Re: OT: sponge burning!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
On 02/25/07 13:14, Michael M. wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 08:56 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>> I find it funny that you think I am Democrat. Besides, how else would
>> characterize abortion? The death penalty is state-sanctioned killing of
>> capital offenders. Combat is the state-sanctioned killing of the agents
>> of a belligerent foreign power. Murder is the unlawful killing of an
>> innoccent (read: not belligerent to the state or criminal against it)
>> person. So, are babies considered capital offenders, enemy combatants
>> or innocent?
>
>
> a·bor·tion (ə-bôr'shən)
> n.
[snip]
> b. Any of various procedures that result in such termination and
> expulsion. Also called induced abortion.
[snip]
>
> Don't see anything about "murder" there.
Shooting a bullet at a person isn't necessarily murder either.
But it can be, depending on the motive.
Anyway, voluntary abortion is legal in most countries, including the
USA, so voluntary abortion does not meet the statutory definition of
"murder".
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQFF4eeFS9HxQb37XmcRAu+UAKDUAKqpazqWrqiP6iVFqZMyrus+KwCdHefT
wc78DvRSzA5ejJ8pMq4XopQ=
=pek/
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: