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Old 05-14-2008, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by PaleRider View Post
Statistically speaking, killing poor blacks would improve society. If you are making the argument that killing human beings is the route to improving society, then logically, you should be willing to kill the group that would provide the greatest benefit to society. Clearly, you aren't willing to endorse killing those whose deaths would be the greatest benefit to society, so your argument in support of abortion lacks credibility.
I thought Bennett's comments on this were extremely lucid, and the subsequent attacks on him for his illustrations grossly unfair.
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