Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!flink From: flink@umcp-cs.UUCP (Paul Torek) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: A Stupid Argument put to rest Message-ID: <8141@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 01:52:41 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.8141 Posted: Wed Aug 22 01:52:41 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Aug-84 03:19:07 EDT Distribution: na Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 23 Ken Montgomery, quoting Laura Creighton: > Are males so radically different from females that understanding is > impossible? Are men and women so similar that men can get pregnant? Why would understanding justify coercion? The answer to your questions are counter-questions. To the first, Who cares? You haven't shown it is relevant. To the second, Would men's getting pregnant justify coercion in your view? No, so stop waving a red herring -- you yourself admit it is not relevant. I'm quite sure that the majority of--and let's call a spade a spade-- anti-abortionists are men. ken perlow ***** ***** Wrongo, pal! The majority of anti-abortionists are women. Source: Public Opinion Magazine (a non-partisan polling research report). I'll go find the date of the issue if you want. Another stupid argument runs into a fact, and sinks. Blup, blup blup! I love it when a plan comes together! --The aspiring iconoclast, Paul Torek, umcp-cs!flink