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#11
(03-01-2025, 09:09 AM)19Bones79 Wrote: Does that include having an abortion as a matter of convenience?

Yes. The reason doesn't matter to me. As I said, I don't consider a pre-viability fetus to be an entity separate from the mother, and the mother has full jurisdiction over her own body.
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#12
(03-01-2025, 10:09 AM)TokenLiberal Wrote: Yes. The reason doesn't matter to me. As I said, I don't consider a pre-viability fetus to be an entity separate from the mother, and the mother has full jurisdiction over her own body.

It would be funny if you turned out to be religious while I'm not.
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#13
I'm very much not
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#14
(03-01-2025, 08:39 PM)TokenLiberal Wrote: I'm very much not

Did you grow up in a house following an Abrahamic religion?

I grew up with Dutch reformed.
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#15
No, neither of my parents are religious. I wasn't exposed to religion as a child, which I consider a fortunate thing.
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#16
(03-02-2025, 06:19 PM)TokenLiberal Wrote: No, neither of my parents are religious. I wasn't exposed to religion as a child, which I consider a fortunate thing.

Do you have any connection to Ukraine?
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#17
Not really
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#18
(03-03-2025, 07:58 AM)TokenLiberal Wrote: Not really

If you don't mind me asking, I would love to know the story behind your avatar. Who is that and why was that the picture that you decided on?
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#19
It's Gustav Mahler, my favorite composer

(I liked the B&W with the site's dark theme)
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#20
(03-03-2025, 08:39 AM)TokenLiberal Wrote: It's Gustav Mahler, my favorite composer

(I liked the B&W with the site's dark theme)

Interesting guy, very bohemian if you'll pardon the pun.
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