00.000-05:002008-02-07T18:23:00.000-05:00Some people convinced themselves that slaves and J...Some people convinced themselves that slaves and Jewish people weren't people so it was OK to do whatever you want to them. I don't know what scientific, legal or biblical justification they could have found for that. (I also don't live in fear that I'll be lynched if I try to stand up for a slave or a Jewish person. I'm glad some people back then stood up anyway.) <BR/><BR/>Moral dilemmas should never be political ones because 300,000,000 people all have different dilemmas. For example, if Jehovah's Witnesses morals were made into laws, blood transfusions would be illegal. Again I ask, whose morals should be laws and whose shouldn't be? Evangelicals? Whose laws do you want to affect your everyday life? Scientologists maybe? Catholics are the largest single religious group in the country so maybe their morals should be legislated. So are you cool with the Hail Mary being posted in public buildings and praying the rosary every day, Sean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14925914.post-27894100793721236762008-02-06T23:42:00.000-05:002008-02-06T23:42:00.000-05:00I can only give my two cents (whatever that means)...I can only give my two cents (whatever that means) but I feel like the prominent issues have always been, or should have been, about preserving precious human life.<BR/><BR/>So does that mean speaking up on behalf of the unborn, the poor, the hungry, weary soldiers, our enemies abroad, immigrants, or all of them?<BR/><BR/>I guess that's where it gets a little gray...Daniel Kalbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340395115151356601noreply@blogger.com