other than the death penalty, i can think of no one single issue that polarizes so distincly. there does seem to be a bit more grey in abortion debates though. zealot pro-choicers would tell you i can do any damned thing i want with my body and to hell with anyone telling me otherwise. equally zealot pro-lifers would have a child of 14, raped by her uncle, carry a pregnancy to it's conclusion. then there's a lot of us in the middle...the grey.....

....i'm pro-choice. mostly because it's none of my business. i could make a weak argument that if i'm the father, i get a say....but what if i'm the uncle that rapes? being the rookie here, i've no way of knowing, but my trick knee tells me there are few if any women here offering a perspective that none of us fate-determining males could possibly give.

but there's that grey area. the free thinkers like dilettante. the ones that call bullshit when they see it.

i happen to agree with the court's decision as well. partial birth abortion does seem barbaric to me. but, then again, what of the grey area of extreme retardation? or the saving the mother's life situation? one size shouldn't fit all.

(oh....and this is directed to no one else but jerry.....i'd point you to george carlin's view about this issue......."did you ever notice that the people that are so radically opposed to abortion you wouldn't want to fuck anyway?)

s, pro-choice, pro-court