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  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    Laz wrote:
    You still didn't answer my question... if you ask someone to stop judging you obviously think that judging is wrong

    yes, judging others is wrong. jeesh, even jesus said THAT. :rolleyes:

    until you've walked in their shoes... yada yada. this can't possibly be a foreign concept to you. some questions don't get directly answered because the answers seem pretty obvious.
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    Of which we're caught in the middle.
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  • Laz
    Laz Posts: 118
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    yes, judging others is wrong. jeesh, even jesus said THAT. :rolleyes:

    If judging others is wrong then why can't you apply 'stop thinking about what is right and what is wrong' to the act of judging?
  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    Laz wrote:
    If judging others is wrong then why can't you apply 'stop thinking about what is right and what is wrong' to the act of judging?

    is that a serious question? because i just took a benadryl and only have energy for real questions, not stupid semantics.

    :p
    Life is the riddle
    Of which we're caught in the middle.
    A couple of lucky ones
    Tangled up in too much love
    ~cowboy junkies
  • Laz
    Laz Posts: 118
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    is that a serious question? because i just took a benadryl and only have energy for real questions, not stupid semantics.

    :p

    All I'm trying to do is find out to what kind of things we can apply 'right and wrong' to. You and I agree that 'judging' is wrong. When a judge sentences a convicted felon, is he wrong for judging? Of course he's not, but why if 'judging' is wrong?

    Really I'm not trying to be a stick in the mud...
  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    Laz wrote:
    All I'm trying to do is find out to what kind of things we can apply 'right and wrong' to. You and I agree that 'judging' is wrong. When a judge sentences a convicted felon, is he wrong for judging? Of course he's not, but why if 'judging' is wrong?

    Really I'm not trying to be a stick in the mud...

    well, you're doing a great impersonation.

    a judge is in a position of authority and, hopefully, has wisdom that the rest of us don't about a wide variety of topics, as well as the law to guide them. that said, it had absolutely nothing to do with this conversation, unless you want to play semantics. which i don't.

    i believe that there are certain situations where "right and wrong" can be applied, but i don't believe it can or should be applied to the issue of abortion. if for no other reason than that it obviously doesn't work in reducing the incidence of unwanted pregnancies OR abortions. the point the first person who spoke about "right and wrong" was trying to make, i think, is that that line of thinking is ineffective.
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    Of which we're caught in the middle.
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    Tangled up in too much love
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    well, you're doing a great impersonation.

    i just spit some iced tea on the screen after this one :D
  • Laz
    Laz Posts: 118
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    i believe that there are certain situations where "right and wrong" can be applied, but i don't believe it can or should be applied to the issue of abortion.

    So like I originally said, you believe it's wrong to apply 'right and wrong' to the issue of abortion, correct? So if someone came along and said 'right and wrong' should apply to abortion, then you'd say he's in the wrong...

    I don't like arguing semantics either, I know a guy who has a PhD in semantics and he is quite a stick in the mud sometimes, oh no I just judged him :)
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    it's all well and good to spout on & on about how the child could be put up for adoption if the parents don't want to raise them, but unless you're doing the adopting, you need to shut that shit up.


    i know first hand that the foster family, and adoption systems are flooded... there is a great demand for adoptive and foster parents
  • Laz
    Laz Posts: 118
    my2hands wrote:
    i just spit some iced tea on the screen after this one :D

    Yeah I had good chuckle at it too
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    Laz wrote:
    Yeah I had good chuckle at it too


    you better watch it... she can be fiesty ;)
  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    while this line of questioning has certainly kept me on my toes... i have a date with a comfy sofa and a remote, so i'm gonna go.

    but please don't judge me 'cause i'm sleepy. ;)
    Life is the riddle
    Of which we're caught in the middle.
    A couple of lucky ones
    Tangled up in too much love
    ~cowboy junkies
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    while this line of questioning has certainly kept me on my toes... i have a date with a comfy sofa and a remote, so i'm gonna go.

    but please don't judge me 'cause i'm sleepy. ;)

    that is one lucky sofa and remote :p

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