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- From: psmith@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Paul Smith)
- Subject: Re: rights and responsibilities
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.140112.28381@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Keywords: abortion, slavery
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Nov16.164217.24828@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov16.185223.13128@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Nov17.015251.605@jetsun.weitek.COM>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:01:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.015251.605@jetsun.weitek.COM> nadja@jetsun.weitek.COM (Nadja Adolf) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.185223.13128@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> psmith@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Paul Smith) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov16.164217.24828@nas.nasa.gov> dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov (Dan King) writes:
- >>>
- >>>In article <1992Nov13.170451.24505@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> psmith@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Paul Smith) writes:
- >>>
- >>>>Society does offer an alternative to pregnancy - it's called abstinence.
- >>>>Abstinence is acceptable and reasonable behavior to expect from people who
- >>>>don't want to have a baby, whereas killing the child is not acceptable in
- >>>>the same way that neglecting a child when adoption is available isn't
- >>>>acceptable.
- >
- >>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.
- >
- >>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).
- >
- >As a member of this society, I really don't care whether you consider
- >abortion 'killing said member.' I also feel very sorry for you if you
- >haven't yet figured out that sex is a hell of a lot more than 'making
- >babies.'
-
- "Sex is a hell of a lot more than making babies??" We'll now that's
- real important!! I suppose your life will come to an end if you can't
- have sex?
-
- I used to think sex was "important" outside of making babies.
- Now that I have two children I realize that this is utterly false.
- And when you make one that you keep you might realize that, too.
-
- A baby's life *will* come to an end if it is aborted.
-
- I'm not asking you to stop eating, sleeping, etc. I'm not even asking
- you to stop having sex. I'm asking *everyone* to stop killing babies.
- Can you understand that?? There *is* a big difference.
-
- I'm not one for conspiricies, but today's culture would have you
- think that something important is being taken from you - this supposed
- right to have sex without responsibility. This is only a cover. What's
- being taken from you is your children.
-
-
- And to others that have e-mailed me on this:
-
- Me: "...and to not kill said member at your convenience."
- Others: Then you oppose war, death penalty, etc, right?
-
- No I do not oppose these things. There's a difference between defending
- yourself in a war or from a crime than killing a child for convenience.
- (Understanding that difference is left as an exercise to the reader).
-
- And yes, I consider the death penalty (one of) my defenses to crime
- (it is also punishment as well).
- -Paul
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