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- From: brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: control
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 10:14:18 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- >>>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.
-
- 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.
-
- >Amy Lenox
- >standard disclaimer
-
- (Hey, that's the same sig muriel uses...)
-
- Paul Brinkley
- brinkley@cs.utexas.edu
- Pro-Thought Advocate
-
-