tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949467606786725531.post1205091783392930896..comments2023-06-15T15:48:15.327+01:00Comments on Sceptical Rants: Just a Block of Wood? Er, yes it is.Stephen Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17042496235288616270noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949467606786725531.post-56063602436061538212008-02-22T13:39:00.000+00:002008-02-22T13:39:00.000+00:00The block of wood shaped like a foetus is still ju...The block of wood shaped like a foetus is still just a block of wood. It just happens to be a block of wood with altered aesthetic properties.<BR/><BR/>I know the point the campaign is trying to make, I just think they're making it in a stupid way. As with the rest of the Passion for Life campaign, they are going for emotional impact over facts. The campaign is also based on a series of half truths and misrepresentations of what is actually in the HFEB.<BR/><BR/>For the record I am both pro-HFEB and "pro-choice".Stephen Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042496235288616270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949467606786725531.post-75431662486698291882008-02-22T13:15:00.000+00:002008-02-22T13:15:00.000+00:00I think perhaps you have missed the point the vide...I think perhaps you have missed the point the video was making...it doesn't say that the block of wood is somehow magically a baby, but rather that it is no longer a simple block of wood, but a piece of art. The point being that you can look at a foetus and say it's just a bunch of cells, or you can look at it as a human being that has a right to live. It is saying that the whole is more than the sum of its parts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949467606786725531.post-3903951988798978062008-02-22T09:34:00.000+00:002008-02-22T09:34:00.000+00:00I believe that, using their own logic, yes those c...I believe that, using their own logic, yes those carvings are real bears. Which probably means some people are in for a big surprise when they go down to the woods today.<BR/><BR/>It also means that if I can whittle a stick into a passable representation of a Ferrari then I can own a sports car...Stephen Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042496235288616270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949467606786725531.post-19985839810856445122008-02-22T05:50:00.000+00:002008-02-22T05:50:00.000+00:00I, of course, had to go and watch the YouTube afte...I, of course, had to go and watch the YouTube after you said not to. I just had to see how someone could carve a block of wood into a foetus with a chainsaw. Does this mean that the popular chainsaw carvings around here shaped like bears are real bears?Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682513110485580000noreply@blogger.com