tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post5624503964492848439..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Udo Schüklenk on Bioethics and Margaret SommervilleLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-29189954366788269422012-12-15T17:54:26.706-05:002012-12-15T17:54:26.706-05:00It is estimated that 25% of heterosexual couples h...It is estimated that 25% of heterosexual couples have had anal sex so if Bobby finds it icky he would be better off trying to ban straight marriage.<br />steve oberskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-2453160554984174822012-12-15T10:30:09.237-05:002012-12-15T10:30:09.237-05:00Notice how Booby the bigot ignores the US election...Notice how Booby the bigot ignores the US election results in Washington State, Maine, and Maryland. Notice how Booby moves the goalposts by calling for a 75% plebiscite result on same sex marriage. Notice how Booby fails to make a cogent argument against it and even admits that people never get a good argument against it. That's because there isn't a good argument against it, other then anal sex is icky (which doesn't even apply to lesbian marriage). SLCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-5385673179898271842012-12-15T01:31:37.387-05:002012-12-15T01:31:37.387-05:00Anonymous
Let the people decide.
I am confident a...Anonymous <br />Let the people decide.<br />I am confident a vote against gay marriage is easily obtainable.<br />Polls are polls. Quebec swings everything left wing but even with this I believe 51% could vote it down.<br />People never get a good argument against it but lots for it. Its a superficial support or non interest.<br />Anyways the courts did it because of a lack of confidence the people would support it.<br />Anyways something so radical and divisive should not overthrow our heritage of true marriage by a mere pints thing.<br />It should have at least 75% etc support before it would be allowed.<br />Anyways coming from the courts and not the people stamps it illegitimate in a democratic and free nation.<br />Obviously.<br />Anyways back to accuracy in origin subjects.Robert Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631863870635096770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-90794180843779406192012-12-14T10:38:46.794-05:002012-12-14T10:38:46.794-05:00It's good to see Somerville being taken to tas...It's good to see Somerville being taken to task, and hopefully this will become more widespread. She is often trotted out as an "ethics expert" on CBC news and elsewhere to give one side of an argument, without ever making explicit her role as an apologist for Catholic dogma. This is part of the larger pattern of lazy journalism, which mistakes "objectivity" for "giving both sides of an argument equal time, no matter how stupid and unsupportable one side may be."Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-61641307604456515692012-12-14T10:07:46.906-05:002012-12-14T10:07:46.906-05:00Pedant mode: "Toe the line"...see http:/...Pedant mode: "Toe the line"...see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line. MartinDHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-4435797163938385702012-12-13T20:40:03.869-05:002012-12-13T20:40:03.869-05:00What I find interesting is that is no substantive ...What I find interesting is that is no substantive difference between the positions of Robert Byers and Margaret Sommerville on the right to die, the right to equal treatment under the law for homosexuals and the right to bodily autonomy for women.<br /><br />Robert is more honest than Margaret but on the other hand he can't spell as well and I suspect he is not nearly as photogenic so it would be difficult to trot him out in public.steve oberskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-47043199916724869762012-12-13T19:10:34.023-05:002012-12-13T19:10:34.023-05:00Robert, to what facts regarding gay marriage are y...Robert, to what facts regarding gay marriage are you referring? For me to change my mind about my acceptance of gay marriage I would have to be shown how it does demonstrable harm to society and/or individuals. Something substantially better than 'many people are disgusted by it' would be required.<br /><br />Got anything?DCoburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293123772421154996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-86433194757173152022012-12-13T17:52:48.588-05:002012-12-13T17:52:48.588-05:00I can't speak for Canada but Washington State,...I can't speak for Canada but Washington State, Maryland, and Maine in the US just voted to approve same sex marriage. Booby the bigot is as full of s*it about this issue as he is about evolution. SLCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-80940604631258917562012-12-13T17:38:03.993-05:002012-12-13T17:38:03.993-05:00"Three-in-five Canadians (61%) want same-sex ..."Three-in-five Canadians (61%) want same-sex marriage to remain legal in their country."<br /><br />http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/43149/canadians-and-britons-are-more-open-on-same-sex-relations-than-americans/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-78524947131754191902012-12-13T16:57:36.624-05:002012-12-13T16:57:36.624-05:00How quickly do issues of "science' get us...How quickly do issues of "science' get used for issues of political and social control!!!<br />It is the people who should contend and fight and get/not get their way on these issues.<br />In reality the gay marriage thing and most serious issues are decided, very unjustly and illegally, by Judges and NOT the Canadian citizen.<br />If the citizen decided by referendum or voting etc then ideas and debates would matter. otherwise its just appointed, and that unjustly, lawyers in black robes.<br />I'm confident most Canadians would vote down gay marriage after hearing the facts and case.<br />If Quebec left it would be a great majority as they leftize the nation.<br /><br />Anyways enough , for me, on non scientific issues.<br />i often muse that evolutionary biology is sustained by people who believe it changes great presumptions about society and so its unwelcome to see it criticized .<br />I mean a almost sub conscience rejection of poor evidence behind the claims of evolution.<br />I muse about that.Robert Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631863870635096770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-23996910085104091742012-12-13T16:06:27.400-05:002012-12-13T16:06:27.400-05:00We have a similar Catholic apologist "philoso...We have a similar Catholic apologist "philosopher" in Australia, Nick Tonti Filipini, who makes similar "arguments" that quite accidentally tow the Catholic line.John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-54528996441299508642012-12-13T15:54:37.829-05:002012-12-13T15:54:37.829-05:00Eric MacDonald who I believe also gave a presentat...Eric MacDonald who I believe also gave a presentation at Eschaton 2012 is a vocal critic of Margaret Sommerville on his fine Choice In Dying blog (http://choiceindying.com/).steve oberskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-10532366475298647342012-12-13T15:01:43.617-05:002012-12-13T15:01:43.617-05:00Re euthanasia in the Netherlands, the following li...Re euthanasia in the Netherlands, the following link may be helpful:<br /><br />http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/holland/Vincent Torleyhttp://www.angelfire.com/linux/vjtorley/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-65052729144004287022012-12-13T14:26:36.058-05:002012-12-13T14:26:36.058-05:00We're anxiously waiting to see if her predicti...<i>We're anxiously waiting to see if her predictions about kids of gay parents being traumatized will come true. </i><br /><br />Well we certainly know what happened to the children of Catholic parents who left their children to the tender mercies of the RCC.steve oberskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-45610267874283971402012-12-13T13:26:55.514-05:002012-12-13T13:26:55.514-05:00A cool name, correct opinions, likes evidence. Th...A cool name, correct opinions, likes evidence. Thanks for alerting me to another awesome human being!invivoMarknoreply@blogger.com