On Sep 17, 2008, at 12:32 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 10:24 PM Tuesday 9/16/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote: >> >> just because i make the observation that there are too many people >> on the planet doesn't mean it is entirely my responsibility to >> correct the problem, ronn, any more than it is my responsibility to >> redistribute the wealth by giving away my possessions. all i can do >> is live a sustainable lifestyle as much as i can, try not to spread >> my seed, or tell anyone else what they MUST do with their body if i >> knock them up. > > Does "not telling anyone else what they MUST do with their body" > extend to those who want to have children? If not, please justify > why not.
Are you seriously suggesting that Jon should have to justify NOT ordering a woman to have an abortion against her will? Or are you thinking that something in what he said indicated that he might feel obliged to impregnate a woman who demanded that he do so? (I venture that it might be possible for a woman to _persuade_ him to perform such service, but doubt he'd allow himself to be _compelled_ to do so.) :-) I gather that he believes this: "all [he] can do is ... not tell anyone else what they MUST do with their body if [he] knock[s] them up." I assumed that meant that a woman who becomes pregnant by him may choose for herself whether to carry the baby to term or not -- it's not up to him to tell her what she MUST do with her own body. Free Willy Maru Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
