As for "...limiting a woman's right to choose...", when did you hear me say a woman had to have sex with someone; leaving alone the issues of unprotected sex or the woman's choice in birth control failing. And, after the, (according to history and the equal rights amendments and feminism independent responsible voting) woman's failure to protect herself from insemination you state I'm morally unequipped to comment unless I adopt the offspring of a number of womens' bad decisions? Does no one ever hold you responsible for the ramifications of what you say? ...{ ]....
So then what you're saying it is the woman's sole responsibility for appropriate birth control, and men have no responsibility for not, "sowing their seed" wherever they, want, can, and feel the need?
They're not as simple as catch phrases and blaming Trump and they were argued about long before Reagan.
Considering I'm 70 yeas old, all you're really doing is stating the obvious Trump is ,the latest, and dare I say mouthiest, opponent of abortion I've seen in my lifetime.
Although this seems a long way from Paypal, it does exemplify the results of controlling the political narrative by Paypal, the tech companies and the media. I've considered Capt Cranky reasonably well informed on the issues we encounter at Techspot. On this fraction of this issue he brought up, I don't. I blame Paypal for not funding porn.
I could care less whether or not Paypal will deliver funds to porn workers. But I certainly hope they can find another route to receive their just and hard earned compensation (**) All of the opinions I hold on abortion, have most certainly not been formed by reading whoever it is that you're quoting. I've never heard of her until .you mentioned her.
My opinions were formed decades ago, listening to the religious right argue in favor of not funding abortions on religious grounds.
What confused me was this; firstly, the church (any church), is supposedly separate from the state, not to mention depriving of poor women of the right to choose, will simply cause you to pay for the self same children until at minimum, 18 years of age. The religious right for all intents and purposes, shot itself in the foot, or in the wallet, if you prefer.
What your sister achieved is certainly laudable, but the fact remains, the values instilled in you and your sisters by your parents are worlds apart from what goes on in single family households today, particularly in the inner cities.
Through various misadventures of my own making, I never did, and never will, be able to take advantage of the "white flight" paradigm of years past.
Thus my opinions may be indeed tinged by propaganda a bit, but trust me, most of what I believe is from first hand observation and many unpleasant interactions.
When apparently you and I went to school, the kidz weren't packing 9 mm pistols in their lunch pails, nor did our after school activities involve slinging bags of crack.
In fact, I've seen a woman who receives full section 8 funding for her house, (and every other government subsidy), in the middle of the street collecting money from a reluctant drug buyer for her grandson, who sold the drugs in the first place..But were you to ask, she'd tell you she's doing the right thing, by showing the kid the ropes. So, today's values are completely twisted by any stretch of our provincial upbringing's understanding.
To summarize, your value system, is not the prevailing value system of today, and IMO, you may be well meaning, but you're completely out of touch with today's morality.
As for "how we got here", you posted something political, and I took the bait.
To quote an old comedy record, "when two people are holding hands, it's hard to tell whose hand is sweating.
In case we reach this point again, (and I suspect we might), I measure man's behaviors, goals, actions, and motivations, against those of the animal kingdom. At the end of the day, if you strike the fantasy of god creating us on the 6th day, and ignore the excuses our super ego is always making for us while greatly magnifying our worth, we are naught but the nastiest apex predator to ever walk the earth. Verifiably we are consuming ourselves out of house, home, food and even planet. So yes, I firmly believe it's long past time for thinning the herd.
(**) Emboldened to emphasize we're still on topic....well, sort of.
