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- From: nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos)
- Subject: Proposed definitions for FAQ (Was: Reconciling OT/NT)
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- References: <1992Dec11.061923.21368@netcom.com> <1992Dec18.003658.13726@noao.edu> <1992Dec18.213300.4979@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Dec20.223810.17255@netcom.com> <1992Dec21.012812.8797@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Dec21.041610.42537@watson.ibm.com> <1992Dec21.212858.28762@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Dec22.063007.50924@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:28:06 GMT
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- In <1992Dec22.063007.50924@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis) writes:
-
- >In <1992Dec21.212858.28762@mksol.dseg.ti.com> noonan@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Michael P Noonan) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec21.041610.42537@watson.ibm.com>, margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis) writes:
- >>|> In <1992Dec21.012812.8797@mksol.dseg.ti.com> noonan@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Michael P Noonan) writes:
- >>|> >In article <1992Dec20.223810.17255@netcom.com>, gordons@netcom.com (Gordon Storga) writes:
- >>|> >|> <1992Dec18.213300.4979@mksol.dseg.ti.com> noonan@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Michael P Noonan) writes:
- >>|> >|> >
- >>|> >|> >First of all, I'd like to point out that most pro-abortionists or
- >>|> >|> >pro-choicers are Christian. Secondly, there do exist atheists who
- >>|> >|> >are pro-life/anti-abortion. So, just what exactly are you implying here?
- >>|> >|>
- >>|> >|> Sorry Mike, but the three admitted pro-abortioners on this net are hardly
- >>|> >|> Christian. I'd like to know where you get your stats.
-
- Just out of curiosity: who are they? I know Gordon Storga is one, who are
- the other two?
-
- If I have to go through a rigamarole like when I asked who the "other two"
- abortionists who specialize in late-term abortions are, please ignore
- the above question. I gave George Tiller's name as the one I knew. [BTW
- Part 2 of my trilogy on "Killer Tiller" is still on my boards. I hope
- I can squeeze out time to post Part 3 by Saturday. Today looks out of
- the question, and tomorrow is Christmas Eve and even I take voluntary
- breaks from posting for such special occasions as Christmas.]
-
- There followed a message by Susan Garvin with words to the following
- effect: "You and your band of terrorists will just have to do your
- own research." I responded with "I resent that crack about terrorists.
- I am no more a terrorist than Mahatma Ghandi or Martin Luther King."
- But somebody did eventually post Warren Hern's name, with all kinds of
- talk about him being the target of terrorism (or, to pull a Chris Lyman,
- being _allegedly_ the target of terrorism).
-
- I am still in the dark as to who the third late-term abortionist is.
-
- >Had you read a little further before responding, you would have seen that
- >I doubt you know any "pro-abortionists", much less Christian ones; I have no
- >doubt that you know many Christian pro-choicers.
-
- Susan Garvin is at least a candidate for the title "pro-abortionist,"
- along with everyone else who sneers at every report of wrongdoing
- by LEGAL abortionists while choosing to blind themselves to evidence
- that certain illegal abortions never took place.
-
- Proposed definitions for the FAQ:
-
- Pro-abort: One who is pro-abortion.
-
- Pro-abortion: Actively promoting abortion while disparaging pregnancy and
- childbirth.
-
- [This makes Linda Birmingham, Bob Blackshaw, and Adrienne Regard good
- candidates for the title. At one point I said I would call Adrienne
- pro-abortion until corrected, but after reading her words that a third
- child would make her a happy woman, I decided to put this decision on hold
- until I receive additional evidence.]
-
- Pro-abortionist: one who actively opposes anything that makes life more
- difficult for abortionists, even if women were to benefit from the
- restrictions.
-
- [This includes opposing informed consent requirements, requirements that
- abortionists carry a realistic amount of malpractice insurance,
- requirements that abortions be done in EITHER a hospital OR licensed
- clinic, requirements that SO's be ALLOWED to witness the abortion,
- requirements that women be tested for pregnancy before D&C etc. are
- performed, etc. It also includes those spreading disinformation about
- these requirements already being in place, while knowing it to be false.]
-
- Pro-choice: (1) one who does not support legal restrictions on the WOMAN
- as to choice to abort; and (2) one who does not support such legal
- restrictions prior to viability.
-
- A perennial bone of contention on talk.abortion is which of these
- definitions to adopt. By (1), Elizabeth Bartley is not pro-choice,
- but by (2) she is (coincidentally, because it is not viability that she
- uses for her criterion but a certain level of brain function).
-
- >>|> No, he was talking about the three people on the net who claim to be
- >>|> pro-abortion; he was saying *nothing* about the millions of us who are
- >>|> pro-choice.
- >>
- >>Then the fault is with my lumping of the pro-abortionists in with the pro-
- >>choicers. I will try to understand the difference; please bear with me.
-
- As you can see, I make distinctions as above. It is possible to be any
- subset of the set {pro-choice, pro-abort, pro-abortionist}, including
- (as in my case) the empty set.
-
- >>|> Not only are you wrong, but by referring to them as pro-abortion, you're
- >>|> insulting many pro-choicers who are against abortion, but nevertheless
- >>|> feel that forcing their moral beliefs on others through laws would be
- >>|> a greater evil.
-
- An even stranger example is Steve Adams, who says "abortion is a
- responsible choice" to score debating points against a newbie, then
- turns around and claims he never believed the statement in quotes
- to be correct, at least from a religious point of view (funny, I don't
- recalling him mentioning religion when he made that statement to Elizabeth
- G.). He is even predicting that he will very likely be a fundamentalist
- very soon.
-
- You figure it out.
-
- >>|> To pick an extreme example, think of people defending the rights of Nazis
- >>|> to speak. They might be pro-free-speech for Nazis, but that's a far cry
- >>|> from being pro-Nazi.
-
- What about the rights of Nazis to exterminate people they consider sub-human?
-
- >The above seems to be your problem. An abortionist is a person who performs
- >abortions. In this country, only doctors are legally allowed to perform
- >abortions (I believe).
-
- I believe it varies from state to state. In South Carolina, this is true.
- How about elsewhere?
-
- MAJOR question:
-
- capitals, spelling and linebreaks inspired by drieux:
-
- How is it that NO
- ControlFreak, ProForcer, AntiChoicer or RightToLifer
- has ever called on for NonPhysicianWomen to be
- prosecuted for ILLEGALLY performing
- SelfInducedAbortion?
-
- Could it be that they CARE about women? Nah...:-)
-
- Peter Nyikos
-
-