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Baarst · Jun 10, 2008, 07:27 pm

Quote by: The Bacon Guy View Post
Why should it? How does the number of chromosomes something has relate in any way to its social standing? In order to decide what we should consider human life, you need to think why we value human life in the first place. It’s not for the number of chromosomes we have.
EXATLY! I think it's a the live, human brain throbbing with the complex business of human life. If anything, that's what we vaue most, as that is where personhood begins. To place personhood on a 2 second-year-old zygote would be ridiculous.

The question is does life begin at conception, not personhood....whatever the f*** that means, i believe life does begin at conception because that is when the cells start dividing, at conception it is certainly not sentient life but living non the less, whether anyone has the right to terminate this process at this early stage is a whole different issue.

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Baarst Molten Ash Posts: 55	Quote by: The Bacon Guy View Post Why should it? How does the number of chromosomes something has relate in any way to its social standing? In order to decide what we should consider human life, you need to think why we value human life in the first place. It’s not for the number of chromosomes we have. EXATLY! I think it's a the live, human brain throbbing with the complex business of human life. If anything, that's what we vaue most, as that is where personhood begins. To place personhood on a 2 second-year-old zygote would be ridiculous. The question is does life begin at conception, not personhood....whatever the f*** that means, i believe life does begin at conception because that is when the cells start dividing, at conception it is certainly not sentient life but living non the less, whether anyone has the right to terminate this process at this early stage is a whole different issue. "Homer" Statistics can be used to prove anything, 14% of people know that.