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- From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
- Subject: Re: twisting (Thans for life)Read!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.093556.9608@netcom.com>
- Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
- References: <1992Nov5.131522.8439@iscsvax.uni.edu> <1992Nov6.211805.3125@netcom.com> <nyikos.722028565@milo.math.scarolina.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:35:56 GMT
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- nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >In <1992Nov6.211805.3125@netcom.com> ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:
- >
- >>Again, I make the point. will an EGG become a cow or a horse? No! It will
- >>only be a baby. By preventing its development, you are taking away the
- >>potential for life.
- >
- >Its potential for a life such as we have been enjoying all these years,
- >assuming you are talking about a zygote, and not an unfertilized ovum.
- >Its life is nipped in the bud. But it is a biological life. The life
- >of a sentient fetus is infinitely more of a life than even this.
-
- A 'sentient fetus'? Is there really such a thing?
-
- So you're saying the life of a fetus is worth more than the life of a
- zygote or embryo? At what point exactly does this life become more
- important than the life of the woman who carries it, is this point
- identical in all cases, and whhat authority do you have to determine it?
-
- --
- _/_/_/ 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
-