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- From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
- Subject: Re: Quotes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.092526.9217@netcom.com>
- Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
- References: <1992Nov14.023740.15846@netcom.com> <1992Nov14.054454.3283@noao.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:25:26 GMT
- Lines: 64
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- forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach) writes:
- >From article by bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig):
- >> forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach) writes:
- >>>
- >>>I would like to thank Brian Ceccarelli for reminding us that
- >>>throughout history people have been killing children and denying
- >>>them the right to life. It's important to be aware of this because
- >>>I have seen people on here claim that they will continue fighting
- >>>to deny them this right. There will always be murderous people
- >>>like those addressed by the writings Brian has quoted. We the
- >>>defenders of our smallest brothers and sisters will never go away.
- >>>We will forever be pricking your consciences.
- >>
- >> Suzanne, I'm curious. Do you have any children?
- >
- >Yup, I sure do! How 'bout yerself?
-
- Thought so (and no, I don't, though I intend to someday).
-
- Let's say that one day your daughter or daughter-in-law is pregnant
- and does not want to be. For whatever reason -- she was brutally
- raped and can't live up to your expectations of "loving the child and
- ignoring the act" (to say nothing of how her husband would feel about
- having to raise a child that wasn't his!), she needs to take some sort
- of medication that would harm the fetus and without it she'd suffer
- deeply from depression, tests show that the fetus would be deformed
- and live a short painful life, whatever -- she just does NOT want to
- be pregnant, despite knowing full well your opinion on abortion.
-
- What would you do about this? Choose one:
-
- (a) She would never get into a situation like this!
-
- (b) She would recognize the importance of human life, and readily
- agree to put the fetus before herself at all times, so she'd be
- willing to suffer for it and would have no difficulty with this
- decision and she would of course want to have the baby.
-
- (c) I would understand her decision, and although I don't like it, I
- would have faith in her and encourage her to do as she sees fit.
-
- (d) I would consider the crime of abortion to outweigh my love for
- her, and I would tell her this, and would be at least offended, and at
- worst I would disown her if she had an abortion.
-
- (e) If she were even considering abortion this would mean that she
- doesn't understand what I'm telling her, so I'd continue to explain to
- her how wrong abortion is until she changes her mind.
-
- (f) I would report her to the authorities on the charge of murder, and
- blockade the abortion clinic on the day she was scheduled to go there.
-
- (g) Other: what?
-
- I honestly don't know how you'll answer, but it would help me
- understand your position a lot more if you'd explain how you think
- you'd act if abortion suddenly became an issue right in your family.
-
- --
- _/_/_/ Brian Kendig Je ne suis fait comme aucun
- /_/_/ bskendig@netcom.com de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire
- _/_/ n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent.
- / Nolite te bastardes Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins je suis autre.
- / carborundorum. -- Rousseau
-