danalwyn

I respond to this usually because the people I usually get this from (who I didn't want to include in the post because that would spark a lot of complaint - since there would be no comparison), are the pro-torture crowd, who really like this good/evil dichotomy thing. Because of that, I feel almost pressured to keep making the same damn argument because I'm hoping that some of it will get through this time. Even if it's the same argument that other people have given, I still feel obliged to make the point again, and again, and again, just because that's the kind of person I am.

So no, it's not really that I think this is new. It's that I keep seeing it crop up, and I think it's a really bad idea. Just remember that if the same song and dance doesn't change anything, people may keep giving it to you.

I'm not saying how you should feel, or at least, I did not intend to. I'm just repeating warnings about the dangerous power of self-delusion. Since nobody's really saying anything new on the abortion front (most of what can be said already has), I think we can all be forgiven for being a bit repetitive of old talking points.