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		<title>By: upright left</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4152576</link>
		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;A child is what is growing in itâ€™s motherâ€™s womb before it is ripped or &gt;scraped out, bud. 

No, its not. Its merely potential. I might fail to grow naturally. Heck, RU-486 doesnt scrape or rip. Your logic is entirely circular. At what point of the sperm penetrating the egg do you think it becomes a sacred child? Right when the sperm hits the egg? When its pentrated the surface? When exactly? Heck, why I am I asking, you didnt even answer my question about whether fertility clinics were mass murderers, whose garbage cans were like mini-concentration camps?

Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” November 9, 2007 @ 10

Sorry for the delay in responding to ya, bud.  You explained exactly when the &quot;sacred child&quot; is formed. (Curious that you disparage children like that.) Disposal of embryos is killing children.  Unfortunately, it is legal in this country.   I&#039;ve noticed that some libs don&#039;t like to apply the same standards to children they want and children they don&#039;t want.  I can see why you need to believe that a child isn&#039;t a child until it&#039;s able to live outside the womb, since you want to be for abortion.  Did the time in which abortion should be allowed change for you as medical advances made it possible to save babies at earlier stages of gestation?  But, why is it so important for you to believe that pro-lifer&#039;s views are based upon subjugation of women rather than the life of a child?  Do you have to do that to try to elevate your beliefs?  Make it ok to kill babies since the other side just wants to keep women down?  I know that nothing anyone says will stop you from clinging to your false impressions, but you can&#039;t say you haven&#039;t been told that you are wrong.  Most people who oppose abortion are good, decent people who struggle with the issue knowing the situation an unwanted child will be born into.  Some people, unlike you, are uncomfortable deciding in so cavalier a manner which children are worthy of life and which aren&#039;t.  I&#039;m awfully glad you are comfortable making that decision.   ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;A child is what is growing in itâ€™s motherâ€™s womb before it is ripped or &gt;scraped out, bud. </p>
<p>No, its not. Its merely potential. I might fail to grow naturally. Heck, RU-486 doesnt scrape or rip. Your logic is entirely circular. At what point of the sperm penetrating the egg do you think it becomes a sacred child? Right when the sperm hits the egg? When its pentrated the surface? When exactly? Heck, why I am I asking, you didnt even answer my question about whether fertility clinics were mass murderers, whose garbage cans were like mini-concentration camps?</p>
<p>Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” November 9, 2007 @ 10</p>
<p>Sorry for the delay in responding to ya, bud.  You explained exactly when the &#8220;sacred child&#8221; is formed. (Curious that you disparage children like that.) Disposal of embryos is killing children.  Unfortunately, it is legal in this country.   I&#8217;ve noticed that some libs don&#8217;t like to apply the same standards to children they want and children they don&#8217;t want.  I can see why you need to believe that a child isn&#8217;t a child until it&#8217;s able to live outside the womb, since you want to be for abortion.  Did the time in which abortion should be allowed change for you as medical advances made it possible to save babies at earlier stages of gestation?  But, why is it so important for you to believe that pro-lifer&#8217;s views are based upon subjugation of women rather than the life of a child?  Do you have to do that to try to elevate your beliefs?  Make it ok to kill babies since the other side just wants to keep women down?  I know that nothing anyone says will stop you from clinging to your false impressions, but you can&#8217;t say you haven&#8217;t been told that you are wrong.  Most people who oppose abortion are good, decent people who struggle with the issue knowing the situation an unwanted child will be born into.  Some people, unlike you, are uncomfortable deciding in so cavalier a manner which children are worthy of life and which aren&#8217;t.  I&#8217;m awfully glad you are comfortable making that decision.   ;)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4152576', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: H2onE2</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4151281</link>
		<dc:creator>H2onE2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Predictions of the next 911 by a Professional Geologist. 

www.H2onE2.com Glacial Respiration, Conceptual Ring of Ice, The End of Linear Western Religion
A Geological Exploration of an E2 Earthen Planet And the H2 Human Species
Author: B Billy Marse, Professional Geologist

