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- From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
- Subject: Re: Nyikos flamefest
- Message-ID: <bob1.721414164@cos>
- Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:49:24 GMT
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- It seems that I must come back to t.a after all, since Dr. Nyikos
- seems hell bent on putting labels on me with scant justification.
- Perhaps it was during the period when he claimed his newsreader
- was malfunctioning, and so he missed my response, or rather a
- further clarification to my initial response.
-
- For a gentleman who is so fond of accusing others of reading
- comprehension, he seems to have some problem in that area
- himself.
-
- Claim #1: He seems to think I am the number 1 pro-abort here in
- t.a. I believe that I have only ever stated here that I believe
- in a woman's right to choice - the choice she makes may be to
- secure an abortion or it may be to continue the pregnancy. Since
- no one (least of all myself) has elected me God, I do not have
- the right to impose my views on women, no more than I may make
- their decisions for them. Is this your definition of pro-
- abortion Dr. Nyikos?
-
- Claim #2: Purple prose. No doubt in reference to my account of
- a *real* pregnancy of a *real* woman. Dr. Nyikos is constantly
- refering to how easy pregnancy is *in his experience*. To be
- honest, I am delighted that the women in his life have such an
- easy time of it, I only wish it were true of *all* women.
-
- However, since he either missed the clarification (or chose to
- ignore it), I will repeat the significant data. This pregnancy
- that I described took place in 1956, in these United States, in
- the state of Ohio. The delivery finally occured 36 hours after
- her water broke just in time to save her from having her
- pelvis broken to save the child. It was a catholic hospital,
- with a catholic doctor in attendance. So that gets us 26 years
- away from the 1930s and away from some third world country.
-
- My own Mother had a difficult time bringing me into this world,
- and paid with her health later in life. I am (now) delighted to
- be here, but this was not always the case. To this day, I think
- that a free choice should have been available for her.
-
- So, Dr. Nyikos, if you intend to keep on slandering me in your
- posts, the rest of the group now knows it for what it is - pure
- slander or a bad case of reading comprehension on *your* part.
-
- For those in t.a who did not agree with Dr. Nyikos' efforts and
- notified me, many thanks. However, I still intend to remain non-
- subscribed to this group. Whether I can add to/not add to the
- discussion is irrelevant. It simply takes time that I can spend
- better elsewhere. As to my views, I will express them where
- they do the most good - at the ballot box.
-
- To those who believe as I do, peace. To those who disagree, I
- will always oppose you but do not wish you ill.
-
- BTW, Peter you were close on one thing with your 1930 date. I
- was born that year, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
- ironic isn't it :-).
-
- Peace;
-
- Robert Earle Blackshaw, fortunate husband to the most delightful
- woman I have ever known.
-
-
-