Gentrification

[Max B. Sawicky]

Max B. Sawicky wrote:
>An abortion is an appendectomy,
>but execution of a vicious murderer is an act of barbarism.
Max, does the concept of birth mean anything to you? The beginning of
life and all that? Implying that there's a difference between a
11-week-old fetus and a 30-year-old human, even a "vicious murderer"?
Or is this just some pedantic distinction?
Doug
>>>>>>>>>

I'm not much concerned about 11 week old fetuses.  I've said a bunch
of times it's approximately weeks T-4 and forward to birth that are
most
troublesome, in thinking about abortion.  No the concept of birth does
not mean much more, in this context, than the concept of becoming
two years old.  It's a more spectacular milestone, but part of a
larger
process.

Compare a very late-term fetus to a vicious murderer, and the choice
favoring the former seems so obvious as to defy the need for argument.
Not pedantic at all.

mbs