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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 12:10 PM
Response to Reply #37
39. Well that's the train wreck effect
People rubberneck over gruesome images, getting thrilled at the same time they're horrified. So the solution is to take their focus off the necessarily gruesome imagery the right wants them to focus on and think of the big picture. We're talking about a BIG PICTURE, I repeat. The right is stuck looking at a knothole in one tree out of a much bigger forest.
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  -Say it with me: D&X, Late Term. Say it again and again Hep  Oct-22-03 09:29 AM   #0 
  - Check this out...  chiburb   Oct-22-03 09:40 AM   #1 
  - Abso-damned-lutely...  truebrit71   Oct-22-03 09:40 AM   #2 
  - Your point is very well taken  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 09:40 AM   #3 
  - I understand  Hep   Oct-22-03 09:45 AM   #6 
  - Problem with "late term" ...  maha   Oct-22-03 09:54 AM   #11 
     - I definitely see your point.  Hep   Oct-22-03 10:27 AM   #21 
        - Try these:  maha   Oct-22-03 10:59 AM   #28 
  - Let's just say it: There's NO SUCH THING as "partial birth abortion" ....  Baconfoot   Oct-22-03 09:51 AM   #9 
  - You can't read it that way.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 09:53 AM   #10 
     - I have no hard data to back it up, but I believe what they want stopped  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 10:42 AM   #25 
        - you have no hard data on"welfare queens" aborting their  niyad   Oct-22-03 11:16 AM   #30 
           - Oh, I'm certain you can find one  OldSoldier   Oct-22-03 11:24 AM   #32 
           - yes there is  Jason600   Oct-22-03 11:35 AM   #33 
              - Thanks for sharing, Frodo.  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 11:46 AM   #35 
              - sure you have-- just like every other person who just KNOWS  niyad   Oct-22-03 01:34 PM   #48 
              - Misusing abortion happens.  MojoKrunch   Oct-22-03 02:28 PM   #61 
  - Question? Is the procedure performed as described?  Frodo   Oct-22-03 09:44 AM   #4 
  - I would need to see your description  Hep   Oct-22-03 09:47 AM   #7 
     - I'd rather not.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 09:56 AM   #12 
        - Let's not be squeamish ...  maha   Oct-22-03 10:08 AM   #14 
        - That's what has confused me.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 10:17 AM   #17 
        - I think  Hep   Oct-22-03 10:39 AM   #24 
        - As someone in another thread described...  Lars39   Oct-22-03 10:43 AM   #26 
        - I'm not a doctor, but ...  maha   Oct-22-03 10:52 AM   #27 
        - Does this help?  MojoKrunch   Oct-22-03 02:58 PM   #66 
        - Right  Hep   Oct-22-03 10:29 AM   #22 
        - Bingo, maha.  diamondsoul   Oct-22-03 03:28 PM   #67 
        - it's not "pleasant to contemplate" dead women  Woodstock   Oct-22-03 10:11 AM   #15 
           - If the decision were always...  Frodo   Oct-22-03 10:22 AM   #18 
              - Which slippery slope, Frodo?  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 11:05 AM   #29 
              - Basically, yes.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 12:01 PM   #37 
                 - Well that's the train wreck effect  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 12:10 PM   #39 
                 - SECOND trimester, not "third term."  maha   Oct-22-03 02:01 PM   #51 
                    - Not according to our own literature  Frodo   Oct-22-03 02:23 PM   #58 
              - Infuriating...  LeahMira   Oct-22-03 12:00 PM   #36 
              - I'm not sure what a "featherhead" is, but it sounds pretty bad.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 12:09 PM   #38 
              - Baloney to the polls  Woodstock   Oct-22-03 12:45 PM   #40 
                 - Wishful thinking I'm afraid.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 12:53 PM   #42 
                    - "Democrats were in favor of making the procedure illegal ." WRONG  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 01:10 PM   #44 
                       - You've got a big "WRONG" in your title but your post doesn't show it.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 01:20 PM   #45 
                          - The point, Frodo, is that outlawing the right-wing strawman procedure  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 01:26 PM   #46 
                          - "The procedure already in place" is spin.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 01:30 PM   #47 
                          - We're talking at cross purposes here.  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 01:51 PM   #49 
                             - They have also been sold a bill of goods,  Frodo   Oct-22-03 01:56 PM   #50 
                                - If it is elective in 80% of the cases  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 02:06 PM   #52 
                                - Check the math.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 02:12 PM   #53 
                                   - good advice for you  Woodstock   Oct-22-03 02:15 PM   #55 
                                   - OK. Teach me some basic algebra.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 02:27 PM   #60 
                                      - You're trying to say 1 + 1 = 1.75  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 02:29 PM   #62 
                                         - See post #63  Frodo   Oct-22-03 02:36 PM   #64 
                                   - '"elective" and "necessary" are not the only two options'(!!)  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 02:25 PM   #59 
                                      - Sigh. OK, let's do this together  Frodo   Oct-22-03 02:35 PM   #63 
                                         - The problem is broken down to this: there is a percentage of cases  BurtWorm   Oct-22-03 02:41 PM   #65 
                                - Small problem here.  diamondsoul   Oct-22-03 03:37 PM   # 
                                   - Untrue - Here's the quote:  Frodo   Oct-22-03 04:17 PM   #71 
                          - I don't think he will ever get the point  Woodstock   Oct-22-03 02:19 PM   #56 
                          - Frodo, you are missing the point AND wrong  Woodstock   Oct-22-03 02:13 PM   #54 
  - You're right  sparosnare   Oct-22-03 09:44 AM   #5 
  - I don't either  Hep   Oct-22-03 09:48 AM   #8 
  - So, the only difference between D&E and D&X's is that...  David__77   Oct-22-03 10:07 AM   #13 
  - 3rd trimester abortions  sparosnare   Oct-22-03 10:25 AM   #19 
     - Wrong. This procedure is NOT used in the third trimester.  diamondsoul   Oct-22-03 03:44 PM   #69 
        - Incorrect again.  Frodo   Oct-22-03 04:20 PM   #72 
  - Well, I heard a reporter on a Clear Channel station say...  wyldwolf   Oct-22-03 10:11 AM   #16 
  - right  Hep   Oct-22-03 10:25 AM   #20 
     - It's difficult  sparosnare   Oct-22-03 10:35 AM   #23 
     - For the same reason  lapislzi   Oct-22-03 11:20 AM   #31 
        - agreed-- I do the same thing, and it annoys the a/c'ers no end  niyad   Oct-22-03 11:36 AM   #34 
           - too bad Democratic strategists are not as clever as Republican ones  Woodstock   Oct-22-03 12:50 PM   #41 
              - I'm gonna choke as I say this, but...  lapislzi   Oct-22-03 12:54 PM   #43 
                 - but they insist on playing it safe  Woodstock   Oct-22-03 02:21 PM   #57 
  - hey don't blame dems, women are voting for the repugs on  okieinpain   Oct-22-03 03:37 PM   #68 
     - that's not even worthy of an answer  Woodstock   Oct-22-03 04:03 PM   #70 
 

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