Brief Description:
www.H2onE2.com is an exploration of the universe, geology, climate, biology, humans, psychology, folklore and ancient structures to uncover the beginning and disclose the end of linear western religion. The true DaVinci Code behind the bible is not a supreme spiritual power but a scientific record of climate change described as Glacial Respiration. The Greek philosophers originated the practice of communicating a hidden idea or message in the short story format, as a metaphor. In the bible, metaphors conceal historic climate change within the fanciful stories. The theory of Glacial Respiration explains the myth behind the Holy Grail, structures such as the Great Pyramids, Stonehenge, Easter Island and is the knowledge that was collected in the Jewish Ark of the Covenant.  
The environmental changes of Glacial Respiration determine all biological evolution and can explain why higher forms of intelligent humans developed. Further, Glacial Respiration releases the secret hidden by the Knights Templars, Masonic Order and all religions. Uncovers an advanced Blue-Blooded semi-industrial Atlantian Civilization that was built and destroyed many times over for the last million years. The book ends with an explanation of how linear western religion will be physically ended and describes the construction of the doomsday device capable of fulfilling its own self defining prophesy, â€œRevelationsâ€.  H2onE2 is a mind-expanding experience that stimulates the soul, instinct, intellect and is an almanac to the past, present and future of humanity. Rise, awaken and evolve into H3 human consciousness.

The discovery:
As a Professional Geologist, I attempted to link the Dust Bowl/Great Depression to a pre-glacial condition or mechanism and ended up writing the book H2onE2. I felt that there was a strong connection between the Dust Bowl and transition back into Glacial Winter. I did notice that my professors scientifically crumbled every time I mentioned the relationship. I could not go back in time or locate indisputable proof. The proof came from understanding all educational disciplines including history and theology. I soon discovered that all religious text both eastern and western continually described significant climate change conditions relating to Glacial Respiration. For years I fought off mixing science and religion until I discovered that the origins of all religions were founded or created to help humans psychologically survive the harsh earthen environment. Without reason I soon accepted that the world&#039;s complicated religions were the same. This came true and I continued to write and discover. Everything came into place as though I was unlocking a 10,000-year-old puzzle. I also realized this puzzle was opened before I discovered it, by someone else, some other group. If so, further understanding of this knowledge might be extracted from significant historical events. Lastly, this is the vital information needed to make future predictions.
jymkujkyuk&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Predictions of the next 911 by a Professional Geologist. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.H2onE2.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.H2onE2.com</a> Glacial Respiration, Conceptual Ring of Ice, The End of Linear Western Religion<br />
A Geological Exploration of an E2 Earthen Planet And the H2 Human Species<br />
Author: B Billy Marse, Professional Geologist</p>
<p>Brief Description:<br />
<a href="http://www.H2onE2.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.H2onE2.com</a> is an exploration of the universe, geology, climate, biology, humans, psychology, folklore and ancient structures to uncover the beginning and disclose the end of linear western religion. The true DaVinci Code behind the bible is not a supreme spiritual power but a scientific record of climate change described as Glacial Respiration. The Greek philosophers originated the practice of communicating a hidden idea or message in the short story format, as a metaphor. In the bible, metaphors conceal historic climate change within the fanciful stories. The theory of Glacial Respiration explains the myth behind the Holy Grail, structures such as the Great Pyramids, Stonehenge, Easter Island and is the knowledge that was collected in the Jewish Ark of the Covenant.<br />
The environmental changes of Glacial Respiration determine all biological evolution and can explain why higher forms of intelligent humans developed. Further, Glacial Respiration releases the secret hidden by the Knights Templars, Masonic Order and all religions. Uncovers an advanced Blue-Blooded semi-industrial Atlantian Civilization that was built and destroyed many times over for the last million years. The book ends with an explanation of how linear western religion will be physically ended and describes the construction of the doomsday device capable of fulfilling its own self defining prophesy, â€œRevelationsâ€.  H2onE2 is a mind-expanding experience that stimulates the soul, instinct, intellect and is an almanac to the past, present and future of humanity. Rise, awaken and evolve into H3 human consciousness.</p>
<p>The discovery:<br />
As a Professional Geologist, I attempted to link the Dust Bowl/Great Depression to a pre-glacial condition or mechanism and ended up writing the book H2onE2. I felt that there was a strong connection between the Dust Bowl and transition back into Glacial Winter. I did notice that my professors scientifically crumbled every time I mentioned the relationship. I could not go back in time or locate indisputable proof. The proof came from understanding all educational disciplines including history and theology. I soon discovered that all religious text both eastern and western continually described significant climate change conditions relating to Glacial Respiration. For years I fought off mixing science and religion until I discovered that the origins of all religions were founded or created to help humans psychologically survive the harsh earthen environment. Without reason I soon accepted that the world&#8217;s complicated religions were the same. This came true and I continued to write and discover. Everything came into place as though I was unlocking a 10,000-year-old puzzle. I also realized this puzzle was opened before I discovered it, by someone else, some other group. If so, further understanding of this knowledge might be extracted from significant historical events. Lastly, this is the vital information needed to make future predictions.<br />
jymkujkyuk</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4151281', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Roger_Roger</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150707</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger_Roger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#123 I did google it.  All the articles are based on Larry Flynt&#039;s account.  I have yet to see this lady actually confirm this story which seems very fishy.  Sounds like a fun lefty conspiricy pushed by Hustler.  Larry Flynt at least made some headlines but no one would push this story since there isn&#039;t a confirmation from the Lady in question.

