From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
Subject: Re: Simon Booth comes out pro-choice
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:02:47 GMT
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In  <1992Oct13.193154.14058@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>  sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes:
>In article <1992Oct13.031044.109193@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
>>In  <1992Oct12.200431.14455@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>  sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes:
>>> In article <1992Oct12.034034.23325@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (
>>> >In article <1992Oct12.023459.7473@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu
>>> >>In article <1992Oct10.232122.13523@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu
>>> >>>In article <1992Oct8.073626.1003@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>Let me rephrase that--I should have said "Perhaps there are extreme
>>> >>>>circumstances where abortion might be an option, but I am still against it..
>>> >
>>> >******************************************************************************
>>> >* SIMON!!!! READ THIS!!!! SIMON!!!! READ THIS!!!! SIMON!!!! READ THIS!!!!    *
>>> >******************************************************************************
>>> >>>Ok, Simon, let's get to the "extreme" circumstances.  If my Aunt Ann gets
>>> >>>pregnant and tries to carry to term, she *WILL* have her spinal column snap,
>>> >>>and wind up being paralyzed and in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>She's on the pill.  Ed (her husband) uses a condom every time they have
>>> >>>sex.  They don't want to go in for steralization on the hopes that they
>>> >>>will come up with some sort of precedure that will fix Ann's back, in which
>>> >>>case they'd love to have another child.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>She gets pregnant.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>Would you let her have an abortion?
>>> >>>
>>> >>>Why should she have to ask you?
>>> >>>
>>> >*****************************************************************************
>>> >* DID YOU READ THAT, SIMON? DID YOU READ THAT, SIMON? DID YOU READ THAT???? *
>>> >*****************************************************************************
>>> >
>>> >Simon's response so far:
>>> >>
>>> >>About my River Styx comment: Anyone familiar with Greek mythology will know
>>> >>where that River is supposed to be, and will understand that remark.
>>> >
>>> >I'd say he's six years old.  Or maybe a really bright five year old.
>>>
>>> Well, actually you're way off--I'm 22.  A five or six year old would only
>>> spout the liberal junk taught in schools today.
>>
>>Does this mean that you're not going to answer Keith's questions?
>>(The ones bracketed by SIMON!!!! READ THIS!!!! and SIMON? DID YOU READ THAT????)
>>
>So what you're saying is that since this single case might exist, abortion
>across the board is OK??

So what you're saying is that you're not going to answer either question?

Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion,alt.politics.bush