On 1 Sep 2008, at 01:32, David Hobby wrote: > > No, it's the honest terminology. Abortion kills children, > very young children who can't survive outside the womb, and > who wouldn't count as human at all except for their human DNA. > > Now this happens to be the same term adopted by some religious > zealots, but that doesn't make it incorrect. > > Here's an analogy: It's like using degrees Kelvin to measure > temperature, instead of Celsius. The melting point of water > is a pretty arbitrary place to put the zero of a temperature > scale, just as "birth" is an arbitrary place to start counting > a child's age. If we're going to talk about abortion, it's > only common sense to do it using a scale that starts at > conception (or the start of cell division).
So a terrorist breaks into a fertility clinic and steals a 1000 frozen zygotes. Then they make a demand - release our compatriots from jail or we'll kill a thousand American children! LOL Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Every Sunday Christians congregate to drink blood in honour of their zombie master. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l