"I am personally opposed to abortion, but support the right of a woman to have an abortion."
"I am personally opposed to slavery, but support the right of a person to own a slave."
2006-11-21 08:35:15 · 20 answers · asked by kingstubborn 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How about this.
I am personally opposed to abortion, but know where my business ends and someone Else's starts.
Love and blessings Don
2006-11-21 08:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Analogy defined: 1] inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others. 2] resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike.
The inference and/or resemblance is that you are so politically correct that you no longer have a backbone to make a stand against the evils of both abortion and slavery.
Abortion is wrong. It is the taking of a human life; it is tantamoun to murder.
From a biological viewpoint, there is absolutely no basis for believing that human life begins at any time other than conception. Abortionists are murderers and liars. They claim the fetus is not human until the moment of birth.
Abortion is a tool used by 'loose' women & men to offer up their 'unwanted' children to a god of pleasure and sensuality and convenience. Based on this act, human beings are not worth anything. This is a sin and a stain on our society. This is satan's world and you are his pawn.
Mother Teresa said "that she feared for America because the women are killing their own babies. She believed that a society is doomed when women become so heartless that they will kill their own young. Abortion is not only unthinkable...it is also the height of pagan barbarity."
Slavery as defined by Webster states...1] Drudgery, toil. 2] Submission to a dominating influence. 3] The state of a person who is chattle of another.
How does that apply to abortion? Other than the fact that the slave is alive, the slave is in hell and death might be a relief.
Thank you for making me re-examine my own position. God bless you.
2006-11-21 17:15:48 · answer #2 · answered by D.A. S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are similar, but depend upon the legality of the second half of the statement. If both "rights" are written into the law, then the two are analogous. However, if a person does not have the legal right to own a slave, but women do have the legal right to have an abortion, then they are not analogous. Neither "right" is automatic, because the law can govern both cases. In fact, all "rights" have to be written into law to make them enforceable and defendable.
2006-11-21 16:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by TitoBob 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This IS NOT MY BELIEF, but I'm going to staate what I once saw on a poster.
"All people who supported slavery were free.
All people who support abortion were born."
I think that the analogy you gave, is a liitle off.
People who say, "I am personally opposed to abortion, but support the right of a woman to have an abortion," usually mean that they would never acceptan abortion for one of their own children, but that they think that in cases other than their own, abortions are acceptable.
Good luck, Peace.
2006-11-21 16:41:17 · answer #4 · answered by husam 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it's not accurate. The morality of abortion depends on whether one considers a fetus to be an individual life. Since that is not a simple answer, most people leave it up to the person most involved to make the decision. The morality of slavery is more apparant to people and so they don't need to leave it up to someone else to make a decision.
2006-11-21 17:20:05 · answer #5 · answered by Bodhisattva E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first involves one fully-functioning human and a fetus that can't survive without the fully-functioning human.
The second involves one fully-functioning human subjugated and abusing another fully functioning human.
A better analogy would be:
"I am personally opposed to abortion, but I support the right of a woman to have an abortion."
"I am personally opposed to parasitic organisms, but I support the right of a man to have a tape worm living in his intestinal tract."
I don't believe by any stretch of the imagination that fetuses are parasitic organisms, but it's a more accurate analogy.
2006-11-21 17:06:24 · answer #6 · answered by thelittlemerriemaid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because the question comes down to whether you think the fetus is a human and so has human rights. Slaves are definitely human and have those rights. If you are not sure that a fetus is human, then you have to consider what will be best for all the people involved, including the "potential" one inside the woman.
2006-11-21 16:44:24 · answer #7 · answered by Love Shepherd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that's an analogy, but more hypocracy. Why would you be opposed to abortion but supportive of someone who commits abortion. Also with slavery.
2006-11-21 16:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be if you felt the same way about both abortion and slavery. However, that will often not be the case.
There is a difference between deciding something is wrong for yourself and seeing that something is morally wrong in general. I don't mean to say any belief about abortion is right or wrong. I'm just trying to evaluate your statement.
2006-11-21 16:39:45 · answer #9 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no
slavery is against the law-abortion isnt
get over this fact if you dont like it.
but if you support the right of a person to own a slave, whatever-its your opinion and have a right to it.
you have a right to believe in no abortions too-but guess what-it'll NEVER HAPPEN.
2006-11-21 16:40:42 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