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- From: brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: control
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 20:24:46 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- References: <1993Jan17.013317.10808@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <llne4oINN99f@kara-kum.cs.utexas.edu> <1jh7udINNh25@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com>
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- In article <1jh7udINNh25@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> regard@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com (Adrienne Regard) writes:
- >In article <llne4oINN99f@kara-kum.cs.utexas.edu> brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley) writes:
- >>>If your nose is inside the womans body, she should be free to punch it
- >>>as much as she wants.
- >>Okay, I'll play along with that. But what if I had no choice whether my
- >>nose was there or not?
- >
- >Okay, let's all play along with that.
- >
- >What *if* you had no choice, but your nose was in fact inside the woman's
- >body.
- >
- >Do you *seriously* propose she should just have to put up with your nose?
-
- Good point. Normally I wouldn't. And the analogy breaks down around here,
- since in this case it's not just a nose, but an entire life (I note that
- "life" is arguable) inside. And assuming it is a human life, which by
- sheer misfortune found itself inside a womb, it would be most unfair for
- him or her to have to die in deference to another human life's right to
- privacy.
-
- I will agree with you that it is lamentable that the mother would have to
- give up her right to free choice in this matter. Were it up to me, I
- would look for another alternative.
-
- Paul Brinkley
- brinkley@cs.utexas.edu
- Pro-Thought Advocate
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-