Bring on something sensible...

Nuclear fusion is the holy grail of science. The optimist in me believes that this will benefit humankind... the skeptic says that this will be another thing which, although should be of help, will not help equality spread across the planet. This won't redistribute wealth. This won't redistribute food. This may turn energy into a far cheaper commodity - we can hope that the consequences are positive.

Ethics of Abortion

What are ethics of abortion?

"Pro choice? The baby doesn't get much of a choice? If a women is raped she doesn't get much choice (in most situations she will have more choice than the baby)?

At what point does the baby become a living thing that you are then murdering?"

Interesting point "Your Mum" and topical too... as someone who was born with a dodgy foot (you wouldn't notice it, honest) I am happy that my own mother didn't make the decision to terminate me before the world was lucky enough to get a taste of Junket Jim! Seriously though, the debate will forever rage... and knowledge is power. Maybe my mother would have decided to terminate me if she had known what was in store. So, one of points of the debate is, "are we skewing or abetting the evolutionary process by selective termination?" This is something that humankind has always done - is this responsible for our proliferation - accelerated evolution / selective breeding?!

I may add some more here that is actually relevant to the point that Rob was highlighting!