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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: The Status of the Fetus and Its Rights
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 21:57:49 EDT
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>>> Mr. Newton and Mr. Rosen:
>>> Enough already!  
>>> It's a question of values, not facts.  

>>Bravo Matt. 
>>Abortion IS a question of values,
>>not facts.  It is a sad choice between two evils.

>Bravo Matt, and bravo Bill.
>I was about to decide that a reasonable discussion was impossible in
>this newsgroup and unsubscribe.  Matt and Bill have given me reason to hope.  
>Abortion is controversial, but we (or most of us) are rational adults,
>in theory able to discuss even controversial topics with reason and
>civility.  I'm giving this newsgroup another chance.  (But if I see
>another posting with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and 2% at the bottom of my screen,
>that's it!  If you want to argue with a single person in the group about
>some point of his argument, or insult and deride, please do it by mail.)

Gee, guys, I apologize deeply for seeing fit to defend my position and my
name from certain malicious attacks.  I promise I'll never do it again.
And if someone in your future encounters smears what you have to say and
twists it beyond recognition, expect an equally friendly statement about
your self defense.  If you found some problems with my original position,
perhaps you might see fit to talk to me about those problems, where I might
be wrong, and why. That is how discussion takes place.  Not by vilifying
people for speaking their mind.
-- 
Life is complex.  It has real and imaginary parts.
					Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr