I'm not saying the debate over how much we should do to save lives is settled, but conflating abortion verse

Mar 19, 2020
12:00:41pm

YIsForBrigham Poo Poo

saving sick people is not a debate pro-life advocates struggle with as Troy McClure suggested. Being pro-life does not make this a tough conversation to have.

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YIsForBrigham

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There needs to be a frank public discussion about the value of human life.

boogers

3/19/20 9:34am

Sounds like we need to set up death panels

DapperDan

3/19/20 9:36am

His point is that we have. We don’t shut down the country for 80,000 lives

Brigham

3/19/20 9:37am

Sure Dan. That's a valid response. How much do YOU think we should pay

boogers

3/19/20 9:38am

Is that what you think we have to combat the flu?

YIsForBrigham

3/19/20 9:39am

I'm not sure what you are asking. Regardless of what he have to combat

boogers

3/19/20 9:41am

To combat the flu we have vaccines that many people eschew, and antiviral

DapperDan

3/19/20 9:41am

We could also mandate current measures and drastically reduce that number even

boogers

3/19/20 9:42am

Yet 80,000 people still die and we as a society accept that. Sad. But true.

YIsForBrigham

3/19/20 9:45am

RE: There needs to be a frank public discussion about the value of human life.

BigTex

3/19/20 9:37am

Also about saving for rainy days

Gustav

3/19/20 9:39am

How many people would have died if we didn’t do this social distancing thing? That’s the number we need to compare to

shimmy

3/19/20 9:48am

I don't know what the number is. It is at least 80k. But we should be

boogers

3/19/20 9:50am

Agreed. I hope we don’t bail out big businesses. 0-interest loans maybe. I hope the only people bailed out are small

shimmy

3/19/20 10:00am

The seasonal flu is something we’ve dealt with for a long time and we know what

russkiejedi

3/19/20 10:07am

You injected something that is not part of my aurgument.

boogers

3/19/20 10:43am

Sorry, once you've read 500 comparisons of the virus to the flu, they all run

russkiejedi

3/19/20 11:37am

Conflation on this element is appropriate.

boogers

3/19/20 1:06pm

Agree 100%

cougfanz

3/19/20 10:08am

Tough conversation to have as a republican/conservative given abortion

Troy McClure

3/19/20 10:20am

Also undermines an anti-euthanasia stance, especially for older people.

Troy McClure

3/19/20 10:26am

yup.

boogers

3/19/20 10:40am

Not really. Electing to actively end the life of another human verse allowing nature to run its course is not close to

YIsForBrigham

3/19/20 10:46am

The philosophy on this is not nearly as settled as you are proclaiming.

joelvandyne

3/19/20 10:51am

I'm not saying the debate over how much we should do to save lives is settled, but conflating abortion verse

YIsForBrigham

3/19/20 12:00pm

If they're not struggling with that, they should. That is, at least if they want

joelvandyne

3/19/20 12:40pm

There is no persuasion in the abortion debate. It’s a fool’s errand

YIsForBrigham

3/19/20 1:33pm

What a defeatist, self-fulfilling prophecy.

joelvandyne

3/19/20 7:51pm

By choosing economy over life saving actions, it's very comparable.

Troy McClure

3/19/20 10:54am

It's not

YIsForBrigham

3/19/20 11:57am

Fair enough.

Troy McClure

3/19/20 12:53pm

It's part of a larger convo on end of life care

runnincoug

3/19/20 10:23am

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