I have missed "even very late"... abortions in China. Isn't it barbarian? Anna
----- Original Message ----- From: Anna To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Libertarian] Re: Digest Number 2856 Morally, yes. At any rate, most women are forced to undergo even abortions in China. Anna ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry L Parker To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:10 AM Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Digest Number 2856 China.... barbaric? -TLP --- In [email protected], "Anna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Such societies are considered barbaric by more evolved cultures. Should libertarian regress or rather evolve morally? > Anna > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry L Parker > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:50 AM > Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Digest Number 2856 > > > Infanticide is NOT considered 'murder' in some societies > even today :( > > Google: infanticide > > -Terry Liberty Parker > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > > --- In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Slavery also existed in ancient Rome and colonial America. In > > colonial America it was illegal to murder a slave. What is your > > source regarding the murder of a two year old child being a > > misdemeanor at the founding of the American colonies? > > > > $ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > Just a datum point: I understand that under British common law, > > about the > > > time the North American colonies were founded, if a mother > killed > > her own > > > child before it was two years of age (postpartum), it was a > > misdemeanor, not > > > felony murder. One would suppose that was so either that was > > because there was > > > an implied insanity defense, postpartum depression, etc. or, > > more probably, > > > because an infant, unable to speak or behave like a person, was > > something > > > less than an legal person. The natural infant mortality rate > was > > so high that > > > often infants were not named or baptized until it was fairly > > certain they > > > would survive, another indication that they were not > > considered "real people." > > > Times have changed, but it is clear that people do not > inevitably > > grant > > > "personhood" to a fetus or even a newborn. In ancient Rome, an > > infant was not a > > > person until the parents had accepted it as such; they had a > > perfect right, > > > under Roman law, to abandon it by the roadside or wherever. It > > was not > > > self-evident that the infant had the rights of an adult. > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian SPONSORED LINKS E government Libertarian E government strategy Libertarian party E government procurement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/X6CDDD/lzNLAA/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/