Also I never said I was pro torture.  Where did you get that from anyways?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#123 I did google it.  All the articles are based on Larry Flynt&#8217;s account.  I have yet to see this lady actually confirm this story which seems very fishy.  Sounds like a fun lefty conspiricy pushed by Hustler.  Larry Flynt at least made some headlines but no one would push this story since there isn&#8217;t a confirmation from the Lady in question.</p>
<p>Also I never said I was pro torture.  Where did you get that from anyways?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150707', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Roger_Roger</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150687</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger_Roger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#120  If the story you say is true, it is sad that Bush also murdered a baby.  Since this is only a story pushed by larry Flynt and he never really advanced it since the lady in question never confirmed it, the story seems questionable at best.  Either way, I certainly don&#039;t support anyone that would do such an act.  Besides, what your point anyways?  Do you support Bush for the abortion since you are pro abortion?  I guess that makes me against bush and you for Bush.  ODD!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#120  If the story you say is true, it is sad that Bush also murdered a baby.  Since this is only a story pushed by larry Flynt and he never really advanced it since the lady in question never confirmed it, the story seems questionable at best.  Either way, I certainly don&#8217;t support anyone that would do such an act.  Besides, what your point anyways?  Do you support Bush for the abortion since you are pro abortion?  I guess that makes me against bush and you for Bush.  ODD!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150687', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: blueseahorse</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150660</link>
		<dc:creator>blueseahorse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THESE RIGHT WINGERS ARE INSANE. It&#039;s that simple.  Or are they?  What is really behind this &quot;right to life&quot; movement is (a)  keeping women barefoot and pregnant, consequently powerless, and (b) keeping those babies being producted on the assembly line of production.   After all when the American population is 400 million or  500 million, it will clearly be a source of very, very cheap labor.

Kathleen (aka - blueseahorse)....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THESE RIGHT WINGERS ARE INSANE. It&#8217;s that simple.  Or are they?  What is really behind this &#8220;right to life&#8221; movement is (a)  keeping women barefoot and pregnant, consequently powerless, and (b) keeping those babies being producted on the assembly line of production.   After all when the American population is 400 million or  500 million, it will clearly be a source of very, very cheap labor.</p>
<p>Kathleen (aka &#8211; blueseahorse)&#8230;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150660', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Roger_Roger</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150619</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger_Roger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#118  War and Abortion are really completely different topics.  I believe going into Iraq was completely wrong.  While I say that, I also think it would be a horrible mistake to retreat from Iraq right now.  We detroyed Iraq and leaving the Iraqi&#039;s now would only make a bad problem worse IMO.  We created that mess, we should clean it up.  That the only fair solution IMHO.

As for abortion.  The only time it would be ok to murder a baby that can feel the pain is in defense of the mother&#039;s life.  In that situation, it should be only legal once you provide pain meds and anesthia to the innocent child.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#118  War and Abortion are really completely different topics.  I believe going into Iraq was completely wrong.  While I say that, I also think it would be a horrible mistake to retreat from Iraq right now.  We detroyed Iraq and leaving the Iraqi&#8217;s now would only make a bad problem worse IMO.  We created that mess, we should clean it up.  That the only fair solution IMHO.</p>
<p>As for abortion.  The only time it would be ok to murder a baby that can feel the pain is in defense of the mother&#8217;s life.  In that situation, it should be only legal once you provide pain meds and anesthia to the innocent child.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150619', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150593</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;Is anyone here ok with elective abortion once the baby can feel the pain &gt;of it death? I honestly want to see who is ok with that.

