Originally posted by: Assassin
Originally posted by: el_boss
I think it's funny that alot of americans and people in general are for capital punishment but for some reason they are against abortion.
i dont see how the 2 are similar. Yes, you're talking about ending life, but one life is that of an innocent child, and theres absolutely no doubt about his ainnocence. On the other hand, with capital punishment, you're talking about punishing someone who has commited a crime, and not just any crime, something so serious that it warrants the death penalty. So its perfectly reasonable to br pro capital punishment, and anti abortion.
I the case of abortion the motivation is that no human can decide whether another human should live or die, therefor abortion is a bad thing. But the all of a sudden they think "well I guess some people deserve to die so maybe it is ok for a human to decide over another humans fate after all".