From: pierce@navo.navy.mil (Jim M. Pierce)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: abortion
Date: 12 Apr 92 11:51:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr12.115122.9124
Reply-To: pierce@navo.navy.mil (Jim M. Pierce)
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In article <12247@tamsun.tamu.edu>, scm3775@tamsun.tamu.edu (Sean Malloy) writes:
|> "I suppose one of the big questions involved here is: When 
|> does life begin?  I don't know the answer to that.  You've 
|> first got to define what a human life is.  People are arguing 
|> about when it ends for the same reason: theres no clear-cut 
|> definition of what it is.  Here we cross over from science to 
|> philosophy, and everyone's got their own ideas.  Who's to say 
|> which is correct?  Certainly not I.  Everyone makes their own 
|> decision...
|>  
|> "Let counselors decide whether or not an abortion is 
|> justified?  Cute idea.  Tell me this, though.  Who chooses the 
|> counselors?  Who makes sure that permission cannot be bought 
|> and sold in the same way that work permits are sometimes done 
|> now?  I know that it is a utopian idea, and therefore 
|> impractical, if not impossible to implement.  What bothers me 
|> is that you would so easily let the state control your life.
|> Personally, I would take to the hills and fight to my dying 
|> breath any government that attempts to play god with it's 
|> citizens...  Much like the French Maquis during the German 
|> occupation of WWII."
|>  
|> Corpus turns to Kateri to address her comments on the effects 
|> of Craig's plan.  "If the above plan were implimented, what 
|> would you want to bet that the government would take steps to 
|> insure that the pregnancy went to term?  (If the petition were
|> denied, that is...) Most women would go to back-alleys or resort 
|> to coat hangers without even attempting to go through the 
|> 'system' first."
|>  
|> CD turns to the unknown third party [Craig?] to comment on his 
|> remarks about not feeling responsible for the deaths of those 
|> who break laws.  "I see.  She broke the law, so to Hell with 
|> her.  That certainly shows a lot of confidence in the justice 
|> of that particular law...
|>  
|> "And it exhibits a lot of the 'it could never happen to anyone 
|> I know' syndrome."  He shakes his head slowly.  "You'd be 
|> amazed..."
|>  
|> He sips his drink slowly, staring through the bottom of his 
|> glass.  "It's scary," he says looking around the group.  "Some 
|> people seem to be perfectly willing to let the government run 
|> their lives."  He smiles ironically.  "Actually, they seem to 
|> desire the government to make the rest of society conform to 
|> their rules; with themselves comfortably in the ruling party."
|>  
|> -cd
|> 

   I agree. Its a choice between the woman and her doctor, not some
 group of busybodies... Groups that want the ruling party to implement
 their way as the only possible way have existed throughout history
 in all places and times. "Never underestimate the power of human
 stupidity." RAH or Lazerus Long, if you prefer.

  Hawkeye's Corollary:

  "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity, it can kill you."

-- 
     pierce@navo.navy.mil  Jim Pierce aka Nick D.

    "I want a new duck...." Weird Al Yankovic
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