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- From: forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Forbis)
- Subject: Re: More Weirdness from the <Re: Back Again To Father> Thread
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:50:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.171338.1404@wdl.loral.com> bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com (J H Woodyatt) writes:
- >forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Forbis) writes:
- ># dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov (Dan King) writes:
- ># >Are you proposing spousal notification for men getting a vasectomy?
- ># >Currently there is no such requirement that I am aware of.
- ># >
- ># >Husbands and wives talking may be a good thing, but is it worth
- ># >letting government get involved to ensure they talk? We would all
- ># >have to give up much of our privacy to ensure this. I have had
- ># >a vasectomy. If I were to ever marry, I think it should remain
- ># >my choice if I do or don't inform my wife of this fact. I very
- ># >much oppose someone using force of government into my personal
- ># >decision.
- >#
- ># Hey ladies, this is _great_! How do you like it when the shoe's on the other
- ># foot? Marry this character and you may not find out for years that you won't
- ># be able to have children. His decision dramatically alters your life, yet
- ># he denies you your right to know of such decisions. Without saying as much,
- ># he has drastically devalued the status of motherhood; yours isn't worth even
- ># the pittance of keeping you informed.
- >#
- ># What goes around comes around, I guess.
- >
- >Goodness gracious me, who left the cage door open on the full moon?
- >
- >`Drastically devalued the status of motherhood' by having a vasectomy?
-
- Did you read the last of the sentence, or bother to consider the
- the context? The point was the the man was entering into a fraudulent,
- misleading relationship. Basing a relationship with a woman on
- dishonesty is demeaning to that woman in my book; how 'bout yours?
-
- >
- >Chills. Big ones. Wearing T-shirts with numbers on them.
- >
- >This bozo is actually arguing for government enforcement of good
- >communication among married couples.
- >
- This "bozo" is doing nothing of the kind; he is getting a little tired of
- these idiotic smoke- screens being tossed out to avoid dealing with the
- issue.
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- Eric Forbis forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu
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