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- From: nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos)
- Subject: Re: control
- Message-ID: <nyikos.715462369@milo.math.scarolina.edu>
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- Organization: USC Department of Computer Science
- References: <1992Sep01.054733.16088@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 19:32:49 GMT
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- In <1992Sep01.054733.16088@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis) writes:
-
- >In <nyikos.715296199@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >> In <1992Aug29.144832.19929@rigel.econ.uga.edu> mills@uga.edu (Kathi Mills) write
-
- > Margolis
- >> Nyikos
- >> >Mills
- >> >>Nyikos
- >> >>> Rick Kelly
- >> >>>> Suxie
- >>
- >> >>>>Nobody is trying to take away anybody's control of their own bodies.
- >> >>>>We're simply making it plain that it is appropriate to apply that control
- >> >>>>at the correct time, BEFORE there is a child whose own body is also involved
- >>
- >> >>>So the only sexual intercourse that you've ever had was for the specific
- >> >>>purpose of concieving a child. And once you had reached your objective
- >> >>>you stopped.
- >>
- >> >>A truly tasteless joke. But it has possibilities: properly reworded,
- >> >>it makes a perfect illustrative example of the term "non sequitur".
- >>
- >> >Hardly, twit. What Rick is asking is: since you feel that the woman should
- >> >be ennslaved to her body for the sin of failinng to "control" herself
- >> >"at the correct time," do you advocate the same "control" for men, and,
- >> >more specifically, for YOURSELF?
- >>
- >> >In other words, have you ALWAYS engaged in sex for the SOLE purpose of
- >> >procreation, or are you a flaming, raving hypocrite?
- >>
- >> This makes a perfect illustrative example of the fallacy of "tertium
- >> non datur" -- "there is no third way."
- >>
- >> One of the third ways: use natural family planning, and in the highly
- >> unlikely event of pregnancy, embrace the child or give it up for adoption.
-
- >How is that a third way? You seem to be restating the original premise
- >which is being questioned - only have sex if you're willing to give birth.
-
- Sorry, I'm confused. Which of the following two classifications does the
- way I mentioned fall under?
- a. ALWAYS engaging in sex for the SOLE purpose of procreation
- b. Being a flaming, raving hypocrite.
-
- >(Except, of course, that by specifying NFP you can have sex less often and
- >are more likely to have an unwanted conception than if you used the Pill.)
-
- Wrong. If one uses all three NFP methods at the same time--temperature,
- mucus, cervix sign--the unwanted conception rate is much lower than that
- of the Pill. As to sex less often--well, you restrict sex to specified
- times, but you might have it more often to make up for it and enjoy it
- more. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and all that.
-
- >> Also, have you forgotten that en route to the nth of n children
- >> there is plenty of opportunity for sex for non-procreative ends?
-
- >What if n is 0? Or, more generally, what happens after you reach n
- >(where n does not approach infinity)?
-
- Here is where Suzanne and I differ. I would allow abortion up to the
- end of the fifth week, also the Pill and some IUDs, banning only those
- which are dangerous. A fortiori, the
- only methods of contraception I would prohibit are the dangerous ones
- like the Dalkon [spelling?] shield.
- So there are some more third ways. But for many reasons, paramount of
- which is its safety record and its way of letting women and their
- partners get in touch with their bodies, I recommend NFP.
-
- >Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
-