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- From: wdo@TEFS1.acd.com (Bill Overpeck)
- Subject: CALLING A MOTORCYCLE A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.192550.15112@acd4.acd.com>
- Sender: news@acd4.acd.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:25:50 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In <1992Jul23.172539.13189@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bc744@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
- (Mark Ira Kaufman) writes: >
-
- > Suzanne Forgach, along with several other forced-birth freaks,
- >insist on refering to a fetus as a person, as if their continuous
- >mislabling will change what isn't into their vision of existence.
- >Constantly calling a fetus a baby will not make it a baby. There
- >is only one way to make that fetus a baby. And that is to wait a
- >required period of time for that fetus to BECOME a baby. I can't
- >understand why they still believe that this word shifting somehow
- >will change the fetus into a person.
- > Furthermore, this obsession with the period of time between an
- >egg being fertilized and birth is just a bit sick.
- >
- > The disregard these creeps show for a REAL child(one that is BORN!)
- > is the most sickening aspect of their whole phony pro-life trip!
- > If they put some of their energy into taking care of those children
- > that have no homes, that are born with horrendous birth defects,
- > that live with abusive families, and any number of other terrible
- > fates, we might believe the pro-life posture.
-
- With the exception of working with physically handicapped kids (I
- have in the past) I'm involved in the rest of your prerequisites.
- Does that help you "believe"?
-
- [trees and cakes deleted]
-
- > Why don't you fanatics get real, and understand that there are
- > children in this world that are ALIVE! They have been born! And
- > they need our help. Can you imagine what these children probably
- > feel when they see you anti-abortion freaks obsessing the way you
- > all do, while disregarding their plights? They most likley think
- > that you are crazy, or at least indifferent to REAL children!
-
- In my experience, Mark, abortion scares and repulses children, as
- most don't seem too comfortable with the idea that it's ok to destroy
- the contents of Mom's "tummy" if Mom wants to.
-
- > If you are REALLY pro-life, then get off this anti-abortion nonsense
- > and do something for the children that are HERE NOW! They need a
- > hand NOW!
-
- Indeed they do. I hope you're helping, also.
-
- > Why don't you stop pretending you are pro-life? It is a sham!
-
- I'm curious, how old are you?
-
- Bill
-