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Who we are is defined by our sacrifices as much as our sacrifices tend to define who we are - and yet we live in a world where many define who they are by what they have. And in a world where less continuously have more and more continuously have less, it is also sensible that a democratic sense of justice would give a degree of entitlement to that which the Law does not permit, particularly when the Law is sculpted to protect the less with more instead of the more with less. Social justice, not socialism, is the defining factor in the disputes that come about from the disparity.

The entire abortion debate is a matter of perspective. Considering all the political tea parties happening in the United States and the ensuing rhetoric over the past year, it is interesting to consider abortion in this regard:

If a woman's body is her own private property and the debate is over what a woman can do with her body, making abortion illegal or legal equates to the socialization of private property.

If a woman's body is not her own private property, human society has time traveled a few hundred years.