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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] Liam: "Because I'd say optimal conditions for a sperm would include an egg." OK, rephrase to "If you leave a zygote alone in optimal conditions for its own growth, it has the capability to become anything you or I could be. If you leave a sperm cell alone in optimal conditions for its own growth, it'll be dead within a week." First: "Do human beings have an innate 'right to exist,'" Good question. Gotta make sure that our argument has a correct assumption as its basis. I'd say yes. Let's define "right". I would define it as "anything that all unrestrained people will want to do". Some would call this the basic nature of the human spirit. Let us expand the definition to include the fact that people have a right to defend their rights by any means nesecary. (This includes the right to own property to defend your first ammendment rights, and your right to own a weapon to defend your property.) All humans have an innate tendancy to defend their existance. Assuming you accept my definition of "right", people have a right to exist, and thus a right to defend their existance. "is that right more innate to man than it is to any other life form?" Intelligence gives us the advantage of actually knowing what will help the species, as opposed to acting on instinct. We are effectively the caretakers of the whole planet, whether you believe it's by chance or it's because God made us that way. What we believe is best for the planet and ourselves is a higher authority than the rights of animals (whatever they may be). And no, rats don't have rights. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] "And does any authority other than Man recognize this so-called right?" I didn't think you recognized any authority other than man, First. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] Fructose: "I think women should be able to decide on their own what they want." I'd agree with you if you could show me that the child is not a living human before it's born. We're not talking about whether a woman can have her appendix removed. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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