08-12-2015, 12:54 PM
(08-12-2015, 12:49 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Oh, I don't know, maybe the same reason blacks and "more right" to freedom than whites did to owning slaves?
I never realized that there was a right higher than the very fundamental right to life.
The white slave owner's rights were not dependent upon the liberty of the slaves being violated. They could still have other avenues to pursue their rights. The liberty of a pregnant woman is dependent upon the rights of the unborn being violated, and the right to life of the unborn is dependent on the rights of the pregnant woman being violated. There is no way around it. Different scenarios.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
