[clue-talk] How do CLUEbies vote?

[Michael Fierro]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 01:26:12PM -0600, David L. Willson wrote:

> Why is the unborn not a person?  What's the thing that makes you a
> person, and him not?  I addressed the case where Mom's life is in danger
> in my last post.

Until a child is born, it only has the potential to be a child. There are
still many things that can prevent that from happening.
 
> > > homeless and hungry, perhaps we could start a Soylent Green initiative.
> > > Hey, that reminds me of embryonic stem-cell testing.  Someone wiser than
 
> > As I stated above, discussions about abortion apparently cannot remain
> > rational.
 
> Do tell.  At what point did I become irrational?  Emotional, yes, and
> justifiably so, but not irrational.

If you can't see the irrationality of comparing soylent green to embryonic
stem cell research, then we don't have anything left to discuss.
 
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