There are some decisions in which emotions should be considered along with factual information; I'd never advise someone to marry person A because the person seemed like a logical choice even if they were in love with person B, for instance.
However, in your first paragraph, it's not so much an emotional issue as aggravating factors. Shooting someone is one crime, while raping, torturing and killing is several crimes. It makes logical, as well as emotional, sense to give a harsher penalty for the second crime.
I'm not so sure all the factual matters on abortion are well settled. There's been misinformation about links between abortion and cancer rates posted on government websites just within the last few years. But, anyway, I take your larger point on this one.
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Date: 2007-02-09 05:14 pm (UTC)However, in your first paragraph, it's not so much an emotional issue as aggravating factors. Shooting someone is one crime, while raping, torturing and killing is several crimes. It makes logical, as well as emotional, sense to give a harsher penalty for the second crime.
I'm not so sure all the factual matters on abortion are well settled. There's been misinformation about links between abortion and cancer rates posted on government websites just within the last few years. But, anyway, I take your larger point on this one.