tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post113807682088435954..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: The simplest thingPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1138547076258807602006-01-29T10:04:00.000-05:002006-01-29T10:04:00.000-05:00Though I don't really agree with the final stateme...Though I don't really agree with the final statement, the last comment has a point. The problem is that the Catholic/Fundamentalist approach is quite wary with realistic sex policy, since it contrasts with their unrealistic doctrine. <BR/><BR/>I do think there is a significant middle quite wary about abortion that are more sane about such matters. Some of them probably are among us, so to speak, and are wary of coming out. <BR/><BR/>The "wary about abortion, but totally against removing the choice to have one" brigade is the sort Saletan seems to be talking to in his usual cockeyed fashion (so tiring, especially upon close analysis) is a useful group to appeal to. Unlike the more fundamentalist pro-life brigade, they are more firmly in the reality based community.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16785594472435406521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1138392990123822192006-01-27T15:16:00.000-05:002006-01-27T15:16:00.000-05:00What kills me is the same people who are against c...What kills me is the same people who are against choice are the same people who are against reasonable efforts to educate people on how to prevent these pregnancies. In fact, they're not the least bit interested in what happens to the poor until they're old enough to incarcerate--which in their worldview merits plenty of government funding. Hypocritical bastards.GalvestonLawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297465477507355211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1138134030099276852006-01-24T15:20:00.000-05:002006-01-24T15:20:00.000-05:00Abortion has joined a long list of topics in which...Abortion has joined a long list of topics in which actual reality is divorced from the reality of electoral politics.<BR/><BR/>It is a situation much like marijuana, which in reality should be legalized, but in terms of electoral politics should not be touched.<BR/><BR/>It is currently beyond the pale to say that it really doesn't matter if the number of abortions performed is high or low. C'est la vie. In terms of politics, the best we can hope for is the Clintonian formula of "safe, legal, and rare".<BR/><BR/>The fact that the "rare" part of the formula is irrelevant doesn't change the politics of the matter. Saletan in entirely correct on the politics, even if what he is saying is nonsensical in a universe divorced from politics.<BR/><BR/>What all this means is that the abortion debate has become numbingly boring, even though the stakes are quite real, because the politics mean we can no longer discuss the situation in any kind of real way while remaining relevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com