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Man Poses Important Question For Anti-Abortion Campaigners

http://www.ladbible.com/news/news-viral-man-poses-important-...
orange fragrant cruise ship
  10/22/17
Elective abortion = an accidental fire?
Hilarious stage ratface
  10/22/17
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slate international law enforcement agency
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Irradiated Chrome Shrine Jap
  10/23/17
lack of moral equivalence between child and embryo clearly p...
obsidian talented travel guidebook coldplay fan
  10/22/17
cr. devastating reply to illogical "dilemma".
aromatic turquoise jewess
  10/22/17
really the only cr to this asinine textbook false dilemma.
Pontificating trip resort circlehead
  10/22/17
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disrespectful affirmative action people who are hurt
  10/23/17
Ran here
azure yarmulke
  10/23/17
This is what passes for cleverness among 95% of people.
glittery copper telephone
  10/23/17
Lol Lol @ this Reddit level reasoning
slate international law enforcement agency
  10/22/17
yeah, except that reddit threads last for hours whereas this...
Pontificating trip resort circlehead
  10/22/17
Lmfao
blathering embarrassed to the bone heaven
  10/23/17
reddit still burns more person-hours though.
Charismatic trump supporter codepig
  10/23/17
TWENTY | THOUSAND | STRONG
orange fragrant cruise ship
  10/22/17
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blathering embarrassed to the bone heaven
  10/23/17
ok, you're walking down the street and have a clothes hanger...
Vigorous out-of-control address
  10/22/17
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abnormal stag film
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cerebral mood hairy legs
  10/23/17
Oh fuck
maroon provocative new version
  10/23/17
Obviously save the embryos which are worth something to you ...
sick adulterous piazza boistinker
  10/23/17
Cq
blathering embarrassed to the bone heaven
  10/23/17
"harvested for parts" 180
abnormal stag film
  10/23/17
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orange fragrant cruise ship
  10/23/17
How about this question 1000 children are in one corner...
Unholy Excitant Ceo
  10/23/17
(utilitarians HATE this one WEIRD question!)
Charismatic trump supporter codepig
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sick adulterous piazza boistinker
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Ivory liquid oxygen area
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Exciting hell hominid
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cerebral mood hairy legs
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maroon provocative new version
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Date: October 22nd, 2017 11:51 AM
Author: orange fragrant cruise ship

http://www.ladbible.com/news/news-viral-man-poses-important-question-for-anti-abortion-campaigners-20171020

A man has given anti-abortion campaigners something to think about by posing one simple question.

Speaking to his 20,000-strong Twitter following, author and journalist Patrick S. Tomlinson said he had been 'asking one little question' about the issue for the last decade.

In a thread, he wrote: "Whenever abortion comes up, I have a question I've been asking for ten years now of the 'Life begins at Conception' crowd. In ten years, no one has EVER answered it honestly.

Whenever abortion comes up, I have a question I've been asking for ten years now of the "Life begins at Conception" crowd. In ten years, no one has EVER answered it honestly. 1/

- Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) October 17, 2017

"It's a simple scenario with two outcomes. No one ever wants to pick one, because the correct answer destroys their argument. And there IS a correct answer, which is why the pro-life crowd hates the question.

"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.

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. 3/

- Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) October 17, 2017

"They're 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.

"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 this definition of human life, I have never gotten a single straight A or B answer to this question. And I never will.

"They will never answer honestly, because we all instinctively understand the right answer is 'A.' A human child is worth more than a thousand embryos. Or ten thousand. Or a million. Because they are not the same, not morally, not ethically, not biologically.

They will never answer honestly, because we all instinctively understand the right answer is "A." A human child is worth more than a thousand embryos. Or ten thousand. Or a million. Because they are not the same, not morally, not ethically, not biologically. 6/

- Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) October 17, 2017

"This question absolutely eviscerates their arguments, and their refusal to answer confirms that they know it to be true.

