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[jay-ell]

However, seeing some of the heinous, assholish antiabortion bumper stickers has certainly made me rethink my position.

I'm pro-life* and most of those offend me. 

*Disclaimer: I think abortion is generally a Bad Thing but I think reversing Roe v. Wade is not the way to eliminate it.  I think that we need to minimize to the greatest extent possible the circumstances which lead women to become unintentionally pregnant, including providing reliable, low-cost or free birth control to teenagers.  I also think that the women I know personally who have terminated pregnancies were victims, not criminals, and should be protected under the law, not persecuted by it.  So in a strict sense I'm pro-life, but try not to hold that against me.

[Arachno-capitalist]

I learned from my mother that men shouldn't pretend to have an opinion on the matter. I'll never know what its like to be pregnant by choice, accident, or crime and I won't pretend I do.

[Golfhaus]

That's a bit unfair. I have an opinion on the matter. I've donated to NARAL in the past. I probably will again.

What I find a bit more unfair is the tendency for legislation on the matter to be voted upon by august bodies made up mostly of old rich white men, the demographic least likely to find itself involved in contemplating such a decision.

U.S. out of my uterus!... or, uh, hers.

[linnea]

Any minute I'm expecting wombat to stick her head in here and implore us to not discuss Such Issues. Really, it's a discussion that isn't really fit for polite company. Except when I'm in the company of all-choice friends.

[KeithHernandez]

Unless I am missing something, that is completely wrong, and nothing, nothing, makes me madder then a woman telling me that I can't have an opinion over that.  Uh, you know, that baby didn't come from nowhere.  I don't care what your opinion is (to some extent) but I mean, it takes two.  That is all I am saying.  (this was to A-CAP, linnea is right probably, but, well, I already typed.)
 
Also, re:bumper stickers- I would not be afraid to put a bumper sticker on my car, but I think it is about the worst way we as a species have devised to communicate.  The only bumper stickers I have ever had were a Dean 04 (in OK that is pretty bad) and a "If you think it is hard to put on a condom try it with paws.  Have your pets spayed and neutered" that I got from the vet I worked at.  Edit agian-  That actually tied together the topics, so there is that.


Edit:  Linnea- Bill Hicks joke that I don't want to be responsible for.

[theinevitable]

my car at home has a "Washington University in St Louis" sticker.
if I had one here, I would put a KWUR 90.3 FM sticker on it. but I don't have a car, so.

[Arachno-capitalist]

Whats great about the debate, however, is that all of us agree that GWB fucked up. Personally, Im looking forward to the movies and documentaries about just how ridiculous this whole disgrace was.

[KeithHernandez]

Eggxactly

[wombat]

Any minute I'm expecting wombat to stick her head in here and implore us to not discuss Such Issues. Really, it's a discussion that isn't really fit for polite company. Except when I'm in the company of all-choice friends.

I'm just wondering how the hell we got here from a discussion of Meerkat Manor.

[CortJstr]

I'm just wondering how the hell we got here from a discussion of Meerkat Manor.

At least this thread stayed away from breast-size and pubic hair preferences. For now.

[theinevitable]

At least this thread stayed away from breast-size and pubic hair preferences. For now.

Didn't you hear about Discovery's other new show?

[CortJstr]

Didn't you hear about Discovery's other new show?

They test the buoyancy of various sizes and densities of breasts. Plus the aerodynamics of pubic hair. Episode 2 is saline vs. silicone.

[jaydub]

They test the buoyancy of various sizes and densities of breasts. Plus the aerodynamics of pubic hair. Episode 2 is saline vs. silicone.

I wonder if the Olympic swimmers shave?  Mmmm, the games are almost here!

[pmcd9]

Also, re:bumper stickers- I would not be afraid to put a bumper sticker on my car, but I think it is about the worst way we as a species have devised to communicate.  The only bumper stickers I have ever had were a Dean 04 (in OK that is pretty bad) and a "If you think it is hard to put on a condom try it with paws.  Have your pets spayed and neutered" that I got from the vet I worked at.  Edit agian-  That actually tied together the topics, so there is that.

You get a can for that because I am in complete agreement.  I would not be afraid to put any bumper sticker on my car, but bumper stickers suck so I don't put them on my car.  I did put one on a my friends truck.

Here's a car with bumper stickers I like.

[jaydub]

Here's a car with bumper stickers I like.

I especially like the Jesus pinwheel design: