re: #268 Aceofwhat?

sure…but then wouldn’t you want to use an analogy that focused mainly on your point, which is that at the beginning, it’s just a clump of cells whose state ought to be up to the decision of the host?

No, because I feel that I can make the strongest argument possibly by doing a “reverse strawman” in that I take my opponents argument and attack it at its strongest and still tear it down, showing that “even if we grant your idea that a fetus deserves all the same rights as a fully grown person, here is why abortion should still be legal…” Then it can lead to a much more dramatic conclusion to the argument.