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- From: decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: DID BUSH KILL HIS CHANCES BY NOT ATTACKING FOCA?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.042205.3169@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 04:22:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.003915.23933@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) writes:
- >
- > 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?
-
- A few brief points to show how the parallel cited was correct,
- and you are in error in disagreeing with it.
-
- The United States was not defending itself against Iraq or North
- Viet Nam. There is an argument to be made that some United
- States' citizens were being defended in Granada, but there is
- some question as to whether they were truly endangered. I agree
- that they felt they were endangered.
-
- Finally, just as you see the killing you cite as justified, so
- do people make the same argument for abortion. There are
- underlying principles here that make it more than a matter of
- "I'm right and you're wrong," so that while you can argue that
- abortion is murder, your argument must stand in the face of
- people who argue legitimately that it is not. Just as some
- might argue that the liberation of Kuwait and the attendant
- loss of life was a poor exercise of military judgement. We
- are on all sides weighing values, utility, and judgement.
-
- Dean Kaflowitz
-