Comments on: Let’s See a Show of Hands Here… http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Mon, 21 May 2012 13:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Michèle http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8587 Michèle Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:26:09 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8587 > I fear a return to the “good old days”, where most first babies were born within seven months of the wedding. (Such was the case in 19th century Britain. Even Winston Churchill was born seven months after his parents’ wedding, and at nine pounds he wasn’t premature.) What's that old saying? "Everybody knows that an eager young bride can accomplish in 7 months what it takes cows & countesses 9 months to do." > I find the hypocrisy appalling–not so much the daughter as the crowing about how proud they are to have made the CHOICE to have their Downs Syndrome baby–no word about how she would like to take that choice away from everyone else. I've noticed that cognitive dissonance, too, but I think it's due to the fact that some (many? most?) Pro-Lifers seem to think that (most? all?) Pro-Choicers are really Pro-Abortion, as in "every pregnancy must end in abortion". They seem surprised when someone who claims to be Pro-Choice decides to go ahead and have the baby instead of having an abortion. > I fear a return to the “good old days”, where most first babies were born within seven months of the wedding. (Such was the case in 19th century Britain. Even Winston Churchill was born seven months after his parents’ wedding, and at nine pounds he wasn’t premature.)

What’s that old saying? “Everybody knows that an eager young bride can accomplish in 7 months what it takes cows & countesses 9 months to do.”

> I find the hypocrisy appalling–not so much the daughter as the crowing about how proud they are to have made the CHOICE to have their Downs Syndrome baby–no word about how she would like to take that choice away from everyone else.

I’ve noticed that cognitive dissonance, too, but I think it’s due to the fact that some (many? most?) Pro-Lifers seem to think that (most? all?) Pro-Choicers are really Pro-Abortion, as in “every pregnancy must end in abortion”. They seem surprised when someone who claims to be Pro-Choice decides to go ahead and have the baby instead of having an abortion.

]]> By: solarrhino http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8558 solarrhino Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:58:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8558 Your questions answered <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/us/politics/08baby.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Your questions answered here.

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8549 Cidu Bill Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:55:27 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8549 I was thinking this myself, Molly: Everybody "knows" that she knew the baby had Down Syndrome, but I really don't remember ever reading that this was factually so. I was thinking this myself, Molly: Everybody “knows” that she knew the baby had Down Syndrome, but I really don’t remember ever reading that this was factually so.

]]> By: Molly http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8547 Molly Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:19:45 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8547 What makes everyone so sure she had amniocentesis and knew the child was Down's Syndrome? I haven't read that anywhere. Have I missed something? What makes everyone so sure she had amniocentesis and knew the child was Down’s Syndrome? I haven’t read that anywhere. Have I missed something?

]]> By: JimJ http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8529 JimJ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:06:09 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8529 Tryggva seems to be a Scandinavian name (Olaf Tryggvasson) and I suppose Trig could be short for that... Tryggva seems to be a Scandinavian name (Olaf Tryggvasson) and I suppose Trig could be short for that…

]]> By: JimJ http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8528 JimJ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:46:29 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8528 (slight correction again -- I was remembering http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/the-economics-of-the-amniocentesis/ which suggested that those over 40 should not get an amniocentesis -- but it sounds like older advice was still that they should. The question of "why?" still holds.) (slight correction again — I was remembering http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/the-economics-of-the-amniocentesis/ which suggested that those over 40 should not get an amniocentesis — but it sounds like older advice was still that they should. The question of “why?” still holds.)

]]> By: JimJ http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8527 JimJ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:43:41 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8527 Lola -- The "having it both ways" struck a chord, and I just realized the one piece of queasiness I hadn't identified. Why did they even know about the Down's syndrome? The tests themselves have enough chance of causing a miscarriage that they aren't recommended for women her age -- not even those who consider an abortion. The other reasons to have the test are to prepare for a high-risk delivery or to prepare yourself -- maybe move closer to supportive family, or turn down a higher-stress assignment at work. Since she seems to be doing the opposite anyhow, why did she take the risk of that test? Lola — The “having it both ways” struck a chord, and I just realized the one piece of queasiness I hadn’t identified.

Why did they even know about the Down’s syndrome? The tests themselves have enough chance of causing a miscarriage that they aren’t recommended for women her age — not even those who consider an abortion. The other reasons to have the test are to prepare for a high-risk delivery or to prepare yourself — maybe move closer to supportive family, or turn down a higher-stress assignment at work. Since she seems to be doing the opposite anyhow, why did she take the risk of that test?

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8519 Cidu Bill Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:39:53 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8519 And I never will, Molly. Okay, I was just kidding about the Inuit thing. But come on, these rumors have to start up SOMEWHERE, so why not here? And I never will, Molly.

Okay, I was just kidding about the Inuit thing. But come on, these rumors have to start up SOMEWHERE, so why not here?

]]> By: Molly http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8516 Molly Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:27:57 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8516 There goes Bill, not learning from the previous excursion into irony. "Oh, irony! No, we don't get that here. We used to, but I was the only practitioner and I kept getting funny looks, so..." - Steve Martin in Roxanne There goes Bill, not learning from the previous excursion into irony.

“Oh, irony! No, we don’t get that here. We used to, but I was the only practitioner and I kept getting funny looks, so…”

- Steve Martin in Roxanne

]]> By: AMC http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8513 AMC Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:12:03 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/lets-see-a-show-of-hands-here/#comment-8513 Soooo. Matrix are for kids! Soooo. Matrix are for kids!

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