This poll is the work of the devil.

Can we make the babies smoke?

>> ^gwiz665:

Can we make the babies smoke?


Done

You, my boy, are a man's man.
>> ^SlipperyPete:

>> ^gwiz665:
Can we make the babies smoke?

Done

It's an either/or democracy apparently.

What a stupid poll

This poll reminds me of a presidential election.

If I had to make a choice, abortion is much more important
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalized_abortion_and_crime_effect

Why abort when there are so many hungry people that would do anything for some nice baby? Combat future crime and present hunger!

Hippies eat babies?

I don't understand the poll. What are we voting on?

The vote choices are messed up.
I don't understand why Pro-choice is grouped with No Smoke, and Smoking Narcotics is grouped with making babies.
Just doesn't make sense.

I vote:
Pro-choice, let the woman choose what to do with her own body.
Smoke what you want, just as long as it doesn't affect me or others.

I don't get the point of this poll?

Alright, I'll explain.

Ever since Roe v. Wade in 1973 (that's the legal case that basically ratified women's right to choose here in the States), the religious right has worked itself into a froth. Each year they get more frothy than the last and now, they have a chance to pass SOME kind of legislation, ANY kind of legislation that pushes their agenda forward.

At the same time, marijuana legalization appears imminent, culminating in a very near-future ballot initiative in California. I believe that occurs this coming November, if I'm not mistaken?

So...given the zero sum nature of politics, it would not be unheard of for the powers that be to covertly murmur amongst each other that if we pass marijuana legalization, then we'll ban abortion too, just for balance: if the liberals get something (legal pot) then the conservatives must also get something (more babies because there aren't nearly enough of them).

What's my justification for such a wild claim? Nothing more than my bitter cynicism about how politics work. What tells me it works this way? All of recorded history tells me.

So this poll is asking you which you value more: legal weed or legal abortions? Because I really do not think we can have both. That simple, really.

>> ^gwiz665:

Can we make the babies smoke?


Can we smoke dried foetuses?

Voting for this poll ended with the majority of users voting I value women's right to choose. No smoke for anyone!.

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>> ^shuac:

So...given the zero sum nature of politics, it would not be unheard of for the powers that be to covertly murmur amongst each other that if we pass marijuana legalization, then we'll ban abortion too, just for balance: if the liberals get something (legal pot) then the conservatives must also get something (more babies because there aren't nearly enough of them).

You're actually a little late on this one. Democrats all but outlawed abortion in order to get health care reform passed.

Once explained, it seems totally plausible. It's also an example of why nobody should be giving "the right" any kind of power with which to sit at a table and negotiate with anyone for anything.