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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
I don't believe I have ever mentioned a soul in any post. I really don't believe I have seen others who have posted about a soul either but I could be wrong.
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You didn't - I didn't ascribe such beliefs to you directly, but instead jumped in front of any similar arguments preemptively, and additionally gave support to my views through the same.
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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
I certainly don't consider a heartbeat to be an "imbued" characteristic as we all generally have to have one in order to live.
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It is a necessary but not sufficient condition. You cannot survive on heartbeat alone - in fact, literally by definition, the baby cannot survive until it is viable, which relies on many factors (a heartbeat is one).
The ability to survive as a human is what should define "being a human."
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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
Maybe those who believe in the importance of a "woman's right to choose" lack a heart but not a heartbeat.
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This is cute. It's also insipid, as is so often the case with cute things.
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For the record, I don't consider the last statement ("lack a heart but not a heartbeat") a personal attack or an insult or anything like that - it's a rhetorical device but not one that rises to that level. So yeah, let's not pile onto GW for something he didn't do - reasonable people can disagree in reasonable fashion.