tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post5330261791634259399..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Getting To Know YouMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53720947957800701772015-07-02T21:19:47.901-07:002015-07-02T21:19:47.901-07:00How lucky are you! I still wonder exactly how my c...How lucky are you! I still wonder exactly how my children would have disappointed me. Because you can't always count on your own influence.<br /><br />I am given to understatement because I believe in the disarming power of humor and also because I tend to see a lot of sides to things. It doesn't mean I don't have opinions, but I don't like to fling them at people. It doesn't Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88730473044833815802015-07-02T19:08:15.237-07:002015-07-02T19:08:15.237-07:00How do you do this understatement thing that you d...How do you do this understatement thing that you do? Master of the understatement and deflection of views. <br />It's fun how you do this really controversial subject, and deny all.....what, not responsibility, but something like that. <br />I'm not fond of 'slippery slope' either, unless it serves my ends. <br />I enjoyed Portland so much when I lived there. Everywhere from up onShould Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32064283384418725562015-07-02T08:53:50.090-07:002015-07-02T08:53:50.090-07:00I had a point? Do I ever have a point?I had a point? Do I ever have a point?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69476003625106561782015-07-02T08:52:59.350-07:002015-07-02T08:52:59.350-07:00Plus, you get Potoroos and Bandicoots.Plus, you get Potoroos and Bandicoots.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53357264432372388382015-07-02T08:12:51.216-07:002015-07-02T08:12:51.216-07:00I love you Murr BrewsterI love you Murr Brewsterdavidpricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529385016234601788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64842210001231631222015-07-02T00:53:13.353-07:002015-07-02T00:53:13.353-07:00I totally missed the point here didn't I?
I h...I totally missed the point here didn't I? <br />I have my own views on abortion, I don't favour them, but sometimes they are necessary. Prevention is a much better option.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22294142067990244272015-07-02T00:44:59.018-07:002015-07-02T00:44:59.018-07:00This makes me glad I had all my kids before ultras...This makes me glad I had all my kids before ultrasound images were invented; and that I live in Australia.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77872567036954831182015-07-01T19:45:02.909-07:002015-07-01T19:45:02.909-07:00Oh you'd like it. There's not much to it--...Oh you'd like it. There's not much to it--you can go from one side to the other in an afternoon--but then there's beer afterwards.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5040144521792518492015-07-01T19:44:26.678-07:002015-07-01T19:44:26.678-07:00I like your comments, Should. I suspect males have...I like your comments, Should. I suspect males have every bit as much of a right--sort of--to weigh in on matters of life and death. But some things are so damn, damn private. Like one's own death, for instance. Although I understand them, I tend to revile "slippery slope" arguments.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24895684219304786342015-07-01T18:45:12.833-07:002015-07-01T18:45:12.833-07:00Your brain is the BEST place to visit (just glad I...Your brain is the BEST place to visit (just glad I don't have to live there--*waggles cigar*).Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7731865409221974152015-07-01T17:52:23.743-07:002015-07-01T17:52:23.743-07:00Any male wading into this is either nuts, or has a...Any male wading into this is either nuts, or has a moral unbalance that makes him think he can rule women's bodies.<br /><br />That said, seems you have both sides of the issue covered, and although my wife died and i have two daughters that are wonderful women, I have feelings but not the ego to think they are important. <br />Tis' a fraught issue, Murr. But perhaps people should 'Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89166836681452523342015-07-01T16:50:39.346-07:002015-07-01T16:50:39.346-07:00I am not rich, but I too could fly off to Costa Ri...I am not rich, but I too could fly off to Costa Rica and come back fetus-free. See? Look at me. I just can't wade into this. It's too fraught. I deliberately made this post about abortion politics, more than about abortion. The only decent point I did make was at the end, there. I don't hear people getting all het up about a million frozen embryos, or the creation thereof. Because-Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29662670985279275112015-07-01T15:59:21.278-07:002015-07-01T15:59:21.278-07:00The 1% (the only post-birth humans than matter to ...The 1% (the only post-birth humans than matter to most Republicans) don't worry about abortion laws. No matter what restrictions are placed on the procedure, rich women can always fly off to Costa Rica and come back fetus-free. It's the rest of us who have to deal with unplanned or unsafe pregnancies, the rest of us who either give birth to a child that is unwanted or that can't bpadgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517111873755808766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20254156374850814962015-07-01T14:34:35.941-07:002015-07-01T14:34:35.941-07:00At least one point worth making (and I rarely wade...At least one point worth making (and I rarely wade into this sucker) is that making abortions illegal does not make them go away. Something altogether different happens. Something not good at all.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49390567738913777382015-07-01T14:33:29.450-07:002015-07-01T14:33:29.450-07:00I totally remember having gills and a tail. It'...I totally remember having gills and a tail. It's a wonder I still can't swim worth a durn. Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40173394373286610282015-07-01T14:32:26.919-07:002015-07-01T14:32:26.919-07:00We're probably about to go old-school and wipe...We're probably about to go old-school and wipe out huge portions of the population with plagues. So there's that, too.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90511169610548832292015-07-01T13:29:56.088-07:002015-07-01T13:29:56.088-07:00Such a difficult decision. Already. Without addi...Such a difficult decision. Already. Without adding to it.<br />Particularly without adding guilt to the mix.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3477449242023939042015-07-01T11:11:17.922-07:002015-07-01T11:11:17.922-07:00Just because I don't HAVE a uterus doesn't...Just because I don't HAVE a uterus doesn't mean I was never in one. Why I remember back when I was a zygote..... oh, wait. No I don't. Later, when I had gills and a tail... I don't remember that either.<br /> I am happy to say I have never caused anyone to make a decision of that nature and I am sure it is rarely an easy one. I seriously doubt that any Democrat or Republican is Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38908776039716763802015-07-01T09:58:43.573-07:002015-07-01T09:58:43.573-07:00P. S. Attention Murr - I'm emailing you!P. S. Attention Murr - I'm emailing you!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53251711348524385002015-07-01T09:57:46.462-07:002015-07-01T09:57:46.462-07:00I'd rather see more emphasis on contraception ...I'd rather see more emphasis on contraception (although there are those who argue that even condoms cause the death of potential life). But in an imperfect world, I think prevention - wherever possible - outweighs the cure by a long shot.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53201248290206439962015-07-01T09:40:49.714-07:002015-07-01T09:40:49.714-07:00Most people are. Including pro-choicers.Most people are. Including pro-choicers.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8134365665540615322015-07-01T09:39:50.599-07:002015-07-01T09:39:50.599-07:00I know just where I stand, but I won't argue i...I know just where I stand, but I won't argue it with anybody. I just vote a certain way and write certain checks. I'm totally with you on the ice cream.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11062458987182194222015-07-01T09:37:59.325-07:002015-07-01T09:37:59.325-07:00Justice Ginsburg wrote about her reasoning in Roe ...Justice Ginsburg wrote about her reasoning in Roe vs. Wade, and this is the information gathered from a biography: She felt abortions would keep down the birthrates of the poor minorities, keeping that population in check.<br /><br />I have seen the ultrasounds through the stages of development. By the end of the 2nd month, there is a 4 chamber heart, a spine and pelvic, sexual organs, hands andSusan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43593560732909897942015-07-01T06:32:17.904-07:002015-07-01T06:32:17.904-07:00Another succinct and accurate post! This is such ...Another succinct and accurate post! This is such a difficult subject and I will be quite frank in that I do not know where I stand/sit. Whatever a mother decides we should be there for help and consolation and ice cream.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.com