Now that Julia is back, let me address her questions:
At 10:37 PM 5/21/01 -0500 Julia Thompson wrote:
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>On Sun, 20 May 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:
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>> At 11:29 PM 5/19/01 -0500 Dan Minette wrote:
>> >I meant to include some stuff on radiation exposure and limits. BTW, I
have
>> >a quote on acceptable limits for a fetus
>>
>> I could say something here to appropriately highlight the profound
>> irony of this discussion..... but I think that I've said enough
>> already.
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>I don't understand something here.
>
>The way I read it was, they've set standards for what's an acceptable
>amount of radiation for a fetus to get, and if you're worried about your
>fetus getting too much radiation, look at all the various sources you're
>getting radiation from and see what you can minimize.
My perception of irony can be summed up by the following question:
Which of the following activities is permitted by most governments?
1) Irradiating someone else's fetus, causing damage or a miscarraige.
2) Irradiating/Removing your own fetus. casuing a miscarraige to alleviate
personal hardship.
3) Irradiating/Removing some other organ of your body to alleviate personal
hardship.
Somehow, #2 is the only one most governments would permit, and it just
doesn't make any sense to me.
JDG
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