For myself, I&#039;m not ok with it. It makes me uncomfortable to think about, but I wont go so far as to say that in some circumstances, it might be for the best. If you argue its never acceptable to cause the painful death of innocent life, for the greater good, then you&#039;d never go to war. Should we ever go to war, knowing it will cause the painful death of innocents?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;Is anyone here ok with elective abortion once the baby can feel the pain &gt;of it death? I honestly want to see who is ok with that.</p>
<p>For myself, I&#8217;m not ok with it. It makes me uncomfortable to think about, but I wont go so far as to say that in some circumstances, it might be for the best. If you argue its never acceptable to cause the painful death of innocent life, for the greater good, then you&#8217;d never go to war. Should we ever go to war, knowing it will cause the painful death of innocents?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150593', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150585</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;As for the morning after pill. I am 100% ok with it. 

Shocking. I must say, you are the exception rather than the rule amongst your ilk. I congratualte you for having some degree of consistencey to your beleifs. However, I would like you to understand that the people who you side yourself with,for the most part, do not posses such consistency. Perphaps you can help do something to change that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;As for the morning after pill. I am 100% ok with it. </p>
<p>Shocking. I must say, you are the exception rather than the rule amongst your ilk. I congratualte you for having some degree of consistencey to your beleifs. However, I would like you to understand that the people who you side yourself with,for the most part, do not posses such consistency. Perphaps you can help do something to change that.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150585', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Roger_Roger</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150581</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger_Roger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is anyone here ok with elective abortion once the baby can feel the pain of it death?  I honestly want to see who is ok with that.

As for the morning after pill.  I am 100% ok with it.  I do think we need to allow business&#039; and their employee&#039;s the option of not giving it out based on their personal beliefs however.  Either way, it should be legal and I am fine with it as long as we don&#039;t force anyone to sell it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is anyone here ok with elective abortion once the baby can feel the pain of it death?  I honestly want to see who is ok with that.</p>
<p>As for the morning after pill.  I am 100% ok with it.  I do think we need to allow business&#8217; and their employee&#8217;s the option of not giving it out based on their personal beliefs however.  Either way, it should be legal and I am fine with it as long as we don&#8217;t force anyone to sell it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150581', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150578</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course, the right-tards can&#039;t defend thier absurdist &quot;save the embryos&quot; argument, if we follow the cascading trainwreck they call &quot;logic&quot; to its ultimate yet absurd conclusion, we end up depicting parents who want children but need the help of fertility clinics to conceive as being accessories to mass murder, since they provide the embryos, many of which are inevitably discarded after one is successfully implanted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course, the right-tards can&#8217;t defend thier absurdist &#8220;save the embryos&#8221; argument, if we follow the cascading trainwreck they call &#8220;logic&#8221; to its ultimate yet absurd conclusion, we end up depicting parents who want children but need the help of fertility clinics to conceive as being accessories to mass murder, since they provide the embryos, many of which are inevitably discarded after one is successfully implanted.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150578', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150571</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.americanfertility.com/faqs/5.php
 &quot;On approximately the seventh day following fertilization, the embryo develops chorionic villi, which are special protrusions on its surface that enable it to attach, or implant, in the lining of the uterus. &quot;

It doesnt even attach to its mothers womb until the 7th day..until then, its just a possible pregnancy..not even a certain one...so its ok if we get rid of it before it MIGHT attach to its host, right?</description>
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 &#8220;On approximately the seventh day following fertilization, the embryo develops chorionic villi, which are special protrusions on its surface that enable it to attach, or implant, in the lining of the uterus. &#8221;</p>
<p>It doesnt even attach to its mothers womb until the 7th day..until then, its just a possible pregnancy..not even a certain one&#8230;so its ok if we get rid of it before it MIGHT attach to its host, right?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150571', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150569</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;A child is what is growing in itâ€™s motherâ€™s womb before it is ripped or &gt;scraped out, bud. 

