[Vision2020] Re: Parasite?

[Carl Westberg]

Donovan asks:  "I am curious, are you saying that the value of life is 
determined by its size?"  Well, would you rather be Mickey Rooney or Chuck 
Norris?                                                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                      Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>To: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>, "ToeKneeTime at aol.com" <ToeKneeTime at aol.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Parasite?
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:50:51 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>"Clarification: my comment was actually designed to make a point, yours
>was mere churlishness.  A blastocyst is comprised of 30-150 cells, and
>occupies only the space of a single pinhead.  It isn't any more
>capable of being described as "innocent" or "human" than the zit I pop
>in the mirror."_CHAS
>
>I am curious, are you saying that the value of life is determined
>by its size?
>
>
>_DJA
>
>
>
>Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:  On 3/12/06, ToeKneeTime at aol.com  wrote:
>
> > My comments are no more inappropriate than was your hugely insensitive
> > comment about scraping off a bit of skin getting out of the bath.  You 
>asked
> > if we should have a funeral for the "innocent" bit of skin.  Are you
> > suggesting now that that was not in reference to our ongoing abortion
> > debate?
>
>Clarification: my comment was actually designed to make a point, yours
>was mere churlishness.  A blastocyst is comprised of 30-150 cells, and
>occupies only the space of a single pinhead.  It isn't any more
>capable of being described as "innocent" or "human" than the zit I pop
>in the mirror.
>
>if you disagree with me due to religious beliefs, that's fine.
>However, raising the faith flag removes the topic from non-theological
>debate. Don't pretend to have rational reasons for believing something
>that is really driven by faith.  For what's its worth, even when I was
>a Christian, I wouldn't have considered a blastocyst a human, or
>capable of innocence.
>
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