Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Abortion - was Missouri Young Republicans?

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Mike Miller wrote:

> Sounds like the argument for lower taxes.


Uh, nice try.  I would call that "fairness" instead of "selfishness".  
It's the difference between living with your bad decisions or expecting 
others to make up for them.  The girl that has an abortion is refusing 
to live with her bad decisions.  Likewise for the people who dropped out 
of high school or majored in some bullshit degree and now want to force 
me to pay to improve their lot in life. 

Too many people have such a ridiculously distorted definition of "fair" 
these days though, I don't expect everyone to understand this 
distinction.  Dictionary.com states one definition of "fair" as, "Being 
in accordance with relative merit or significance".  You've got to 
understand that "fair" doesn't always mean "everyone gets what they 
want".  Rather, it's more like "everyone gets what they deserve".

At the end of the day, people aren't entitled to jack shit except for 
that which they earn.  That includes possibly having a hard life due to 
the fact that you got knocked up.  And before you flame me about 
insensitivity, I've got a buddy up in Chicago that's having a surprise 
baby next week...and he agrees with me 100%.

-N


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