Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!arig From: arig@cvl.UUCP (Ari Gross) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Re: Definitions of murder Message-ID: <699@cvl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 18:07:45 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.699 Posted: Thu Aug 8 18:07:45 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 07:26:08 EDT References: <3213@decwrl.UUCP> <1031@noscvax.UUCP> <485@h-sc1.UUCP> <1052@noscvax.UUCP> Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 32 > > This is very interesting. Why is it justifiable to kill soldiers and > > civilians during a war? I would say to protect our (or someone's) way > > of life, which *we* feel is "right" (note emphasis and quotes -- this > > is a decision that "we" (whoever that may be -- nobody asks me these > > things :-) ) made). Why would somebody destroy a fetus (note: I'm not > > convinced that this is killing, but I'm addressing the quote above)? > > I would say to protect their way of life. Why is an individual's way > > of life any less important than a country's way of life (or culture)? > > > > marie desjardins park > Ludicrous,ludicrous,ludicrous........... If the Constitution of the United States made sexual promiscuity our country's main purpose, would people die to protect that liberty? Obviously, killing to protect a way of life depends on the (moral) validity of that lifestyle.Even then,however, the right to kill another being is questionable, even a "subhuman" fetus. If the earth was ever taken over by a horde of supersophisticated extra-terrestrials, would you like your life to be aborted for being a a sub-extra-terrestrial ??? Ari Gross