No, its not. Its merely potential. I might fail to grow naturally. Heck, RU-486 doesnt scrape or rip. Your logic is entirely circular. At what point of the sperm penetrating the egg do you think it becomes a sacred child? Right when the sperm hits the egg? When its pentrated the surface? When exactly? Heck, why I am I asking, you didnt even answer my question about whether fertility clinics were mass murderers, whose garbage cans were like mini-concentration camps?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;A child is what is growing in itâ€™s motherâ€™s womb before it is ripped or &gt;scraped out, bud. </p>
<p>No, its not. Its merely potential. I might fail to grow naturally. Heck, RU-486 doesnt scrape or rip. Your logic is entirely circular. At what point of the sperm penetrating the egg do you think it becomes a sacred child? Right when the sperm hits the egg? When its pentrated the surface? When exactly? Heck, why I am I asking, you didnt even answer my question about whether fertility clinics were mass murderers, whose garbage cans were like mini-concentration camps?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150569', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150565</link>
		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>explain what makes one â€œa childâ€ 
Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” November 9, 2007 @ 10:38 

A child is what is growing in it&#039;s mother&#039;s womb before it is ripped or scraped out, bud.  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>explain what makes one â€œa childâ€<br />
Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” November 9, 2007 @ 10:38 </p>
<p>A child is what is growing in it&#8217;s mother&#8217;s womb before it is ripped or scraped out, bud.  ;)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150565', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150563</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So upright cleft, do you consider fertility clinics who throw away unused embryos to be commiting murder? yes or no?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So upright cleft, do you consider fertility clinics who throw away unused embryos to be commiting murder? yes or no?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150563', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150562</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;but a child is not a plant. Period

a clump of cells is not a child. period.

 to claim an unfeeling, unknowing, faceless, formless lump of cells is a human being truly degrades what it means to be human.  but then again, degradation is what you people do best.
please explain the  difference between a sperm about to fertilize and egg, and a sperm that has just fertilized an egg? quanitfy it. explain what makes one &quot;a child&quot; and the other &quot;just a clump of cells&quot;. neither will ever become anything more without the support of a host. at this point, both are just &quot;potential&quot;, nothing more</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;but a child is not a plant. Period</p>
<p>a clump of cells is not a child. period.</p>
<p> to claim an unfeeling, unknowing, faceless, formless lump of cells is a human being truly degrades what it means to be human.  but then again, degradation is what you people do best.<br />
please explain the  difference between a sperm about to fertilize and egg, and a sperm that has just fertilized an egg? quanitfy it. explain what makes one &#8220;a child&#8221; and the other &#8220;just a clump of cells&#8221;. neither will ever become anything more without the support of a host. at this point, both are just &#8220;potential&#8221;, nothing more<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150562', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150558</link>
		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;Since you have no idea what an unborn child feels.

&quot;Right, I have no idea what a plant feels either.&quot;

Sorry, bud, but a child is not a plant.  Period.
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&gt; At what point do pro-abortion folks who want a child consider their &gt;pregnancies to be important?

&quot;A bit of a silly question.&quot;

Not silly at all, in fact, quite pertinent.  If it&#039;s just a collection of cells when you want to kill it, yet you get excited about it when you want it, makes one a hypocrite.  And we all know how libs hate hypocrisy. ;)
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Keeping women occupied as baby factories is the way you pepetuate your warmongering, conquering culture.

Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” November 9, 2007 @ 10:25 

I understand that believing this makes it ok for you to support killing babies.  Hey, I&#039;m glad you need something like this.  Makes you more human, bud.  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;Since you have no idea what an unborn child feels.</p>
<p>&#8220;Right, I have no idea what a plant feels either.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sorry, bud, but a child is not a plant.  Period.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>&gt; At what point do pro-abortion folks who want a child consider their &gt;pregnancies to be important?</p>
<p>&#8220;A bit of a silly question.&#8221;</p>
<p>Not silly at all, in fact, quite pertinent.  If it&#8217;s just a collection of cells when you want to kill it, yet you get excited about it when you want it, makes one a hypocrite.  And we all know how libs hate hypocrisy. ;)<br />
&#8212;&#8212;<br />
Keeping women occupied as baby factories is the way you pepetuate your warmongering, conquering culture.</p>
<p>Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” November 9, 2007 @ 10:25 </p>
<p>I understand that believing this makes it ok for you to support killing babies.  Hey, I&#8217;m glad you need something like this.  Makes you more human, bud.  ;)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150558', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150550</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;People have the right to refuse to be an accessory murder. ;)

