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- From: mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran)
- Subject: Re: we are forcing women to destroy their babies!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.231738.22104@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 23:17:38 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.162410.10074@netcom.com> bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
- >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >>bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
- >>>forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach) writes:
- >>
- >>>> But ceasing to breath brings instant death, doesn't it. 100% of the time.
- >>
- >>> (1) Hold your breath for ten seconds. Did you die instantly?
- >>
- >>She said "ceasing to breath" as in "permanent cessation", not
- >>"temporary cessation". It may not bring instant death, but
- >>it's close enough for horse-shoes and hand grenades.
- >
- >She said "ceasing to breathe brings instant death." I figured she
- >means "ceasing to breathe brings instant death." You interpreted her
- >as saying "the moment you stop breathing PERMANENTLY, you're dead,"
- >then admitted that death doesn't come the MOMENT you stop breathing.
- >In other words, you've totally changed around what she said.
- >
- Even if Suzzie claims that DODies interpretation is *exactly* what she
- meant, it is still wrong. Anybody who thinks differently should go
- look up "mechanical ventilator" or "life support systems".
-
- >Do either of you even _think_ before you post, or is your knee wired
- >up in such a way that when it jerks, a flame is generated and posted?
- >
- Replace flame with "inane idiocy" and I think you'll be right on the
- spot.
-
- >--
- >_/_/_/ Brian Kendig Je ne suis fait comme aucun
- >/_/_/ bskendig@netcom.com de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire
- >_/_/ n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent.
- > / Nolite te bastardes Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins je suis autre.
- > / carborundorum. -- Rousseau
-
-
- --
- Mark Cochran merlin@eddie.ee.vt.edu
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