Diamonds aren't rare and are kept artificially expensive. (Reply #7)

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Mon Nov 11, 2013, 05:47 PM

hobbit709 (41,694 posts)

7. Diamonds aren't rare and are kept artificially expensive.

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
Abortion isn't a diamond and should not be rare and/or expensive. [View all]	TeamPooka	Nov 2013	OP
.	gollygee	Nov 2013	#1
Well said	ismnotwasm	Nov 2013	#2
So long as women exit the medical facility sobbing and in need of psychological help...	randome	Nov 2013	#3
Right, because getting an abortion is so much fun.	Dawgs	Nov 2013	#4
As birth control becomes available and free with ACA ...	frazzled	Nov 2013	#5
A mastectomy...	Wait Wut	Nov 2013	#6
Well that's just crazy talk!	Nine	Nov 2013	#9
lame...why in the hell should mastectomies be rare?	noiretextatique	Nov 2013	#19
I don't believe the poster said "treatment for breast cancer' and I get what the poster is saying.	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2013	#21
LOL!	Wait Wut	Nov 2013	#22
as a breast cancer survivor, let me clue you in on a few things	noiretextatique	Nov 2013	#26
So...	Wait Wut	Nov 2013	#29
surviving abortions without complications is why many of us fight to keep the choice of legal,	uppityperson	Nov 2013	#31
I agree.	Wait Wut	Nov 2013	#33
Diamonds aren't rare and are kept artificially expensive.	hobbit709	Nov 2013	#7
/\ /\ /\ This. So, the analogy should be: It is a diamond	TalkingDog	Nov 2013	#11
Another one!	whistler162	Nov 2013	#8
I think most people having sex know where babies come from.	Incitatus	Nov 2013	#17
one problem: there is no 100% effective birth control method	noiretextatique	Nov 2013	#18
Is anyone here saying that it shouldn't be available?	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#10
Problem is, you have millions of religious idiots dedicating their lives to just that.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#25
Moving the goalposts. No one HERE is saying that. No one.	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#35
"Safe, legal and rare" may mean that in this case. But it doesn't always mean that.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#36
Gaol posts moved again.	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#38
Or just clarifying my point. But okay, you win, I guess.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#40
Not trying to win, just want us all to be factual and consistent.	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#43
Understood. My initial comment wasn't referring to DU, but I can see how you assumed that.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#44
As then should vasectomies, yes?	LanternWaste	Nov 2013	#41
Should vasectomies what?	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#42
Providers should be properly compensated	One_Life_To_Give	Nov 2013	#12
Abortion shouldn't be rare and you want to hand out coupons..	SomethingFishy	Nov 2013	#13
+1	tallahasseedem	Nov 2013	#15
the poster didn't mention anything about what you claim	noiretextatique	Nov 2013	#20
Abortion IS birth control. How is that "twisted"? and who said you had to hand out	uppityperson	Nov 2013	#32
Diamonds aren't rare. They're just hoarded.	WinkyDink	Nov 2013	#14
It's cheaper than the costs associated with delivering a child, I would think insurance companies	Incitatus	Nov 2013	#16
even diamonds are not rare	La Lioness Priyanka	Nov 2013	#23
Artificially rare, that is. Which makes the excesses of the diamond industry all the more tragic.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#27
Please keep your opinion to yourself....	cbdo2007	Nov 2013	#24
no we are allowed to have intelligent decisions. we aren't allowed to pretend to be prochoice	La Lioness Priyanka	Nov 2013	#37
Abortion isn't a compassionate conservative and should not be as rare. nt	valerief	Nov 2013	#28
I think you	mercuryblues	Nov 2013	#30
Oh gee.	99Forever	Nov 2013	#34
Adoption isn't a haircut, either.	pnwmom	Nov 2013	#39

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