Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site bunker.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!bunker!garys From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: A simple question Message-ID: <646@bunker.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 17:06:51 EST Article-I.D.: bunker.646 Posted: Thu Jan 3 17:06:51 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Jan-85 08:11:38 EST References: <3189@alice.UUCP> Organization: Bunker Ramo, Trumbull Ct Lines: 32 > Some people believe abortion is murder. Others do not. > Some of those that do so think that abortion should > be illegal, for the same reasons that murder is illegal, > even though they know many people disagree with them. > > Some people believe killing animals for food is murder. > Others do not. Some of those that do so think that > killing animals for food should be illegal, for the same > reasons that murder is illegal, even though they know > many people disagree with them. > > Can someone please explain to me why abortion should > have a different legal status than killing animals? Certainly. The fetus is not an animal. (If you really think that it is a simple question, that is the simple answer you deserve.) The problem with analogies such as the above is that they can work both ways. E.g., start out a paragraph with the above paradigm, "Some people believe killing convicted felons is murder..." So why should capital punishment have a different legal status than abortion? Answer: Because they are different actions. Which brings up another problem with analogies. Some people would say, yes, killing fetuses and killing animals and killing felons should all have the same legal status; they should all be illegal. Gary Samuelson ittvax!bunker!garys