Good points, but I am always amused that is it considered immoral to say sell porn to a kid, but killing 100,000 Iraqi's is somehow fine. They both suck IMO, but killing 100,000 ppl ranks way higher on the sucky scale.
Besides, again, can't be stopped. Here we have no separation of church and state and abortion has always been illegal in all cases. Actually all porn is illegal too as an FYI. Doesn't stop either - females who wish an abortion will just go get one elsewhere. Why people cannot be more pragmatic I do not know, and work on compromises that may actually happen - as all 50 states, then all 270 nations/territories worldwide won't be banning abortion, so it will always be accessible. Fact.
I understand what you're saying, I can see your point. Here's how I see it when it comes to the two.
*Selling porn to children: obviously this exposes them to things that no child needs to be or should be exposed to...let kids be kids. Otherwise exposing them to this opens up a host of problems in their futures.
*Iraq: we went into a nation that was run by an evil dictatorship, one that had killed millions since being in power. Regardless of WMD's being there or not, regardless of oil, something should have been done long before hand. Something should be done in all countries that have similar situations.
If my own country ever came under an evil dictatorship, I would hope that some country that had the means to help would do so and drive that insanity out. Yes, there would be an enormous risk to citizens such as myself and my family, but it would be one I wholeheartedly welcomed if it meant an end to that dictatorship that held me and my family down or even threatened our lives. There would be some innocent lives lost, and that's the evil nature of war...but as with all justifiable wars, sometimes there is the element of necessary evil.
For the record, of the over 100,000 dead in Iraq, the majority have been part of the old regime, Sunni Muslims who supported the old regime and wished to see it reinstated by force; insurgents from Iran and Syria; and of course insurgents from al qaeda who come from every country in that region.
Yes, innocent civilians have lost their lives...and yes, that sucks. But should we have done nothing? I look at it no differently then if my neighbor is beating the crap out of his wife. If I know this is happening and I can hear or see it happening, I should step in. SUre, there is a risk, he could pull a gun, he could shoot me, he might even end up shooting her (her being an innocent) but that doesn't mean I did the wrong thing. Standing by and doing nothing, that is the wrong thing, that is the immoral thing.