Re: if abortion is murder, it's murder

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From: Ray Fischer
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 00:00

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Melanie  <wmn4lif@ns.net> wrote:
>Ray Fischer wrote:

>> And do you really believe that some nondescript online dictionary is
>> the final arbiter of truth?  Are you really that stupid?
>
>Ray, If you can't rely somewhat on definitions, then what point is there
>in discussing anything,

Whose definitions?  Why should I or anyone care about an edited
definition from some unknown online dictionary?

> if you can redefine words to mean whatever you
>want.

Like redefining "baby" to include embryos and fetuses?

>  Frankly, the dictionary (not just one but a number of them) hold
>the term human being to be equivalent to human.  A fetus is human, and
>it is also a being (a living creature.)  

What _is_ it with you anti-abortion types that you can't tell the
difference between human (noun) and human (adjective)?  A human fetus
is a human fetus, but it is not a human being.  Clear?

-- 
Ray Fischer
ray@netcom.com

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Subject: Re: if abortion is murder, it's murder
Date: 1996/11/08
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