001E

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!

You: Hello, Stranger.

Stranger: hello

You: How do you feel about abortion?

Stranger: ive never had one..

You: Do you think it's a bad thing?

Stranger: can be

You: Can be?

You: Why?

Stranger: when used for real late birth control

You: What's wrong about that?

Stranger: well if its a rape case or kid with be born really deformed is 1 thing..

You: So, does abortion kill a kid?

Stranger: well it doesnt buy him a pony...

You: Okay.

Stranger: y u ask?

You: Do you think that people with disabilities are subhuman and should be killed?

Stranger: i work with subhumans that should be killed...

You: You do?

Stranger: lmao...yep

You: You think disabled people should all be murdered?

Stranger: no....i just said i work with subhumans

You: Like, what?

Stranger: u have no humor about you i see

You: Well, that's a terrible thing to say about anyone.

Stranger: are you a subhuman?

You: No, I am not.

You: I'm a human being.

Stranger: r u deformed?

You: No, but how does being deformed make it okay to murder you?

Stranger: ohhh refering back you my earlier staement?

You: Yeah.

Stranger: depends on the extent of the deformity

Stranger: they term quality of life comes into play

You: Who are you to judge anyone else unworthy of life?

Stranger: so if you had a child with no perception of its surroundings kept alive on a machine...thats a quality life?

You: That's not up to me to decide.

You: Okay, on to the other one.

You: You said that babies conceived of rape can be killed?

Stranger: so you would keep a vegetative lfe on a machine indefinately?

Stranger: they CAN be any conceived baby CAN be...

You: Stranger: well if its a rape case or kid with be born really deformed is 1 thing..

You: I think we all agree rape is a terrible, horrible, despicable crime, but it's not the kid's fault.

Stranger: you strive hard to prove a 1 sided point

You: I do think that it is okay to allow a baby to die naturally.

You: However, there is a difference between that and killing the baby by abortion.

Stranger: "kid" the kid up to a point has no level of awareness

You: What do you mean by "awareness"?

Stranger: do you remember 3 days after being conceived?

Stranger: were you awre that you were a being/

You: I don't remember 3 years after being born!

Stranger: so the idea that a life was taken is up to interpretation

You: Have you ever had surgery?

Stranger: or a form that would eventually become a life..

Stranger: yes

You: What kind?

Stranger: why?

You: Were you put under anesthesia?

Stranger: is this an attempt to prove something?

Stranger: no

You: Well, people under anesthesia aren't aware.

Stranger: and?

You: Does that make them dead?

Stranger: i do find your line of questioning more interesting than the usual online chatter

You: You can be alive without being aware.

You: We all do it every night.

You: If the kid wasn't alive, he wouldn't need food from his mom.

Stranger: you are trying to show proficiency at mincing words...

Stranger: so i must ask...why the concern about abortion? ever had one? know someone that did?

You: I don't see how anyone can NOT be concerned.

You: It's killed over a third of my generation.

You: ^a quarter

Stranger: is it an overwhelming concern in your life? do you have other big concerns?

You: I do have other concerns, but abortion is the biggest.

You: No other thing kills over a million people every year.

Stranger: i think if people were responsible, abortion wouldn't be anyones concern

You: Yeah, but people aren't responsible.

You: The least we can do is stop them from being violent.

Stranger: "we"?

You: Humanity.

You: Society.

You: Governments.

Stranger: why and how must "W

Stranger: we"?

Stranger: ''"we"

You: Why is because we need to stand up for one another.

You: Just like we ban rape and child abuse.

Stranger: and that will stop abortions?

You: Not entirely.

You: But it will drastically reduce them.

Stranger: interesting concept

You: The rest can be prevented by adeqate social programs

Stranger: and it will take drunk drivers of the road

You: such as a living wage and universal health care

You: Huh?

Stranger: by doing away with alcohol

[Conversation drifts away and I'm confused.]