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Someone here has also repeatedly insisted that we 'think about how those who might have been aborted' feel about potentially not having lived, as though that should matter. My parents seriously considered aborting me as it was really poor timing for a baby in their lives. They didn't obviously, and sitting here now I'm pleased they didn't; but I'm also not threatened by their past contemplation. I mean if they had aborted me, I couldn't begrudge them for my lack of life, for I wouldn't have known any differently. Nor would have any of my friends, or enemies, or any of you. I had no entitlement to the life they were debating over ending before it started either. I was just a blob of squisheyness that wouldn't even have made a very good paper weight. Now as a 'person', I may be a bit different, as I have some capacity to think abstractly, and directly affect the lives of those around me (mostly for the better); but to be honest, I still think the human 'grand claim' to life is a bit shakey. It reeks of obnoxious entitlement. Even with our nifty but limited capacity for reason, we're still not terribly far removed from the animals we slaughter.
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This was, obviously, taken from your reply to the abortion thread. Just wondering if I'm the person who repeatedly insisted that.