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September 22, 2005

Thought experiment

Portion of a conversation:

Me: Robbing a bank is reprehensible and no one should do it.
Other person: Yes, I agree.
Me: So then why don't you think we should have laws against it?
Other person: Because then only rich people would be able to get away with robbing a bank and that wouldn't be fair.

Does that make any sense?  To get the original version of the conversation, replace "robbing a bank" with "having an abortion."  Does it make any more sense?  Why or why not?

Posted by Thomas A. on September 22, 2005 at 04:55 PM | Permalink

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Did you think of that yourself? 'Cuz that's really good... think that'll get around-

Posted by: dave | Sep 22, 2005 8:24:31 PM

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