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I have a fun mental exercise for everyone Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 07/01/2011 06:47:47 PM
I want you to pick a topic that you really and fervently believe in. Then I want you to make an argument for the opposite side of your position. I will go first.

My topic: Abortion
My view: Abortion is wrong and morally reprehensible

My argument for abortion: Woman ultimately have the right to do what they want with their body. Fetuses are not really alive until they are born. So, technically, being pregnant is more of a medical condition than anything else. Woman should have the right to correct this condition if they so chose. What about women who were raped? Should they be forced to carry their rapist's baby? What if she can't financially afford the baby? The child will only suffer in poverty. It would be a mercy to not subject the child to that kind of life. The world doesn't have to worry about the survival of our race. In fact, there are already too many people! Children should only be born to parents that actually want them. God knows I have see too many emotional and psychological beat downs in my life by people who should never have been parents. If you are only going to resent your child for ruining your life, spare both of you the trouble by aborting when it's only a fetus.

Ok, so there is my argument. I can see better the opposite sides' position by doing this. Also, if you feel the opposite of what the topic is, reply to that post and argue against your belief. For instance, if you believe in the right of abortion, reply to this post and argue against it.
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I have a fun mental exercise for everyone - 07/01/2011 06:47:47 PM 1003 Views
Germany sucks - 07/01/2011 07:52:13 PM 689 Views
lol, I don't think I've ever clicked on something as fast as I did that. - 07/01/2011 11:27:50 PM 649 Views
argh!!!!! *vein pops* - 07/01/2011 11:29:03 PM 617 Views
Shouldn't that be "Scheiße, I think I may have..." *NM* - 08/01/2011 05:10:08 AM 319 Views
Ok then. - 07/01/2011 09:13:57 PM 630 Views
You're also not very good at the opposing side. *NM* - 07/01/2011 11:01:18 PM 277 Views
Eh, never said I'd be great at it. - 07/01/2011 11:24:26 PM 727 Views
are you a woman? if not, fuck off. you have no uterus, you have no say. *NM* - 07/01/2011 10:00:32 PM 345 Views
horse shit - 07/01/2011 10:28:40 PM 652 Views
+1 *NM* - 08/01/2011 01:19:40 AM 273 Views
I cannot agree - 08/01/2011 01:29:45 AM 621 Views
don't pregnant if you don't want to have a baby - 08/01/2011 02:45:09 AM 592 Views
Men can control pregnancy just as easily as women. - 08/01/2011 09:38:42 PM 618 Views
There's always room for discussion and debate - 07/01/2011 10:48:17 PM 617 Views
Its fortunate then.... - 07/01/2011 11:32:34 PM 623 Views
Very good point *NM* - 07/01/2011 11:54:03 PM 292 Views
*Sigh* This is not what I wanted - 07/01/2011 11:53:37 PM 580 Views
Re: *Sigh* This is not what I wanted - 08/01/2011 12:10:59 AM 773 Views
It used to be though, it's what sucked me in and held me. - 08/01/2011 12:57:53 AM 570 Views
a debate based on morality is not rational. humans aren't actually rational creatures, you know. - 08/01/2011 02:05:05 AM 602 Views
Cry me a river. - 08/01/2011 07:14:07 PM 591 Views
Re: Cry me a river. - 09/01/2011 09:01:47 PM 602 Views
Sheesh - 08/01/2011 10:01:01 PM 593 Views
I wasn't aware women had a monopoly on dispassionate objective arguments. - 08/01/2011 12:59:33 AM 558 Views
I wasn't aware they had the capacity for it *NM* - 08/01/2011 02:45:54 AM 249 Views
Your arguments pro choice are poor. - 07/01/2011 10:59:43 PM 788 Views
Gotta disagree with your rape argument - 07/01/2011 11:15:34 PM 697 Views
I agree with this. I'm interested in knowing what Helen's response is - 07/01/2011 11:55:23 PM 616 Views
Re: Gotta disagree with your rape argument - 08/01/2011 01:32:06 AM 642 Views
Discussion merits discourtesy apparently - 08/01/2011 03:24:09 AM 836 Views
At the end I did say that it was not you but the idea. I guess I didn't phrase that well enough. - 08/01/2011 06:42:40 AM 658 Views
Fair Enough, particularly considering the topic - 08/01/2011 07:22:36 AM 807 Views
Ah. - 08/01/2011 02:35:02 PM 546 Views
Novoftw. - 08/01/2011 07:17:03 PM 576 Views
The right to wear perfume or generous portions of cologne in a the workplace or public areas - 08/01/2011 01:24:04 AM 719 Views
ROFL. I hate this too. *NM* - 08/01/2011 03:08:37 PM 280 Views
Socialism - 08/01/2011 06:41:38 AM 1043 Views
Re: Socialism - 08/01/2011 10:02:34 PM 603 Views

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