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Old 01-21-2011, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Drolefille View Post
This is a correlation/causation problem though and not something that I think can have a true link drawn through it, although I've tended to avoid some of that literature.
It may well be - crime statistics are obviously VERY complex, and nobody has a firm grasp on the root causes of criminal behavior.

Still though, the correlation is interesting at worst.

This, though, I agree with completely:

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There's no safe place to draw a line, as long as a fetus is dependent upon the woman's body to live
Similarly, using anything other than viability to define what constitutes a 'person' really relies on some sort of God-imbued "spirit" or other, similar source of human-hood, something that creates a very difficult situation for basis of law.
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