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- From: mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran)
- Subject: Re: Blackmun calls the Roe v. Wade dividing line ""arbitrary""
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 15:42:10 GMT
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- In article <C0FBKp.BzK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () writes:
-
- >I will give you a moral absolute.
- >
- >Murder is wrong.
- >
- Definition of murder:
- 1. to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice.
- 2. to slaughter wantonly.
- 3. to put an end to.
- see also KILL
-
- According to definition 2, what is happening to you here, in this
- forum, is murder.
- According to definition 3, killing a burglar who enters my home (thus
- posing a threat to my family) is murder. Won't stop me from doing it,
- nor will it make my actions morally wrong. Unless you are seriously
- going to claim that killing a buglar in your own home is not
- justified?
- So much for your moral absolute. Care to try again?
-
- --
- Mark Cochran merlin@eddie.ee.vt.edu
- These are the views of my employer, your employer, your government, the
- Church of your choice, and the Ghost of Elvis. So there.
- Member, T.S.A.K.C.
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