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 Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
I'm not "doing" anything but pointing out some definitions, and answering your questions.
Mmmmm hmmmm
Talk less trash and you'll be more comfortable with being taken seriously.
Uh huh
I'm not even remotely pretending that you're interested in my answer, so I'll just remind you that Google is your friend.
I'll take that as a "no"
Your use of the word murder in this context is hyperbole.
It's not "my" use of the word. Ong brought it up originally by citing the extreme pro-life voices who claim "Abortion is murder". THEIR use of the word is hyperbole. This is obvious, as I've explained, by their lack of a call for mothers to be tried and sentenced in the same manner as a killer.
My subsequent post maintained the hyperbolic context of the word, because it doesn't really do anything to diminish my actual point. Keeping vocabulary consistent aids communication. Playing Dictionary-man derails it.
It obfuscates your position the position held by extreme pro-life voices, by an appeal to visceral emotions.
Fixed your post. And all you're doing here is reiterating my original point, from post #196. The debate really has nothing to do with what is murder and what isn't. Saying "it's not legally murder" has never been a compelling argument for abortion. What the debate hinges on, is bodily autonomy.
Unless, that is, if you're OK with murder in general, and the fact that some people murder babies is a moot point
Yeah, that's it. Murder is great. Sheesh.
No. You can insist that killing and murder are synonyms, but that doesn't make it true.
I made no such insistence. The definition of the word murder was bent by pro-life extremists. I see no need to correct that if I can refute the argument anyway. Vocab-nazism doesn't really help the flow of discourse.
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