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To: TimF who wrote (18334)	7/17/2001 8:43:34 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) of 82486

I don't think I have been at all evasive, and I know I have been completely sincere in this debate. Then why did you just say: "Either you are begging the question or you are relying on the authority of another who begs the question." You know that society does not recogize the unborn as legal persons. Thus, the unborn do not have legal rights. Why are you trying to dance when the piano isn't playing? You know that I pointedly made that distinction with you, and that, therefore--I AM NOT begging any questions. As I said to you before: If you wish to assume the existence of fetal "rights" (because YOU say so) then fine. BUT--You are begging the question. Social policy, in the matter of RIGHTS--CANNOT reflect a premise that has no legal or consensual acceptance or support. The legal status of the unborn can be examined in case law--and in other FACTS that inform our common society. I am not begging the question by trying to communicate with you on this matter. If you do not respect a rational basis for communication, well--there is nothing compelling you to favour either logic, rationality...or lucidity.

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