[samtheman]

In my experience, the kind of conversation he recounted is not very likely in real life. It may have happened the way he said, but it was an anomoly. Most liberals (and I’ve argued with plenty of them) are not so easy to convince. They don’t “go along” with a line of reasoning and allow themselves to be “directed” to a conclusion. They spot where you’re going and refuse to play along.

I think he had a very friendly liberal in this conversation... or a not-so-liberal at all.

Good luck trying to duplicate these results on your own.

[spankalib]

I agree, it’s unlikely to duplicate that result.

It helps my peace to let go of the outcome. I like the way he said it - putting a stone in the shoe -

That is a good one to keep in mind.

FReeper svcw has a great tagline:
“If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn’t it life in the womb?”

Cheers!

[McBuff]

Good luck trying to duplicate these results on your own.

The tip-off that the story is bogus is that he uses logic on a liberal and the liberal appears to have a modicum of respect for logic. In truth, liberalism and logic: oil and water. Story is BOGUS!

[RhoTheta]

Shortly after we ended the conversation, the woman stood up and thanked me for talking to her. When she stood, I noticed a bulge around her waistline. About a minute later, her pro-life friend approached me and thanked me, too. It was then that I learned she was five months pregnant. In other words, as she was making the dependency argument she was carrying a baby that was not “viable.”

It looks to me as though this liberal pregnant woman had a concerned pro-life friend that was likewise trying to minister to her and that Mike's approach ratified something that she was already considering. Our whole culture is currently weighted to sell the "pro-choice" lie to young people and it takes quite a bit to regain a tender conscience and listen to your pro-life friends particularly when you find yourself pregnant [and unmarried] in this society.