Reply #245: Words matter [View All]

The pen is indeed mightier than the sword, or sniper's rifle. Spin and lies help the wrong people steal elections, and urge simple minded to do these horrid deeds.

Therefore, I urge all of us to no longer refer to such as these as "pro life" nor to any on the other side as "pro abortion." Let us propogate the terms "pro choice" or "anti choice."

I consider myself to be pro life and pro choice. I actually do believe life begins at conception when sperm penetrates egg, that is a new life, in my opinion. BUT I do not believe you can legislate that kind of morality, you cannot make that judgement for another. It is not black and white, like these poor Muslim girls that would have been stoned to death without Tiller's help and the help of others, like a thousand other complicated circumstances. And as others have said on this thread and other places, what about the sanctity of life AFTER the womb? How do you claim to be pro life and then get a half a million people killed in a war you started based on lies, when the real reason was greed and retribution?

Pro choice or anti choice.

Another spin term, "late term abortion doctor." I doubt there is any med school where the interns have that as a choice when they choose a specialty. Hmmm, podiatry, allergy specialist, surgeon, neurology, OB/GYN, cardiologist...Oh I got it, I want to specialize in late term abortions!

Let's all please be careful with our language and stop perpetrating spin words.