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To: Gondring; wagglebee
While I recognize the "obligation because of societal pressure" idea, I'm starting to question even that. We recognize a person's free will even if he's under pressure. Societal pressure doesn't mean a person must buy an iPhone. Societal pressure doesn't mean a person can't make personal decisions.

When you support death for a person who is pressured into it, that negates your claim to support that person's right to choose for themselves.

25 posted on 05/09/2011 9:09:25 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb
When you support death for a person who is pressured into it, that negates your claim to support that person's right to choose for themselves.

Of course it would, which is why I don't support death for a person who is pressured into it.

But, frankly, it has been my experience that it's FAR more likely for people to be pressured into living, with others chiding them into enduring unspeakable pain for the benefit of those around them.

27 posted on 05/09/2011 9:51:43 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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