Why do rational people come up with stupid suggestions? [View all]

[DFW]

I know a guy, not exactly traditional, libertarian, lives alone with his pets, vegetarian, successful in business, perfectly pleasnt guy to talk to. He just suggested that Planned Parenthood "spin off its abortion business" so as not to run afoul of ant-abortion-right people.

SPIN OFF its "abortion business???" PP is not in the abortion business!! Holy crap, and people actually believe this BS?


Here, for the record, was my response:

Fer Pete's sake!! PP's "abortion business?" Where in the world did THAT one come from? PP provides a whole range of women's health services, of which only a tiny peripheral sliver is abortion, and none of that is federally funded. This is like asking you to spin off (a very peripheral area of his own) business from the rest of your dealings. It's a ridiculous emphasis on something they do not emphasize. Cecile is a friend of mine. Too bad I can't introduce you. She could set you straight on what they do for real. My wife's life was just saved because a heads-up German gynecologist spotted a deadly uterine cancer before it had the chance to spread. That is mostly the kind of thing that PP does, but the ant-abortion rights crowd would rather shut PP down and let women like my wife die. I feel about them as I do about any other murderers.

I should have added that anyone who is NOT a vegetarian and is cool with the death penalty has NO business calling themselves "pro-life." He IS vegetarian, and I don't know his views on the death penalty, so I didn't bring it up.