tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post1868977140110727231..comments2023-04-28T03:32:28.526+12:00Comments on Well behaved women rarely make history: My take on the “Birth Or Not” website.Scuba Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-43475570666473554422014-05-21T14:42:06.561+12:002014-05-21T14:42:06.561+12:00Robert my spellcheck replaces fetus with foetus wh...Robert my spellcheck replaces fetus with foetus when I use microsoft word. Im REALLY sorry that my PC is so fucking PCScuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-54448350322881771752014-04-13T06:35:34.204+12:002014-04-13T06:35:34.204+12:00is it me, or all the women that approve of abortio...is it me, or all the women that approve of abortion use the spelling of fetus as foetus? like the unborn child is the enemy?? as a man, I have chosen to to impregnate women, ever. my spellchecker says foetus is wrong, I looked it up, and it said it was acceptable... will have to do some research to see what is the back story here.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16489930632141040902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-8406444919897013432010-12-12T10:33:05.690+13:002010-12-12T10:33:05.690+13:00"The unborn baby is breathing and alive just ..."The unborn baby is breathing and alive just like she is"<br /><br />I'm glad the anti-women activists have such a strong grasp of biology on which to base their anti-choice rhetoric.From the lion's mouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269847882599124126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-79909541736305880702010-12-09T20:00:28.991+13:002010-12-09T20:00:28.991+13:00To go back to Anonymous 9:01's post:
"Let...To go back to Anonymous 9:01's post:<br />"Let's say that one day time travel is possible and that you could travel back in time to when you were in your mothers womb, but this time, instead of choosing to have you, your mother opted for an abortion. If you were present at the procedure and could stop it, would you?"<br /><br />If I were present, and I could stop it, I would NOTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-67953963740874301042010-11-23T18:09:08.439+13:002010-11-23T18:09:08.439+13:00Kickass post, scubanurse! You know you're doi...Kickass post, scubanurse! You know you're doing it right when people feel the need to muster a pre-emptive "You must only be disagreeing with me because you're racist against Catholics!!!" defence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-80586079560123457372010-11-23T16:56:19.905+13:002010-11-23T16:56:19.905+13:00First I would like to apologize for any offense I ...First I would like to apologize for any offense I have caused people with my post that is not my intention at all. Further I am sorry that I did not spend more time doing spell check and things of that nature I am new to this blogging thing and was simply trying to present an opposing view. I'm sorry I did not makes myself clear and came off as condescending hateful etc... I know as a man it Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610750638497353148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-61901497782676274762010-11-23T15:40:38.797+13:002010-11-23T15:40:38.797+13:008) Some more waffle about morals and decision maki...8) Some more waffle about morals and decision making without any final point. I’m getting TIRED.<br /><br />9) Your concepts of biology. Very good that you know what a zygote is. I do however ask why a zygote (a TWO CELL fertilised egg one in the pre-embryo stage) is more relevant as human life than a sperm or egg alone?<br />All that has happened at that point is the sperm-egg combo and the Scuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-68909045588347926662010-11-23T15:39:21.349+13:002010-11-23T15:39:21.349+13:00Adam, thanks for your long posts.
An English teach...Adam, thanks for your long posts.<br />An English teacher I had once taught me a good trick to cut down on rambling.<br />Pick 3 key points you want to get out, and cut EVERYTHING else out once you have written your piece. <br />Tidy it up and LEAVE it.<br />I appreciate you have a strong point of view, but you lose it a little when you talk around the topic for so long. It doesn’t make it any Scuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-4797008830491932242010-11-23T14:44:40.616+13:002010-11-23T14:44:40.616+13:00Firstly, thanks so much to the women who read this...Firstly, thanks so much to the women who read this blog and take the time to defend a point of view that is scary for some to stand by. I appreciate your honesty, and strength.<br />Not to mention your ability to time after time after time explain to people who we sometimes don’t actually deserve an explanation, why we feel the way we do.<br />Thanks for being there, on days when a face-palm Scuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-80501783974651789282010-11-23T13:25:37.741+13:002010-11-23T13:25:37.741+13:00"To not sacrifice them in the name of despera..."To not sacrifice them in the name of desperation"<br /><br />Have you ever been alone? No support, morally or financially? Your friends and family have abandoned you because they think you're slutty/worthless/stupid? I mean really REALLY alone, absolutely no one to turn to? God will not put bread on the table or clothes on a baby/battered and beaten and cut off from your support Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052683734021511834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-5919878369471556842010-11-23T13:22:09.134+13:002010-11-23T13:22:09.134+13:00For Anon above: I had an abortion and don't re...For Anon above: I had an abortion and don't regret it. AND it wasn't for rape or incest. It was because I couldn't afford another kid on my own. And I didn't want to be tied to the guy for the rest of my life. (Well, any more than being in a relationship entailed.)<br /><br />Adam: Sure there's a consideration about morality when it comes to abortion. But it's UP TO THE Nikki Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11601782588373904490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-40995026356115113622010-11-23T12:07:46.143+13:002010-11-23T12:07:46.143+13:00Oh please - I'm sure this will incur a great m...Oh please - I'm sure this will incur a great many pleas of "WHAT ABOUT TEH MENZ!!1" but honestly I have to say it: Only a male who will never ever need an abortion would 'philosophise' about abortion and talk about Socrates and Hamlet. This is real life for women. It's not just something to 'muse' over on a blog in your lunch break from Art History 101. Pfft. CanBoganettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253374355820020132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-51312602268411951062010-11-23T11:39:00.228+13:002010-11-23T11:39:00.228+13:00The intention in undertaking this action if for th...The intention in undertaking this action if for the mother to survive, even though the child in question will die.<br /><br />The action itself will brutally dismember the child in question become in itself a premeditated ending of a person's life i.e. a homocide.<br /><br />The result will be that the mother will survive but the child will not and generally the remains of the fetus will be Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610750638497353148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-21102282865547085532010-11-23T11:36:02.687+13:002010-11-23T11:36:02.687+13:00May you have peace Scuba Nurse,
I am an 18 year ...May you have peace Scuba Nurse, <br /><br />I am an 18 year old Student, Roman Catholic who is majoring in Philosophy with a concentration in Bioethics. I'm taking a leaf from the first polite Anon and telling you where I'm coming from right off the bat even though I know most readers will have stopped at the second line and dismissed me as the mouth peace of an agressive oppressive Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610750638497353148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-59367099250762067272010-11-23T09:49:25.433+13:002010-11-23T09:49:25.433+13:00I always find it pretty funny (in a tragic patheti...I always find it pretty funny (in a tragic pathetic way) when men step up on their soapboxes and rant about being anti-choice - and generally show how much they don't trust or respect women. If men could get pregnant abortions would be available at clinics on every corner. Being male and anti-choice essentially means you don't value women as much as you value a foetus that might not even Boganettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253374355820020132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-19724108456578070322010-11-22T17:14:33.633+13:002010-11-22T17:14:33.633+13:00Thanks very much for a truly important point.
