From: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
Subject: Hypocrisy, Bloody Hypocrisy
Reply-To: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 03:00:37 GMT



Abortion.

Now there's something that really pisses me off. No, it's not that
I think it's right or wrong; it's just that I am so sick of hearing
people argue in their most ignorant form. And the sad thing is that       
both sides fit into this form. 

Let's break this whole issue down.

1) Stupid idea of morality and abortion----

One side claims that the other is forcing its "morality" on the other
and that abortion is not a question of morals. Wrong. One morality
says abortion is okay, while the other says that it is as base as
murdur. NEWS FLASH: This is a question of everyone's morality.
You wouldn't think that taking aspirin is a moral question. But to
some people, modern medicine is a no-no. What about driving a car???
The Amish don't because they see technology from a moral viewpoint.
So, anyone who uses morality as a stance is heading for an illogical
dead-end. Pro-life morality is irrelevant because it's "pro-life" 
morality. In addition, pro-choice claims no morality on the issue
of abortion. They say it isn't a morality thing. A lack of morality
is a type of morality, just like zero, an absence of value, is a
value. So please, let's drop the "holier-than-thou" and "it's not
a moral thing/keep your rosaries off my ovaries" part of this debate.
And just as one doesn't have to be a neo-Nazi feminist to be pro-choice,
not every pro-lifer is a religious fanatic. And neither of these two
types of people are odd. They're just not you and me. (BTW, are
there any neo-Nazi, religious fanatic feminists out there??? :) )
Please no more of these shitty stereotypes.

2) Stupid idea of men and abortion

Lately, I've been seeing alot of stuff like:

if men could get pregnent, then you could get an abortion at 7-Eleven.
etc.

It's like, abortion relates only to women, so men aren't really
relevant. What about the woman who's sterile from birth???? Does
she have a say?? She'll never have the chance even to get pregnant.
This isn't a moral issue or a women's issue. IT'S AN AMERICAN ISSUE!!!!

(cool....I didn't split that infinitive....wow)

3) Stupid idea of rights and abortion ---- CRUX OF THIS POSTING

1st thing first. Both sides of this issue are very impassionned.
Impassionned people are not very rational. Hence, neither of these
two sides are acting very rational. This is where I come in.
Abortion is a medical procedure. Abortion is not birth-control.
Contraceptive is something that prevents pregnancy. Abortion 
occurs after pregnancy. Many people use abortion as birth control.
I have known dozens of teenage girls who didn't use birth control
because they could easily get abortions. 4 or 5 abortions by the time
they were 17. 

PLEASE READ THE CONTINUATION.....I am about to be disconnected





-- 
MaThiEu a. LeWis   "Achtung ya'll........it's good to be down in America
Thieves Like Us     for a while....and get to Texas.....I'll have a drink
mal11@po.cwru.edu   on Texas."  - U2  Dallas, Texas  April 5th, 1992 
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