From: rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Subject: Re: The March in D.C.
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:00:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr7.230053.15012
Organization: Rescorla for himself.

In article <1992Apr7.214014.10886@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:
>will answer your stupid point. You see, the Catholic church emphasizes
>celibacy for the priests/hierarchy because they already HAVE a family.
I doubt seriously that this is the reason.
I suspect it has more to do with the "marriage good, virginity better"
ethic that the Church has been breeding ever since Paul.

>On average it's about 4000 per diocesan sector. So, they have NO TIME for
>another family, namely their own. A priest is so exceptionally busy trying
>to undo some of the damage and crap that society has bred, that he would
>have NO TIME to responsibly care for a child of his own. Like I said earlier,
>each individual has his/her own calling in life, and YOU don't have the
>right to deny it.
It is my suspicion that if the RCC gave up the celibacy requirement,
they would find it a lot easier to find priests, which would make
the job somewhat less taxing.

>   And by the way darkstar@u.washington.edu (Alden Hackmann), your
>frigging follow-up was weak, offensive, and absolutely lacking in humor.
>PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON"T MAKE A WAR OF THIS. We should be working
>TOGETHER to help the victims. YOu see the women as a victim, we see
>the fetus as a victim. CAN WE NOT WORK TOGETHER so that everyone is happy?
How?

>I don't think you guys give a shit... All I see are the pro-lifers here
>begging to work TOGETHER, and you guys are so busy trying to hack away
>at our faith and pride, that you don't spend any time thinking about
>a solution.
We have. Don't have an abortion if you don't want one.

>  Your solution is "maybe if we get them to shut the hell up, then the
>problem will go away..." Think again my friend.
What problem?

>   Incedentally, I probably picked on this post more than I should have
>but I'm so sick and tired of the jokes, insults, bites, jabs, and of 
>course, the nazi comments.
And I'm sick of being called a murderer and a Nazi too, so what?

> Society could easily be split on the concept
>of abortion, and I am calling for peace. WE are calling for peace...
What precisely is your idea of peace?
I pretty much guarantee that pro-choicers will be happy to leave you
alone if you agree that we can have abortions if we want them.
Somehow I have the feeling that your idea of peace isn't going
to look much like that.

>It is up to the pro-choice now to decide. You will not pound us into
>submission. There are too many strong individuals in this movement 
>for us to be silenced. The ball's in your court now...
Well, it's not at all clear to me that pro-choice won't win. I think
that the fight is going to be bloody as all hell, though, but
I think that ultimately pro-life will lose.
And I'll tell you why:
Technology.

RU-486 is the beginning of an era where abortion can be
done by pill. When that becomes normative, the ability to
prevent abortion will be even poorer than our ability
to stop the flow of drugs into this country.
-Ekr




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