[lbo-talk] Caroline Fourest: In Praise of Consent

[Miles Jackson]

c b wrote:
> c b cb31450 at gmail.com
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> On 5/27/2011 11:13 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
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>>c b wrote:
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>>>CB: In fact, that in humans which "simply exists" is their biological
>>>or natural selves. Biological sexual intercourse and conception
>>>precede existence. Then the resultant new born babies are completely
>>>natural beings.
>>
>>This is wrong through and through. The womb is an environment, and
>>what happens in this environment shapes the development of the embryo
>>and fetus. Newborns are far from "completely natural"; they are a
>>product of the complex interaction of the intrauterine environment and
>>genetics.
>>
>>Miles
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> 
> ^^^^^^^
> CB: So, r fetuses humans ?

Absolutely not.

Miles