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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: TigerPaw who wrote (207147)	12/6/2001 6:22:20 PM
From: David R	Read Replies (2) of 769669

I am sorry sir, but I must take strong exception to your definition of humanity (the separation between a fetus and a baby). Your definition is arbitrary. You have no basis in which to assert that a baby with the umbilical attached is any less a person than detached one. Nor can you offer anything other than your opinion as to why a fetus in the 8th month is any less human that you are. Self-aware is not the test of humanity. Five days ago, on 12-1, I was with my wife as she delivered our 3rd child. When only the head was out, he was clearly human, and fully so, and he was very aware of his circumstance. Your definition defined him as less than human, and limited his value to the feelings of my wife and me (we wanted him, or we did not). I reject this arbitrary and convenient definition of life. Separating humans based on arbitrary and convenient factors was the basis for the Nazi extermination. I suggest that you read some of the writings of Princeton Bioethicist Pete Singer. You will little to separate his teachings from your philosophy. Then you will find little to separate SInger from the Nazis.

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