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- From: rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla)
- Subject: Re: DID BUSH KILL HIS CHANCES BY NOT ATTACKING FOCA?
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:31:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.003915.23933@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) writes:
- >Jay Wise from Trinity College writes:
- >>Tax-paying pacifists are still forced to contribute funds towards, say,
- >>B-1 bombers;
- >So. That is a matter of national defense. It is not a case
- >of murder, but rather self defense. Do you not know that killing
- >in self defense is not murder?
- Neither is abortion, sir. Check Roe v. Wade.
- I know many people who think that killing Iraqi civilians in order
- to reimpose a Kuwaiti dictatorship is far more morally wrong than
- killing fetuses. Why should your opinion be respected more than theirs?
-
- >You mean "federally funded abortions are a matter of unhealth care."
- >Neither the mother nor the unborn child gets healthier as a result
- >of an abortion, especially the latter. Health care? Geez. Give
- >me a break.
- Abortion is about an order of magnitude safer than birth.
- I can post stats if you like. (I've done so before, and I'd rather
- not waste bandwidth on it if you'll take my word for it.)
- -Ekr
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