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- From: brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Legal control
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 15:02:11 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- In article <1k7dnvINNr48@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> regard@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com (Adrienne Regard) writes:
- >In article <lmdph0INNati@sahara.cs.utexas.edu> brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley) writes:
- >>Thanks to this %$@#%^ newsreader (trn), I can't post anything that has more
- >>quoted text than what I add.
- >
- >Try substituting something else for the >>s.
-
- 'Tis done. Using "]" on the first of the ">"s, as per Ron Bense's timely
- tip. Thanks.
-
- >>Understood. At first this seemed to be a moral/ethical type discussion; my
- >>posts seem to have steered it into the legal arena for the time being.
- >
- >I specifically asked how you would vote. You are certainly entitled to your
- >personal opinion as is any person on this net, and I wouldn't dream of attemp-
- >ting to change your mind, AS LONG AS we are just taking about your personal
- >opinion. However, I asked about your VOTE. Now, that's a private matter,
- >and you can say, "None of your business" with impunity. But what you said,
- >and what I gather from the text you wrote this time, too, was that the
- >POSSIBILITY that the fetus is a human being (and you haven't even solved
- >this thoroughly for your own self!) was enough for you to vote to REDUCE
- >the HUMAN RIGHTS of the woman involved. I'm arguing with that *vote*.
-
- Hmmm, hurm, okay, uh-huh, right....yes, all of that you said is accurate.
- This _was_ pretty much a discussion of my opinions (I'm sort of a passive
- guy, and don't ask a whole lot about others' beliefs); I think what I
- meant was that it was my opinions on moral/ethical aspects, rather than
- the more pragmatic legal aspects.
-
- >...I have noted (as long as we are talking about subjective analyses (-:)
- >that when people are asked hard questions, questions that reach down into
- >areas they haven't considered completely, or areas where contradictions hide,
- >they get a little upset, and respond accordingly. That's about the time
- >where we see them calling other people 'emotional'. I believe (Bill
- >Overpeck, you will correct me if I'm wrong, won't you?) that's called
- >"projection." Think about it.
-
- I agree with you on the "harsh" effect of these questions...and I don't
- think I've seen near as many of these hard questions pop up, as in the
- abortion arena, I must say. This group'll test the mettle of ANYBODY
- here, if they allow themselves to think about it...
-
- Also, the more I think, the more my emotion tends to keep silent. Which
- explains to some extent why I haven't "flamed" anyone. :)
-
- >I don't have any wish to offend, either. I certainly do wish to question
- >your beliefs to the point of causing you doubt, and reconsideration. I
- >also use caps and asterisks and underlines to highlight the words I would
- >stress were I speaking. Some people read that as shouting....
-
- Heh...I know _I_ did. I was going to point that out once, but I was afraid
- I'd make things worse.
-
- >...I consider them
- >to be unimaginative. (-: Now that we are all cordial, we can continue.
-
- Yes, we are cordial. And I shall add, your smilies are backwards, you
- non-conformist! (That's as far as _I'll_ flame...)
-
- Paul Brinkley
- brinkley@cs.utexas.edu
- Pro-Thought Advocate
-
-