[extropy-chat] Euphamism and misspellings.

[Russell Wallace]

On 6/5/05, Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> I ask you again, this is not a loaded or leading question, did
> you look at the Virtual Human Embryo site?

No. I have already seen pictures and descriptions of early-stage
embryos; they formed inputs to my judgement that said entities should
not be regarded as persons. But I don't make the mistake of confusing
my judgement on a moral issue with the scientific facts that formed
inputs to it.

> If so do you think
> that it is misleading to say that at some stages the early human
> entity is a cluster of cells AND that therefore it is misleading
> to use the word child as a catchall term to include everything
> from a fertilized egg to a human infant of a couple of years of
> age a child?

No. It represents a view that differs from mine, but that is not the
same as being misleading.

> I know from person experience that those with faith based world
> views in the parliaments and congress do not constrain themselves
> either to the standards of civilized discourse or indeed to the laws
> of the land if they can escape them in the pursuit of what they
> regard as the higher purpose as they see it.

Some do, some don't. Are you of the opinion that those without faith
based world views typically adhere to a higher standard of conduct? If
so, I am afraid <understatement of the month> your opinion fails to
correspond to the state of affairs that exists in the real world
</understatement of the month> - as this discussion has nicely
demonstrated.

- Russell