If I were the only...?

Discussion in 'Ethics, Morality, & Justice' started by Bowser, Dec 7, 2017.

  1. Xelasnave.1947 Valued Senior Member

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    None to do so would be a crime.
    Alex
     
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  3. Xelasnave.1947 Valued Senior Member

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    I think folk forget the purpose and function of breasts.

    And I find it ironically sad that as more mothers feed their child with a premix from the super market that there is an unhealthy preoccupation with larger breasts.
    Alex
     
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  5. river

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    Yet pharma corporations , pharma retailers , do it everyday .
     
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  7. Xelasnave.1947 Valued Senior Member

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    Presumably within the law.
    Alex
     
  8. Xelasnave.1947 Valued Senior Member

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    Off topic.

    I think one can find a message in my story.

    Whilst having a most enjoyable conversation with a lady at the then my local pub...she had large breasts and showed a large portion of them by her choice in clothes .
    she said.
    "You know what I like about you Alex you don't talk to my breasts"

    Eye contact with a man was somewhat novel.
    Alex
     
  9. river

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    How long did you keep that up !!!!
     
  10. Seattle Valued Senior Member

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    What has being the only doctor in the world got to do with the morality of abortion or the laws regarding abortion? I get the point that there would be no one else to do it but that's still beside the point.
     
  11. Kittamaru Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Adieu, Sciforums. Valued Senior Member

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    Perhaps the more important question:

    What does "religious freedom" and "freedom from persecution" mean?

    To my understand, freedom of religion means "I cannot do that because it is against my religion" (ergo, "I cannot have an abortion because I don't believe in them" or "I cannot have a homosexual relationship because I do not believe in them")

    Telling someone else "You cannot do that because it is against my religion" would seem to be persecution (ergo, "You cannot have an abortion because I don't believe in them" or "You cannot have a homosexual relationship because I do not believe in them")

    Seems like a simple distinction all told...

    Thus, if your religion would prevent you from being party to something that you are uniquely equipped to provide (such as a service industry, medical industry, etc), then perhaps the correct response is to not be in said industry... or to realize that your "religious freedom" allows you to not do said action yet does not allow you to prohibit others from doing so.

    I think that is, exactly, the point, though - in many areas, facilities that otherwise provided these services are being shut down because of this mindset of "I don't believe in this, thus you cannot do it"... how is that any different than "You must marry this person I've chosen for you because my religion gives me that right" or "You will be killed because you said something that offends my religion"?

    All are implying that someone else's freedom of religion trumps that person's freedom of religion and right to bodily autonomy.
     
  12. Seattle Valued Senior Member

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    The point is that if the law is that doctors do abortions then if you are a doctor you do abortions. If all medical decisions rely on the doctor's personal view of morality then they won't be done if that is the doctor's viewpoint.
     
  13. Kittamaru Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Adieu, Sciforums. Valued Senior Member

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    In that case, the person in question probably shouldn't choose to work somewhere that does abortions.

    Matthew 22:21
    Then He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's."

    Titus 3:1
    Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

    1 Peter 2:13
    Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,

    Add in:

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...nity-and-abortion_us_58f52ed7e4b048372700dab5
    also

    The law does not provide that the act (abortion) pertains to homicide, for there cannot yet be said to be a live soul in a body that lacks sensation... what an important point to make, as it sets a rather simple standard - there is nothing in scripture that says abortion is a sin, or should not be done, until the point at which the viable child has a soul, presumed to be at 24 weeks.

    So, even from a "religious" standpoint, these folks haven't a leg to stand on. God not only commands them to submit to their duties to crown and country even if they should be in supposed contradiction to their held beliefs, but there is no law in the bible that even speaks to abortion other than late term (post 24 week), and even then, exceptions are noted for cases where the mothers life hangs in the balance, as noted by biblical scholars.

    So... yeah. This isn't about "religious freedom" as much as it is about foisting their religious views on another.
     
  14. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    "If you were the only girl in the world
    And I were the only boy...."

    If you were the only anything in the world, your obvious priority would be to make more. Long-term thinking versus short-term.
     
  15. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Did you go home with her?
     
  16. Xelasnave.1947 Valued Senior Member

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    Until it was my turn to play in the pool comp.
    Alex
     
  17. Xelasnave.1947 Valued Senior Member

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    No, I was there to win the pool comp and certainly not interested in starting a relationship.
    Alex
     
  18. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    That's what I thought. She didn't put those puppies on display for nothing.
     
  19. Xelasnave.1947 Valued Senior Member

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    At another pub.
    This lady is a friend I have sleepy over at her house after various parties (on an island and the ferry stops at sunset).
    She had been talking non stop for about 30 minutes and she grabs my hand and says " I like being with you...you are such a great conversationalist".
    My contribution to the conversation was... Yes, no, really, then what happened, really etc.
    You see you sit at a table with some guys and gals, six, and the guys talk and the gals don't get a word in.
    They get to talk in their groups but clearly it is rare for them to express opinions at a mixed table.
    We were sitting at a table by ourselves.
    I actually like her very much but prefer just to be friends.
    Alex
     
  20. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

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    She might not feel the same way.

    On the other hand, the conditions of the scenario irrefutably mean that there are no more laws - except what the two living people decide are laws.
     
  21. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    Hint. They are done everywhere. If a doctor is in a situation where a procedure (no matter what the procedure is) is called for and the doctor refused to do the procedure due to a belief they should loose their licence

    As a atheist I would never go for the pope's job because I don't believe in god

    If you don't believe in something stay out of any job, profession, calling which has within it that which you don't believe in

    The law has absolutely no position on the the soul what so ever

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  22. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    The firs pair I ever saw had been removed from a patient who had a bad reaction. They were lying in vat of formalin - these stupid little sacks of transparent... nothing... And they were slightly different weights!
    OTH, some little while later, I learned that they could be an enormous emotional and social asset to mastectomy patients.
    That redeems the implant, not the plastic surgeon who grows wealthy by turning interesting young women into Stepford wives.
     
  23. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    No problem with sensible reasons of usage

    Years ago I did have an encounter with a lady who had well and truly over extended the definition of sensible usage

    Brought up two memories

    Red Skelton talking about a large breasted entertainment woman. Straight man ask Red
    what does she do?
    Red replies
    she comes out on stage and stands up

    Second memory
    Dispite the pleasant atmosphere I was stupidly thinking
    I have another hole to fill at home and this gel feels like it could be just what I need

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