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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Oeconomicus who wrote (20723)6/28/2005 2:29:47 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
"BTW, is that one-half of zero or negative one-half wits?"

We can settle this right here and now. Do these entities have inalienable rights or not? If so then we can flush that whole line of reasoning.

Wits, half-wits, or portions their of = NA



To: Oeconomicus who wrote (20723)6/28/2005 2:35:12 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
No, as with Archeopteryx, neither the chicken nor the egg were an a priori condition of the other. Like wise perhaps it isn't something of the flesh or the conditions of the environment that qualifies one as human.

Of course if we go down that path greg's basis for suggesting that being human is equal to material descriptors alone goes out the window ... unless someone else has a suggestion.

Best regards,
The turnip



To: Oeconomicus who wrote (20723)6/29/2005 6:21:21 AM
From: Solon  Respond to of 28931
 
"That would exclude anyone deemed a "witless half-wit", correct?"

Another phoney "quote"! But, sorry..a half-wit CAN have a functioning nervous system. You worry about yourself too much. LOL!!