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Originally Posted by Lebell
The difference is that there are alternatives to owning a gun for protection, while there are no viable alternatives to using money.
I would also add that there are alternatives to owning a gas guzzler.
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There are alternatives to everything, but practicality is key. It is not practical to hire a bunch of guard dogs to walk around with you all day (nor would they be very effective anyway). It is not practical to defend yourself from an attacker armed with a gun by using a baseball bat. It is practical to hire an armed body guard. It is not practical to live a life without gasoline thereby removing your ability to travel great distances in a timely manner if your goal is to promote change in a wide area.
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I mean, what would you say to a fundamentalist Christian who argues,
"You can be anti-abortion and still have an abortion..."
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I'd say right on, but I expect I will never run into a fundamentalist Christian who would make that argument. But to your point, if you could demonstrate a specific scenario where there is a practical need for an abortion, then I would certainly state that there is no hypocrisy in an anti-abortionist having an abortion.