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- From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Terrible. Close. Mind.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.035608.1409@netcom.com>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 03:56:08 GMT
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- frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
- >
- >In short, the only point I am trying to make for you is this: You haven't
- >any evidence for believing a z/e/f is not a person, not even according to
- >your own criteria. That, in my book, makes your belief a religious one.
- >Pointing that out is my only goal in this small part of the discussion, and
- >that, in this context, is where I'm coming from.
-
- Fog and rocks... I'm confused, I'm confused! I think we're arguing
- the same point, and I know we still have the same opinion about
- abortion, so there's no need for me to get even more confused... ;)
-
- I don't like the subject of your post, though -- sure, the set of
- things I call 'persons' may be completely arbitrary with regards to
- your definition of 'person', but not to _my_ definition of 'person'.
- I have my own idea of 'personhood', and I've come to this idea after a
- lot of thought and debate, but I'm not going to call anyone else's
- idea wrong if it's been well-thought out. What more is there I can do
- to make you feel I have an open mind?
-
- --
- _/_/_/ 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
-