<div id="RTEContent"> <pre><tt>Chas,<br><br>You write,<br></tt><tt>"I can't conceive of any instance in which I would<br>wear "'people shoes.'"<br><br>I use to feel the same way, but horse shoes are just not<br>as comfortable. <br></tt><tt><br></tt><tt>"I wouldn't eat people joyfully"<br><br>How about to hide the evidence? Or if they took all <br>the antidote in an unjust process?<br></tt><tt><br><br></tt><tt>"I don't kill spiders. I believe in the ethical treatment<br>of animals"<br><br>Now what about the animals in your intestines and blood,<br>or that cause viruses harmful to people and their property?<br>Mildew in your shower or in the sink?<br>Is your respect for creatures based on size, complexity,<br>similarity to the humans, function, or other criteria?<br><br>If the development of a fetus is LESS than other humans<br>because of development, does that mean that a baby is less<br>than a toddler, a toddler less than a full grown human?<br><br>What exactly makes an ei!
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not worth protecting in a womb<br>as opposed to that of a nine month old outside a womb? I<br>understand the legal implications, but how are they different<br>ethically and morally?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>_DJA<br></tt><tt><br><br><br>I am a pragmatist. However, I am not a relativist. I wish I were a<br>relativist; answers would be easier if I were. But I'm not wired that<br>way, or the world doesn't seem to make sense that way, or both. I<br>wouldn't eat people joyfully, but then I'm not a tribesperson from<br>Papua, New Guinea. I can't conceive of any instance in which I would<br>wear "people shoes."<br><br>Those are red herrings. Granted, I provided them, so I don't blame<br>you for using them.<br><br>The gist: I consider human fetuses and embryos to be "lesser" human<br>animals. I mean "lesser" in the sense that I believe that the mother<br>requires no moral justification if she elects termination. Of course,<br>there are numerous provisos and overlapping issues,!
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which are<br>ambiguous, but those are separate topics requiring their own<br>discussions.<br><br>I don't kill spiders. I believe in the ethical treatment of animals<br>(I was a vegetarian for two years, but it wasn't compatible with my<br>family's lifestyle, and I wasn't zealous enough, so I quit). I don't<br>believe in the death penalty. Is that enough contradictions for you?</tt></pre> <br><br><b><i>Chasuk <chasuk@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On 1/26/06, g. crabtree <jampot @adelphia.net=""> wrote:<br><br>> Actually, I have read it several times. Every time I do it seems to say<br>> Chasuk is a pragmatist. Chasuk believes all things are relative. Chasuk<br>> don't eat people unless he's very hungry and a child is a chicken dinner.<br>> Chasuk draws the line at people shoes however. Gotta draw that line<br>> somewhere, don't ya know.<br><b!
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that the gist of it?<br><br>I am a pragmatist. However, I am not a relativist. I wish I were a<br>relativist; answers would be easier if I were. But I'm not wired that<br>way, or the world doesn't seem to make sense that way, or both. I<br>wouldn't eat people joyfully, but then I'm not a tribesperson from<br>Papua, New Guinea. I can't conceive of any instance in which I would<br>wear "people shoes."<br><br>Those are red herrings. Granted, I provided them, so I don't blame<br>you for using them.<br><br>The gist: I consider human fetuses and embryos to be "lesser" human<br>animals. I mean "lesser" in the sense that I believe that the mother<br>requires no moral justification if she elects termination. Of course,<br>there are numerous provisos and overlapping issues, many of which are<br>ambiguous, but those are separate topics requiring their own<br>discussions.<br><br>I don't kill spiders. I believe in the ethical treatment of animals<br>(I was a vegetarian for two!
years,
but it wasn't compatible with my<br>family's lifestyle, and I wasn't zealous enough, so I quit). I don't<br>believe in the death penalty. Is that enough contradictions for you?<br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<br></jampot></blockquote><br></div><p>
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