bilby
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Good on you. Well done.
"...When the bill was passed, dozens of people in the packed public gallery broke out into loud cheers and applause, with several women crying and hugging each other."
Men cheering that they can get women pregnant
Women crying and hugging because men tell them to "get rid of it"
It's not me who loses.
HAHAHA! Good one.Good on you. Well done.
Better late than never.
Yeah, I'm sure exit interviews confirm your interpretation."...When the bill was passed, dozens of people in the packed public gallery broke out into loud cheers and applause, with several women crying and hugging each other."
Men cheering that they can get women pregnant
Women crying and hugging because men tell them to "get rid of it"
What magical event happens at 22 weeks that removes a QLD woman's right to have an abortion without getting someone's permission?
21 in USWhat magical event happens at 22 weeks that removes a QLD woman's right to have an abortion without getting someone's permission?
Probably the same magical event that happens at 18 years that permits her to buy alcoholic beverages.
Or that renders her incapable of operating a motor vehicle at a 0.05 BAC.
It's almost as though the law imposes arbitrary boundaries on all kinds of things.
"...When the bill was passed, dozens of people in the packed public gallery broke out into loud cheers and applause, with several women crying and hugging each other."
Men cheering that they can get women pregnant and avoid being fathers.
Women crying and hugging because men tell them to "get rid of it"
Showing that it is arbitrary, rather than magical...21 in US
I certainly don't won't to give the impression it's magical, but there's something about the fact it's reasoned-based that I'm hesitant to call it arbitrary. I could be confusing the notion of it being a reason to reject it being random.Showing that it is arbitrary, rather than magical...21 in US
Back in the day, when it was 21 in some states, 19 in others, THAT was magical. But the federal standard, that's arbitrary.
I think reason can narrow it down to a bandwidth, but within that band, there's no real standard we can point to that's a distinct difference.I certainly don't won't to give the impression it's magical, but there's something about the fact it's reasoned-based that I'm hesitant to call it arbitrary. I could be confusing the notion of it being a reason to reject it being random.Showing that it is arbitrary, rather than magical...21 in US
Back in the day, when it was 21 in some states, 19 in others, THAT was magical. But the federal standard, that's arbitrary.
I think we can agree it's not random, but to go all the way over to being arbitrary seems to miss the mark by a few pinches.
Good on you. Well done.
Better late than never.
Nicely put, and that does seem to accord with a usage I've seen before. Where I get all jacked up is when I look up "arbitrary" and try to reconcile it with the notion that reason is somehow excluded. Maybe there's a degree of arbitrariness or something.I think reason can narrow it down to a bandwidth, but within that band, there's no real standard we can point to that's a distinct difference.I certainly don't won't to give the impression it's magical, but there's something about the fact it's reasoned-based that I'm hesitant to call it arbitrary. I could be confusing the notion of it being a reason to reject it being random.
I think we can agree it's not random, but to go all the way over to being arbitrary seems to miss the mark by a few pinches.
Such as, we could set the age to 20 years, 362 days, rather than 21. Or 21 years and 8 hours. Not a whole lot of difference in the physical reality, or emotional development, or mental capacity of the person, but we draw a line and make a big difference about either side of the line. That, at least, is how I interpret 'arbitrary' in this instance.