And if you&#039;re so warped that you equate snuffing out a clump of cells with killing a human being, you have the right to get a job as something other than a pharmacist, or get a job with an employer who conforms to your moral beliefs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;People have the right to refuse to be an accessory murder. ;)</p>
<p>And if you&#8217;re so warped that you equate snuffing out a clump of cells with killing a human being, you have the right to get a job as something other than a pharmacist, or get a job with an employer who conforms to your moral beliefs.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150550', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150548</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;Of course they do, as long as they donâ€™t infringe on the religious freedoms &gt;of their employees

Uhm, dude.. you DO know that private companies have no legal obligation to take thier employees religious belifs into account, do you? Does a hindu expect to keep his job at a butchers if he wont handle cow meat? Does trojan condoms have to start selling some other product because they hire a catholic? what you are suggesting is absurd.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;Of course they do, as long as they donâ€™t infringe on the religious freedoms &gt;of their employees</p>
<p>Uhm, dude.. you DO know that private companies have no legal obligation to take thier employees religious belifs into account, do you? Does a hindu expect to keep his job at a butchers if he wont handle cow meat? Does trojan condoms have to start selling some other product because they hire a catholic? what you are suggesting is absurd.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150548', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150544</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;Since you have no idea what an unborn child feels.

Right, I have no idea what a plant feels either.  Nice dodge. I simply know that there is no scientific basis for arguing that an embryo has any ability to feel or be conscious of pain, or any other sensation, for that matter. You know there ARE biological explanations for why we feel pain, and the structures which give rise to those phenomena have not yet formed at the embryonic level. Period.

&gt; At what point do pro-abortion folks who want a child consider their &gt;pregnancies to be important?

A bit of a silly question. As with any opinion held by a group of people, I&#039;m sure it varies from person to person. All I know is the closer to conception you get, the less and less strength any of the &quot;its a child&quot; arguments hold. 

I just think the fact that even when presented with birth control choices that dont result in anything possibly feeling pain, most of  you guys whine and complain just as loudly, is very telling of your true beliefs. Its because this issue isnt about &quot;killing children&quot; at all. You guys dont care how many children with nerve endings and families who will grieve for them  you kill in iraq, because saddam was a bad man. Keeping women occupied as baby factories is the way you pepetuate your warmongering, conquering culture.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;Since you have no idea what an unborn child feels.</p>
<p>Right, I have no idea what a plant feels either.  Nice dodge. I simply know that there is no scientific basis for arguing that an embryo has any ability to feel or be conscious of pain, or any other sensation, for that matter. You know there ARE biological explanations for why we feel pain, and the structures which give rise to those phenomena have not yet formed at the embryonic level. Period.</p>
<p>&gt; At what point do pro-abortion folks who want a child consider their &gt;pregnancies to be important?</p>
<p>A bit of a silly question. As with any opinion held by a group of people, I&#8217;m sure it varies from person to person. All I know is the closer to conception you get, the less and less strength any of the &#8220;its a child&#8221; arguments hold. </p>
<p>I just think the fact that even when presented with birth control choices that dont result in anything possibly feeling pain, most of  you guys whine and complain just as loudly, is very telling of your true beliefs. Its because this issue isnt about &#8220;killing children&#8221; at all. You guys dont care how many children with nerve endings and families who will grieve for them  you kill in iraq, because saddam was a bad man. Keeping women occupied as baby factories is the way you pepetuate your warmongering, conquering culture.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150544', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/08/rep-trent-franks-compares-torture-to-abortion/comment-page-3/#comment-4150532</link>
		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;but pharmacists should have the choice of whether or not they will &gt;dispense it. ;)

businesses shouldnt have the right to hire people who fullfill thier contracts and do the job theyâ€™ve been hired to do?

Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” November 9, 2007 @ 10:00 

Of course they do, as long as they don&#039;t infringe on the religious freedoms of their employees.  People have the right to refuse to be an accessory murder.  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;but pharmacists should have the choice of whether or not they will &gt;dispense it. ;)</p>
<p>businesses shouldnt have the right to hire people who fullfill thier contracts and do the job theyâ€™ve been hired to do?</p>
<p>Comment by Chocolate Jesus â€” November 9, 2007 @ 10:00 </p>
<p>Of course they do, as long as they don&#8217;t infringe on the religious freedoms of their employees.  People have the right to refuse to be an accessory murder.  ;)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4150532', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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