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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Why Pro-Lifers must support forced organ donation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.173120.452@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <lefty-101192140033@lefty.apple.com> <BxKA1t.BM6@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <lefty-161192123613@lefty.apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:31:20 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- In article <lefty-161192123613@lefty.apple.com> lefty@apple.com (Lefty) writes:
- >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?
-
- A z/e/f is a living human organism, just like us. A cancerous growth, on the
- other hand, is not an "organism" -- it's just a bunch of cells growing out of
- control.
-
- - Kevin
-