People can say whatever they like. Even to themselves, and even when it's a lie.
Case in point: the self-proclaimed "Compassionates" who advocate for those poor little lab rats with tearful aplomb - and then (with a straight face, mind you) turn around and advocate for killing unborn human babies.
Question if you are a PETA donor: What is it that makes a human baby less worthy of our compassion than a lab rat or a chicken or a baby seal? Is it that the human mother gets to make the decision? So - if we could "pay" a female monkey a bunch of bananas to hand over her baby for scientific experimentation, would you be ok with that because after all, it's her decision to make? If you answer "yes" then at least you are consistent.
The parallels between this issue and issues of the civil war cannot be denied. In the latter, there were two groups of people:
- Those who believed that blacks were not "fully human", which exempted them from the rights and protections others enjoyed.
- Those who believed that blacks were fully human, thus deserving of the same rights and protections as anyone else.
In the abortion debate there are also two groups of people:
- Those who believe the unborn are not "fully human", which exempts them from the rights and protections others enjoy.
- Those who believe the unborn are fully human, thus deserving of the same rights and protections as anyone else.
Before you call yourself compassionate because you refuse to dissect a frog in biology class - Remember that compassion must extend not only to animals or "causes" but most importantly to your fellow humans.