[XBob]

Thanks for the ping. It's very true. I have had those techniques used by pro-lifers many times, and it is interesting how many of the techniques she uses in her own article, and I bet youall didn't even notice.

Look at just a few of the definitions she twists, or disregards, and uses false logic to develop and/or ignore.

let's just start with a few, like first using the argument of the beard, then using inflamitory words, and mis-identifying things (like baby):

"One. Opposing a proposition by misrepresenting it."

"This approach allows the argument to be cut to fit the purposes of the arguer. Forms of misrepresentation include disagreeing with something that doesn't exist, disagreeing with a small portion of an issue, and disagreeing with a highly simplified version of the issue. This approach is very common in the abortion debate. Our opponents began their campaign for deregulation with lies about the reality of abort.ion. For example, they claimed "Tens of thousands of women have back-alley abortions and die every year, so we have to legalize abortion so women won't have to go into back alleys to get them." This argument is full of misrepresentations, particularly the issue of the huge numbers of women who died from abortion before legalization. All of these numbers were inflated in order to create the appropriate shock value, which made people feel good about their pro-abortion position."

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Logical falacy #1 - Using 'argument of the beard' to counter an argument. How many hairs does it take to make a beard?

How many women need to die from back alley abortions to make it a serious problem?

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Main Entry: 1ba·by
Pronunciation: 'bA-bE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural babies
Etymology: Middle English, from babe
Date: 14th century
1 a (1) : an extremely young child; especially : INFANT

http://www.britannica.com/search?ref=B04319&query=infant&submit=Find
infancy among humans, the period of life between birth and the acquisition of language approximately one to two years later.

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Main Entry: fe·tus
Pronunciation: 'fE-t&s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, act of bearing

young, offspring; akin to Latin fetus newly
delivered, fruitful -- more at FEMININE Date: 14th century : an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind; specifically : a developing human from usually three months after conception to birth
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Main Entry: em·bryo
Pronunciation: 'em-brE-"O
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural em·bry·os
1 : archaeic
2 : the young sporophyte of a seed plant
3 a : something as yet undeveloped b : a beginning or undeveloped state of something

[TigersEye]

Main Entry: em·bryo ... 3 a : something as yet undeveloped b : a beginning or undeveloped state of something.
ie: (as applied to human embryos) the yet undeveloped, beginning state of human life.

To be quite precise; abortionists are selective human life killers. The selective criteria being; unborn humans.

[=Intervention=]

How many women need to die from back alley abortions for abortion to be legalized? The same argument can be applied to banning alchohol, or to be even sillier, to banning skateboards. How many people die after tripping do we need to see to ban tripping once and for all time? You see, numbers, in a gross sense, do matter. Also, legalizing abortion has not made it safe. Then there's the nemesis argument. If women themselves are killed, in an attempt to destroy their child's life, is it not just that they themselves are destroyed in the attempt? Society is willing to live with a certain number of deaths provided those who die foolishly bring it upon themselves. That is, after all, why paint and why aerosols have not been banned despite the number of kids who "huff" them every year.