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- From: steven@advtech.uswest.com ( Steve Novak)
- Subject: Re: Pro-choicers must condone infanticide
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:24:53 GMT
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- > = (Doug "Liar" Holtsinger) writes:
- >> = Eric Postpischil writes:
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- >> since defending one's bodily rights requires directly "violating" the
- >> rights of another, it is wrong to do so.
-
- >So if a pregnant woman drinks alcohol and takes drugs,
- >thus 'attacking' her child and violating the child's
- >right to bodily autonomy,...
-
- Oops! The *fetus* has no right to bodily autonomy, Dougie!
-
- >...does it follow that the child should have the right to 'abort' the woman?
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- Of course not. I'm surprised you'd even suggest it.
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- The *fetus* has no rights! Were you thinking of Ireland, Dishonest Doug?
-
- >> For example, if a burglar
- >> enters a person's home, does the homeowner not have a right to fight off
- >> the burglar simply because that would directly "violate" the burglar's
- >> bodily rights?
-
- >Yes, the homeowner has the right to fight off the burglar,
- >because the burglar committed an immoral and illegal act.
- >The mere existence of an innocent child in the woman's womb
- >is neither immoral nor illegal.
-
- Nor is it illegal to suck that little bugger right out of there! Either
- that, or puree that little parasite. Or maybe bathe it in acid. My personal
- favorite is crushing its little head with a pair of tongs. (The preceding
- was in anticipation of the Witless Wonder's fake emotionalism.)
-
- Are you under some delusion that your waning fanatical movement of religious
- idiots was GAINING GROUND?
-
- Au contraire, schmuck.
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