Abortion thought experiment

Micawber said:
"Here it is. You're in a fertility clinic. Why isn't important. The fire alarm goes off. You run for the exit. As you run down this hallway, you hear a child screaming from behind a door. You throw open the door and find a five-year-old child crying for help. .
They're [sic]in one corner of the room. In the other corner, you spot a frozen container labeled "1000 Viable Human Embryos." The smoke is rising. You start to choke. You know you can grab one or the other, but not both before you succumb to smoke inhalation and die, saving no one. 4/

Do you A) save the child, or B) save the thousand embryos? There is no "C." "C" means you all die.

In a decade of arguing with anti-abortion people about the definition of human life, I have never gotten a single straight A or B answer to this question. And I never will. " Patrick Tomlinson

http://www.scarymommy.com/patrick-s-tomlinson-twitter-abortion/?utm_source=FBOnsite
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I'm way late to this discussion, but I'm going with saving the already-here human being. I do realize that my response is invalid because I am both rational and pro-choice. (And for you haters out there, the mother of five amazing living human beings and grandmother of nine more.)
 
Threedee said:
Here's a question for Democrats:
If you could save five slaves or the plantation owner's five-year-old son, which would you save? :cof1:
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It wouldn't matter to me if it were one slave and five plantation owner's kids, or vice versa. If I was given the choice to save only five of the six, I'd grab whichever five I could and run for it. That's only logical and ethical as well as I see it.
 
Thing1 said:
Nice dodge. How about trying again?

I love how the righties keep trying to find technicalities and loopholes. The point of the thought experiment is clear as day - and they are all sprinting from it, as fast as they can.
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I haven’t run from it

It would depend on whose kid it was. If it was yours I would let it burn like a marshmallow
 
I Love America said:
I haven’t run from it

It would depend on whose kid it was. If it was yours I would let it burn like a marshmallow
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Ooooh!!! Ooohhhhh!!!

That's so shocking, ILA! You're such a shocking poster.

The above is just another in a long line of dodges on this thread. I think the OP got the answer he was looking for.
 
Thing1 said:
Ooooh!!! Ooohhhhh!!!

That's so shocking, ILA! You're such a shocking poster.

The above is just another in a long line of dodges on this thread. I think the OP got the answer he was looking for.
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Not meant to be shocking. Not meant to dodge. I would have zero problem letting your spawn burn to a crisp and would save the embryos. If it were a family member then I would save them

But hey maybe you want to try this thought experiment in real time and test me?
 
I Love America said:
Not meant to be shocking. Not meant to dodge. I would have zero problem letting your spawn burn to a crisp and would save the embryos. If it were a family member then I would save them

But hey maybe you want to try this thought experiment in real time and test me?
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It was definitely meant to be shocking (it wasn't). It probably wasn't necessarily meant to be a dodge, but boy, was it. A clear dodge.

Your immense fear in answering the question straight-up is noted.
 
Thing1 said:
And what's the "if it was a family member?"

How's about a total stranger, ILA. Deal w/ the scenario.
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If it was a family member I️ would save them

If it was your or some other spawn of a liberal I️ would let them burn to a crisp and never look back

If it was a stranger, I️ would be conflicted but save the embryos but feel sad about it

Liberals are as much my enemy as ISIS.
 
Teflon Don said:
If it was a family member I️ would save them

If it was your or some other spawn of a liberal I️ would let them burn to a crisp and never look back

If it was a stranger, I️ would be conflicted but save the embryos but feel sad about it

Liberals are as much my enemy as ISIS.
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fucking sociopath
 
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