From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Subject: Re: Simon Booth comes out pro-choice
Date: 14 Oct 92 06:55:12 GMT
Reply-To: margoli@watson.IBM.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Village Waterbed
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM

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.

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