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- From: ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer)
- Subject: Re: rights and responsibilities
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.042749.7615@netcom.com>
- Keywords: abortion, slavery
- Organization: Netcom, San Jose, California
- References: <1992Nov13.170451.24505@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Nov16.164217.24828@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov16.185223.13128@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 04:27:49 GMT
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- psmith@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Paul Smith) writes ...
- > dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov (Dan King) writes:
- >> psmith@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Paul Smith) writes:
- >>>Society does offer an alternative to pregnancy - it's called abstinence.
- >>
- >>See the thing is Paul, unless I specifically invite you to be
- >>involved in my sex life, it is none of your business. So why
- >>don't you wait for the invite before assuming you have any
- >>interest at all in what goes on in my bedroom.
- >>
- >I won't wait because this is society's problem, not your bedroom problem.
- >And, the original question was for society to offer an alternative to
- >abortion - so, here it is.
-
- First, abstinence is clearly not an alternative to pregnancy, since it
- neither terminates an existing pregnancy nor assures the prevention of
- a future pregnancy. Neither does a lack of abstinence assure the
- onset of pregnancy, for that matter.
-
- Second, society does not have much of a problem with abortion. While
- some members of society do, they are still rather notably in the
- minority. It looks like it is _your_ problem, since I, as a duly
- appointed member of society and typical respresentative thereof, have
- very little interest what goes on in anyone else's bedroom.
-
- >I really don't care what goes on in your bedroom, but as a member of this
- >society I expect your to behave with responsibility when it comes to
- >creating another member (and to not kill said member at your convenience).
-
- I expect you to behave responsibly also. Shall we consider adopting a
- set of laws assured to enforce _your_ responsible behavior?
-
- --
- Ray Fischer "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth
- ray@netcom.com than lies." -- Friedrich Nietszsche
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