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Originally Posted by 2Bulgarianbeauties
Because conservatives believe that a baby is human at the moment of conception. The child has done nothing wrong and deserves to live. War is done to protect a nation, or to free people oppressed. Is it all right to ignore the thousands of mass graves found in Iraq, or the tourcher (sp?) rooms? Or the future destruction that Iraq could inflict with WMD (And for all the doubters the UN agreed that WMD exist). In addition, the death penalty is supported by some (but not all) because these people have been given the chance at life, and inflicted such harm on society that they do not deserve to continue to live. Guns are supported because the bad guys always can get guns, the good guys should have a right to protect themselves. A criminal is less likely to attack someone when they have to be concerned that person can shoot back. If they know a person is defenseless, they are most likely to be attacked. Finally, conservatives believe that humans have dominion over animals, that they are not human, do not have souls, and are not equal to humans.
Hope that helps.
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These are all Republican/FOX News talking-points.
Forget the fact that a woman has the right to choose what to do with her body, or that WMD were never found in Iraq, or that nobody has the right to say who "deserves to live" (least of all the government), or that crime went down in large cities because of better policing and not by allowing machine guns on the streets, or that if you ask any pet lover if their dog has a soul you might get an answer you don't agree with.
If we could just discuss things and not bring the religious element into it (upon which a lot of these opinions are based), I think that would make for a more sane debate.