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- From: lenox@shelley.u.washington.edu (Amy Lenox)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: control
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 17:53:20 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- A request to Paul Brinkley to leave in attributions so that when someone
- quotes his articles someone like PHoney doesn't screw up on the reading
- of such.
-
- I still don't mark deletions.
-
- In article <lmdd6qINNird@ar-rimal.cs.utexas.edu> brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley) writes:
- >Another poster joins the thread...
- >
- >3 >s - Adrienne Regard.
- >2 >s - myself, earlier this week.
- >1 > - Amy Lenox.
- >
- >>>...To me, it's possibly a human life.
- >>>From the evidence so far, to me, it's _probably_ a human life. To be more
- >>>accurate, it's probably a human life entitled to protection under the law.
- >>
- >>Ummm, how do you argue the "entitled to protection under the law" in
- >>the US? I don't think you can. So far, it is just your opinion.
- >
- >Fair enough.
- >
- >>Not only that, once you establish some sort of rights or state interest,
- >>then one argues conflicting rights - something you fail to address.
- >
- >Now we're starting to move from emphasis on civil rights/liberties to a
- >more legal-wise discussion. Unfortunately, I'm not extremely familiar with
- >legal terms or processes, in that I am not a law major.
-
- Actually we haven't moved from the rights/liberties discussion since
- the establishment of rights/liberties of the z/e/f is still in
- question. It may not be a question for you, Paul. But since you
- are proposing changes to the legal system, you should understand
- the legal ramifications of what you argue and be able to support
- it with arguements grounded in "legalities".
-
- >I was up until now under the impression that any human life _was_ a state
- >interest, from what I know of it. If you could specify exactly what a
- >state interest entails, I would be happy to try to address it.
-
- Let us be very careful with terminology here, Paul. You use the phrase
- "human life". Is that supposed to be the same as a person, IYO? Or is
- equivalent to human cellular respiration? Or something else? If you
- equate "human life" to a person, note that the US does not currently
- recognize a z/e/f as a person* and you must argue against the status quo.
- Terminology can mess people up later so it is better to clarify things
- before moving on. The next questions might explore what you think a
- person is, what is deserving of rights, etc... I'd say it would be
- foolish to go forward without knowing what you are saying.
-
- * i.e. an entity deserving or possessing rights
-
- >>>>Now, before you jump into that one with both feet, ask yourself if ANYBODY
- >>>>EVER gets to use my body without my consent.
- >>>>
- >>>>The answer, Paul, is "no".
- >>
- >>>I hope this is not intended as a threat.
- >>
- >>Could you explain why you might think of this as a threat?
- >
- >The statement is similar to one used by some women as a firm indication of
- >their position on the issue. Over time, it often become a statement of
- >belligerence and defiance, and has the effect of raising emotions over the
- >boiling point.
-
- That is not like any definition of threat that I've seen. Are you
- assuming that statements like these may lead to physical harm? It
- would be reaching to assume any such thing, IMO. Being emotionally
- harmed by having one's poor arguments ripped to shreds notwithstanding.
- Emotions can be raised from time to time. I certainly did not read
- any emotional messages in what Adrienne wrote. Perhaps you could
- address the question I posed earlier and come up with some examples
- in the US legal system that contradict Adrienne's statement. I believe
- she was trying to point this out to you but you seem to wrap yourself
- up in accusations of emotionalism without addressing the point.
-
- >I hope my reply didn't aggravate the condition, and I don't want to accuse
- >Adrienne of anything. I won't bring this part of my post up again unless
- >asked.
-
- I only ask that you address her point.
-
- Amy Lenox
- standard disclaimer
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