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- From: nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos)
- Subject: Re: Badges of Honor
- Message-ID: <nyikos.715734898@milo.math.scarolina.edu>
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- Organization: USC Department of Computer Science
- References: <1992Sep05.081218.12140@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: 5 Sep 92 23:14:58 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- In <1992Sep05.081218.12140@watson.ibm.com> Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com> writes:
-
- >In <nyikos.715652202@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >> In <vvyyfw@rpi.edu> cookc@aix.rpi.edu (rocker) writes:
- >>
- >> >nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >>
- >> >>In <1992Sep2.223616.17088@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU
- >>
- >> >>>In article <nyikos.715464590@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.e
- >> >>>(Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >>
- >> >>>} ...but a fetus is not part of her body...
- >>
- >> >>>Just when you think you have things figured out. Doggone it Peter,
- >> >>>where do you suppose those little buggers are?
- >>
- >> >>You know the answer as well as I do. That's not the issue.
- >>
- >> >[An inflammatory paragraph deleted.]
- >>
- >> >>> hang gliding mailing list: hang-gliding-request@virginia.edu
- >>
- >> >>Would you say you are a part of your hang gliding harness?
- >>
- >> >Is his hang gliding harness using his body?
- >>
- >> No. His body is using the hang gliding harness. Can't you follow
- >> a simple analogy?
-
- >Let's see... You're saying that if the hang glider was a person, it
- >would have the right to kill Galen if it wanted him out and that was
- >the only way to get him out? I don't think the analogy holds, since
- >it's possible to just unbuckle some straps and get Galen out alive
- >and well without causing any trauma to the hang glider. Did I miss
- >something?
-
- You're putting in a lot of implied restrictions to abortion. Some
- pro-choicers in this group, assuming they can follow the analogy this far,
- might want to rake you over the coals for that.
-
- >Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
-
- Peter Nyikos
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