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- From: cookc@aix.rpi.edu (rocker)
- Subject: Re: Spoken Like a True ProLifer
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 10:01:21 GMT
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- lebow@psl.nrl.navy.mil writes:
-
- >Well, maybe we are speaking of a different "value". The value I am referring
- >to is associated with the gene structure which differentiates one human from
- >another. That exists independently of the uteris. I don't argue that to allow
- >that valued individual to develop requires the nurturing of the mother's womb.
- >The only thing the pregnant woman can willfully do it to destroy a pre-existing
- >value.
-
- I simply don't understand. What makes this unique gene structure inherently
- valuable? I could write a computer program that acts based on random
- numbers. I could sit down and write out a 100,000 digit number to seed
- the random number generator (assuming I declared enough memory...). If
- I tear up the paper(s) on which I have written this number the chances of
- anyone again producing this exact number are vanishingly small, and any
- information the program might have provided is essentially lost. I
- just don't see why this number is any more valuable than the next one
- I may write down.
-
- To deal with the "human" aspect, I spent several fertile years of my
- life celibate. I produced many eggs, and turned down sex with many men.
- Through my inaction, I failed to produce many millions of unique genetic
- codes. Yet I don't mourn their loss.
-
- To be more crass, unique genetic codes are a dime a dozen. Humanity can
- produce 'em by the billions at any given time. What makes a single
- genetic code so important to you?
-
- >Referring to the woman's body as a "sewage system"
-
- This was not done. He pointed out that the woman's body is used by the
- fetus as a sewage system. I can verify this.
-
- >It seems to be at crossed
- >puposes with the objection to the notion that the womb is 'just a place'.
-
- The statement often objected to is "right to life based on location".
- I see an essential difference between that statement and pointing out
- that a pregnant woman must piss for two.
-
- >- Paul
-
- -rocker
-