Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!tektronix!orca!shark!brianp From: brianp@shark.UUCP (Brian Peterson) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: re: old "society&abortion" article Message-ID: <991@shark.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Aug-84 02:55:32 EDT Article-I.D.: shark.991 Posted: Sat Aug 25 02:55:32 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Aug-84 01:51:28 EDT References: <974@shark.UUCP>, <4222@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 14 Laura's recent ~80 line article says that what most people mean when they refer to "society" is different from what the whole bunch of people really is. (that whole is the "society" I was trying to get at, not the kind of >conception of society< Laura was describing) ps: The "life is bad but I still want to live, thank you" argument is not appropriate, in my opinion. The desire to live is meaningless if one never was. Abortion is an attempt to prevent another person from happening. (Yes, it's a living homo-sapiens. We all know that) Person-hood is NOT a black and white matter. That is why the abortion problem is so difficult to solve. Life IS almost black and white. You are either alive or dead. (for the most part, I think :-) Brian Peterson {ucbvax, ihnp4, } !tektronix!shark!brianp