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- From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
- Subject: Re: Why Pro-Lifers must support forced organ donation
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:43:36 GMT
- References: <1992Oct31.185656.13149@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <Bx3I9x.G8y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <lefty-101192140033@lefty.apple.com> <BxKA1t.BM6@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- In article <BxKA1t.BM6@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, schnaufe@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
- (Bernard A Schnaufer) wrote:
- >
- > lefty@apple.com (Lefty) writes:
- >
- > >In article <Bx3I9x.G8y@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, schnaufe@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
- > >(Bernard A Schnaufer) wrote:
- > >>
- > >> In the case of a pregnancy it is perfectly natural for the baby to be
- > >> inside the mother to grow. Human beings cannot grow normally in any
- > >> other enviroment at this stage in their lives. The mothers body
- > >> accomodates the new life inside by adjusting accordingly. Women are
- > >> designed to be able to be pregnant.
- >
- > >Hmm. Let's see what we can do with this, through the magic of "search and
- > >replace"...
- >
- > >> In the case of cancer it is perfectly natural for the tumor to be inside
- > >> the host to grow. Tumors cannot grow normally in any other
- > >> enviroment at this stage in their lives. The host's body accomodates
- > >> the new life inside by adjusting accordingly. People are designed to be
- > >> able to develop cancer.
- >
- > >Do we have an accurate analogy to your reasoning here, Bernard? Should we
- > >outlaw surgery removing tumors anytime soon?
- >
- > Do you really think that there is anything substantive in your 'analogy'?
- > And if there is, could you explain it?
-
- In point of fact, my observation is of equal substance to your original
- one. The cases, as far as I can see are 100 per cent parallel. If you
- disagree, please feel free to explain why.
-
- As an alternative, please consider the following: I have a good friend who
- has been diagnosed as having an internal "growth" of some sort. The cells
- comprising this "growth" have different DNA than my friend; the cells,
- moreover, are differentiating as it grows; it is growing at a somewhat
- alarming, and potentially health-threatening rate.
-
- Should my friend have this growth removed? Should my friend be _permitted_
- to have this growth removed?
-
- --
- Lefty (lefty@apple.com)
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