--- In [email protected], "David Macko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The biological definition of parasite, the only objective one, always defines a parasite as being of a different species than the host. Therefore, unless you claim that the fetus is of a different species than its mother your argument for its being a parasite is invalid. That's entirely false. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REQUIREMENT that it be of a different species. All that has to be proven in order to show that an organism is a parasite is to show that it lives within another organism (a host body), that it obtain its nutrients from the host body, and that it contribute nothing to the health of the host. A fetus qualifies on all counts. > > It has 46 chromosomes. It is human. DM Human cromosomes don't make human life. My arm has human cromosomes. If I amputate my arm, have I taken a human life? Obviously not. Human life is more than human DNA. Nice try, but no cigar. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
