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From: brianp@shark.UUCP (Brian Peterson)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: A Question
Message-ID: <1137@shark.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 14:09:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  7 14:09:22 1984
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X  From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
X  >    >  I heard an argument by a pro-life person the other day and
X  >    >  thought that I would share it with all of you.
X  >    >  
X  >    >  Do you think that it is wrong to throw a hand-grenede into
X  >    >  a room that you think might have a person in it.
X  
X  >Not a good analogy, I'm afraid -- I wouldn't throw a hand grenade into a
X  >room which might contain a cow, although I have no qualms about having cows
X  >killed for food.
X  
X  Another reason it's not a good analogy,  I don't think I'd have any reason to
X  throw a hand-grenade into a room even if I knew there wasn't ANYTHING in it.

Now, what if you were standing in a room with only a single door,
holding a grenade, and the pin fell out?  You know for 100% sure that
there is a person in the same room as you.

Brian Peterson  {ucbvax, ihnp4, }  !tektronix!shark!brianp
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