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<DIV>Nick,</DIV>
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<DIV>I had you pegged as a pretty grounded thinker until your last
message. I gotta' admit that your wistful tale of angst ridden apes and
composing whales was waaay over the top. Apes are people now? Prof,
I think you need to ease up on the caffeine after lunch. Look, it's not
nearly as complicated a proposition as you find it. You see, human beings
are human beings. According to our declaration of Independence, they have
an unalienable right to life. When a boy human and a girl human conceive a
third being, it is a human being. Now then, this third human therefore has
an unalienable right to life. Easy. And it probably won't even be on
the test. Monkeys are not human, they are monkeys. Whales are not
human, they are whales, etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you wish to refer to select humans of your choosing as persons and then
conclude that they should be summarily executed, fine. But don't expect to
find a seat at the table in civilized company.</DIV>
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<DIV>It is not your LOGIC that I find strict and cold, Nick. I'm every bit
as logical. What I find disconcerting is how your logic seams to be
unaccompanied by any empathy or conscience. A whale is a monkey is a
rat is a pig is a boy, right Teach?</DIV>
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<DIV>You ask how the description of Christian belief as "a personal relationship
with a personal God" could be regarded by me as a "twisted and presumptuous
characterization" of this great religion. What you failed to note and hope
the readership doesn't notice, is that I referred to your presentation of <EM>my
position on abortion</EM> as "twisted and presumptuous". Period. You
could bring your grade up if you would stop quoting out of context......</DIV>
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<DIV>As for my "view" of the soul, I would not be foolish enough to advise
folks about the exact nature of such concepts. I merely speculated that at
some point we may come to understand these concepts far better than we do at
present. And I think that science and religion may dovetail in some
astonishing ways. </DIV>
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<DIV>Chewing gum in class, __ Tony </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>