Claiming Darwin for the Left???

[Max Sawicky]

> On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Max asked a highly loaded question:
>
> > What is the difference between a baby less than
> > 30 days old, and one whose head is still inside
> > the mother?
>
> Ack! While I am obviously in favor of a woman's absolute right to choose,
> I am not in favor of eugenics. The following two statements are different,
> "I do *not* want this baby." and "I do not want *this* baby."  . . .

I wasn't thinking of eugenics (or disabilities) at
all.  I simply
acted on the mischievous urge to ask why a
condemnation of someone who discounted the value
of a life of less than 30 days duration did not
extend to an identical view towards a life with
an age of, say, minus 45 seconds.  In this
context, perhaps not the one at the center of
your post, whether the baby is this baby or
*this* baby, as Rob says, seems irrelevant,
especially to the baby or whatever else we
choose to call 'it'.

Cheers,
MBS