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Tuesday, Mar 23 1999 12:23PM ET
Reply # of 3471 (of Favorite Quotes)
<<Some times the "common good" merely means that the interests of those not yet born who cannot represent themselves are taken into consideration by the state. Ayn Rand (yo' momma!)>> [posted with misattribution by nihil]
Ah... I see... so a grouping of cells, (that can not sustain life on their
own), take precedence over the person carrying it.
Never mind that in specific circumstances, when the fetus finally is born,
the fetus will be born into either poverty, unwanted reception, or
drug-addiction, or ignorance, or whatever other combination that may be
unfavorable.... condemning both the mother and eventual child to a life
of misery... ever perpetrating the stupidity that first originated the
conception.
On top of that, the state for sure "knows best" in the realm of personal
choices.
No wonder there is a strong correlation between poverty, (particularly in
the third world), stupidity, and devotion to religious groups.
No thanks.... in any event that is off topic, and I really do not want to get
into that either.
And I am sure Abraham Lincoln did not say that.
No thanks, not for me.
Actually I wasn't thinking about abortion -- a decision so decisively that of the pregnant woman that it doesn't bear discussion -- but about preservation of the earth and the species. Conservation concerns the common good. Public health concerns the public good. Basic research concerns the common good. Rescuing refugees (like Ayn Rand?) concerns the public good. |