"No one, anywhere, actually believes an embryo is equivalent to a child. That person does not exist. they are lying to you. They are lying to you to try and evoke an emotional, a paternal response, using false-equivalency.

"No one believes life begins at conception. No one believes embryos are babies, or children. Those who claim are trying to manipulate you so they can control women. Don't let them. Use this question to call them out. Reveal them for what they are. Demand they answer your question, and when they don't, slap that big ol' Scarlet P of the Patriarchy on them."

The moral conundrum has caused quite a stir across the Twittersphere, with conservative opinion site the Daily Wire arguing that Tomlinson's argument is flawed, with reasons including 'moral instinct does not always mean correct moral decision-making'.

The debate continues...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501459)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:10 PM
Author: Hilarious stage ratface

Elective abortion = an accidental fire?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501594)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:19 PM
Author: slate international law enforcement agency



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501666)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:28 AM
Author: Irradiated Chrome Shrine Jap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507979)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:13 PM
Author: obsidian talented travel guidebook coldplay fan

lack of moral equivalence between child and embryo clearly proves that destroying the embryo has no moral significance, oh what a scholar!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501616)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:17 PM
Author: aromatic turquoise jewess

cr. devastating reply to illogical "dilemma".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501651)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:23 PM
Author: Pontificating trip resort circlehead

really the only cr to this asinine textbook false dilemma.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501698)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 5:57 AM
Author: disrespectful affirmative action people who are hurt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507719)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:30 AM
Author: azure yarmulke

Ran here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507988)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 11:36 AM
Author: glittery copper telephone

This is what passes for cleverness among 95% of people.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34508800)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:20 PM
Author: slate international law enforcement agency

Lol

Lol @ this Reddit level reasoning

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501674)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:24 PM
Author: Pontificating trip resort circlehead

yeah, except that reddit threads last for hours whereas this idiot has apparently been asking the same stupid question for decades.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501705)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:20 AM
Author: blathering embarrassed to the bone heaven

Lmfao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507945)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:22 AM
Author: Charismatic trump supporter codepig

reddit still burns more person-hours though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507950)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:24 PM
Author: orange fragrant cruise ship

TWENTY | THOUSAND | STRONG

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501708)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:20 AM
Author: blathering embarrassed to the bone heaven



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507943)



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Date: October 22nd, 2017 12:25 PM
Author: Vigorous out-of-control address

ok, you're walking down the street and have a clothes hanger in your hand, why is not important. then you see a five year old boy and a pregnant woman...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34501711)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:24 AM
Author: abnormal stag film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507959)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 11:44 AM
Author: cerebral mood hairy legs



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34508852)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 11:58 AM
Author: maroon provocative new version

Oh fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34508921)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 7:07 AM
Author: sick adulterous piazza boistinker

Obviously save the embryos which are worth something to you personally (can be grown, harvested for parts. Etc)

What piece of shit kid has parents who take them to an abortion clinic?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507773)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:20 AM
Author: blathering embarrassed to the bone heaven

Cq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507947)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:24 AM
Author: abnormal stag film

"harvested for parts"

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507962)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 11:30 AM
Author: orange fragrant cruise ship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34508760)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:28 AM
Author: Unholy Excitant Ceo

How about this question

1000 children are in one corner. YOUR child is in another corner. Which one do you save? Easiest question ever.

Proves we should kill all children

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507978)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:28 AM
Author: Charismatic trump supporter codepig

(utilitarians HATE this one WEIRD question!)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507980)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 8:31 AM
Author: sick adulterous piazza boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34507992)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 11:31 AM
Author: Ivory liquid oxygen area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34508772)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 11:38 AM
Author: Exciting hell hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34508814)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 11:45 AM
Author: cerebral mood hairy legs



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34508856)



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Date: October 23rd, 2017 11:58 AM
Author: maroon provocative new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3771422&forum_id=2#34508922)