From: sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Subject: Re: Simon Booth comes out pro-choice
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:52:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

In article <1992Oct14.065512.56266@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
>In  <1992Oct14.024557.26057@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>  sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes:
>> In article <1992Oct14.000247.158318@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com write
>> >In  <1992Oct13.193154.14058@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>  sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simo
>> >>In article <1992Oct13.031044.109193@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com wri
>> >>>In  <1992Oct12.200431.14455@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>  sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Si
>> >>>> In article <1992Oct12.034034.23325@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kcochran@nyx.cs.du.
>> >>>> >In article <1992Oct12.023459.7473@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sbooth@lonestar.utsa
>> >>>> >>In article <1992Oct10.232122.13523@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kcochran@nyx.cs.d
>> >>>> >>>In article <1992Oct8.073626.1003@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sbooth@lonestar.uts
>> >>>> >>>>
>> >>>> >>>>Let me rephrase that--I should have said "Perhaps there are extreme
>> >>>> >>>>circumstances where abortion might be an option, but I am still against
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >**************************************************************************
>> >>>> >* SIMON!!!! READ THIS!!!! SIMON!!!! READ THIS!!!! SIMON!!!! READ THIS!!!!
>> >>>> >**************************************************************************
>> >>>> >>>Ok, Simon, let's get to the "extreme" circumstances.  If my Aunt Ann get
>> >>>> >>>pregnant and tries to carry to term, she *WILL* have her spinal column s
>> >>>> >>>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 wh
>> >>>> >>>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 kn
>> >>>> >>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?
>> >
>> I thought I had.
>
>The two questions were:
>   Would you let her have an abortion?
>
>   Why should she have to ask you?
>
>You responded with a question.  You *answered* neither.
>
>Note that Keith's first question is a Yes / No question, so it should be
>easy for you to determine that you didn't answer by noting that your
>response contained neither word.
>
>Or perhaps I'm misinterpreting your response, and you were replying:
>   I thought I had said that I'm not going to answer either question.
>That's certainly the impression I'm getting from your non-responsiveness.
>
Wait a minute, I did reply, I did answer the question.  And my views haven't
changed.
Simon