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Queensland parliament passes ‘unprecedented’ gag on abortion debate (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know I'm replying to this late, but just wanted to say that's not a perspective I had considered, thanks for sharing it. I don't know that I look at it the same way you do, but I appreciate the opportunity to see the issue through another perspective

Hope you have a good one :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hey thanks, I appreciate it. It’s not an idea of my own creation though. It comes from the "famous violinist" thought experiment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Interesting, I've never heard of it, I'll have to go look it up :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That was genuinely fascinating, the Wikipedia page for her essay was very helpful. They're obviously metaphors and aren't 1:1 comparable but that gave me some things to think about, and I appreciate you sharing it with me :)

If nothing else I really enjoyed how surreal and even kinda science fiction the examples were