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- From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
- Subject: Re: An End to the Sanctity of Human Life Argument
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.212418.17960@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:24:18 GMT
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- dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- >The only people with political agendas are those
- >who are inconsistent in their terminology. You
- >should either stick to 'medically correct' terms,
- >or use the terms 'woman' and 'child'.
-
- The set of all things which can be called "pregnant women" is
- identical to the set of all things which can be called "gravida", so
- "pregnant woman" can be used interchangeably with "gravida" with no
- ambiguity.
-
- The set of all things which can be called "embryo", "zygote", or
- "fetus" is a subset of the larger set of all things which can be
- called "children", so when you say "children" in reference to
- abortions where you were really referring to a z/e/f, you're being
- ambiguous. I'd say you're also being intellectially dishonest,
- because most people who talk about "children being aborted" do so
- intending to prey on peoples' emotions towards kids.
-
- --
- _/_/_/ 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
-