Big...Thanks very much for a truly important point. <br />Big hugs! <br />SNScuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-79860275941477201872010-11-22T15:33:13.373+13:002010-11-22T15:33:13.373+13:00The thing I really hate about the whole "She ...The thing I really hate about the whole "She shouldn't abort because she wasn't raped" argument, is that it leads to slut shaming and rape acceptance. Rape is already far too acceptable in our society. (And really, when every time a woman is sexually attacked in whatever form, the fact that she must "take responsibility for her part" shows that rape IS acceptable to Pirrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757691024470137993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-74303994187958166062010-11-22T14:23:52.854+13:002010-11-22T14:23:52.854+13:00Thanks for using a name Brad,
I’m sorry my “fami...Thanks for using a name Brad, <br /><br />I’m sorry my “familiar argument” bothered you. <br />You use the phrase “A tiny percentage.” <br />As far as I know a percentage is a number – Tiny doesn’t quite cut it.<br />I don’t have clear NZ stats on this but apparently “only” 7% of abortions in the USA are solely due to rape or maternal health complications. <br />I say only in quote marks because Scuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-1499507265438501812010-11-22T14:20:54.921+13:002010-11-22T14:20:54.921+13:00Brad's comment somehow got deleted.
I had cut ...Brad's comment somehow got deleted.<br />I had cut and pasted it in order to reply and am now reposting. Let me know if anything was missed off somehow Brad. - Scube.<br /><br />You made the familiar argument about pro-life advocates making pregnant women who have been raped, are children, or are going to die in childbirth have the baby anyway. Do you have any idea what a small percentage of BradTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-2609472281442995972010-11-21T08:35:07.782+13:002010-11-21T08:35:07.782+13:00And LOL Scuba I love your comment rules :) brillia...And LOL Scuba I love your comment rules :) brilliant!Boganettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253374355820020132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-45394280138158885912010-11-21T08:34:16.326+13:002010-11-21T08:34:16.326+13:00Oh please - you saying it's murder doesn't...Oh please - you saying it's murder doesn't make it murder anon. And I've spoken to many women who have had abortions and all of them don't regret their decisions. And even the fact that the people I've spoken to don't regret their terminations doesn't mean ANYTHING. Because it's a personal choice. It's different for every woman and it's her choice.<br /><brBoganettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253374355820020132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-26110361259854641502010-11-20T23:45:03.140+13:002010-11-20T23:45:03.140+13:00Dear anon 3:39
I didn't miss the words... I d...Dear anon 3:39 <br />I didn't miss the words... I deliberately used them, as you noted. I'm very careful not to undermine to prospective life or use emotive terms to push anyone in a certain direction.<br />I would never tell someone that an abortion would be an easy experience, in the same way I would never tell someone that being a mother is a walk in the park.<br />What I AM saying, isScuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-82434845657787690462010-11-20T23:22:29.397+13:002010-11-20T23:22:29.397+13:00Just a quick note: can people commenting please us...Just a quick note: can people commenting please use a handle to avoid confusion? I'm pretty sure angry judgemental anon 3:39 is not the same person as polite and concerned anon 9:01.Scuba Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248129325790275090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-58590133662604185582010-11-20T15:39:18.268+13:002010-11-20T15:39:18.268+13:00You are all missing the key word(s); LIFE and CHIL...You are all missing the key word(s); LIFE and CHILD. Scuba Nurse you have mentioned both of those words when talking about the "proposed" womens unborn baby. Why is that baby's life less important than its mothers? The unborn baby is breathing and alive just like she is. He/she can think, feel, and move just like his mother. Having an abortion, no matter how far along in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867550034841209964.post-40555312597725848402010-11-20T11:41:43.920+13:002010-11-20T11:41:43.920+13:00Well said Scuba. On all points. Thank-you for writ...Well said Scuba. On all points. Thank-you for writing such a great post. Everything you've said is spot on. And I completely agree with your response to Anon. I love my mother and I would never expect her to sacrifice her life or mental wellbeing for me. Her life is important. I would never place the life of a woman ahead of that of a foetus.Boganettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253374355820020132noreply@blogger.com