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- From: smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Running away with his tail between his legs.
- Message-ID: <33081@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 15:29:05 GMT
- References: <1992Nov22.120346.21577@panix.com>
- Organization: NYU Stern School of Business
- Lines: 34
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- In article <1992Nov22.120346.21577@panix.com> jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb)
- makes this stunning announcement:
-
- >I am unsubscribing from talk.abortion. Anyone who wants to continue a
- >discussion with me can do so by email.
- >
- >Also -- it seems to me that the key to the whole controversy is the
- >status of the unborn child, and scientific findings as to stages of
- >fetal development are relevant to that issue. I would be grateful for
- >citations to literature regarding such findings.
-
- The key to the whole controversy is whether state policy should compel
- women to engage in bodily servitude to the /z/e/f/. There is no other
- situation in which the bodily autonomy of non-criminal legal persons
- is circumscribed to save the life of some other, i.e. not itself,
- entity. This is true without reference to the stage of development of
- the second entity. Hence I fail to understand how developmental stage
- is relevant.
-
- >Jim Kalb (jk@panix.com)
- >"Alles Erworbne bedroht die Maschine, solange
- >sie sich erdreistet, im Geist, statt im Gehorchen, zu sein." (Rilke)
-
- Unfortunately for us, Jim will be back. His false promise of a speedy
- and permanent departure will only hold if he loses access to the net.
- When he does return, he will demonstrate that this post was another in
- the long tradition of posts stating: "You won't have this forced
- pregnancy fetus fanatic to kick around any more!" (Where is John
- Stevens these days?) I have to admit to enjoying these petulant
- good-byes from people who try to disguise the fact that they share an
- agenda with a bunch of scary, illogical bible-thumpers; I just wish
- they did not subsequently break their promise never to return.
-
- SJM
-