"No-choice", "pro-choice", etc.
Dave Gaban drrod@slip.net
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:56:49 -0800 (00890459809, 35130241.1D14@slip.net)
Claire E. O'Connor wrote:
>
> > DAVE G.
> > Claire, Per your own definition of "choice" as a euphemism for
> > "abortion", You are...Anti-choice. In your mind, when used in this
> > context, the word choice IS synonomus with abortion. Ergo, your are
> > anti-choice = anti-abortion.
> > If YOU had an unwanted pregnancy, I would never suggest you get an
> > abortion. What you do with your body and the unborn fetus is YOUR
> > business. It would be your CHOICE.
> > I'm sorry Claire, I just don't see your connection with choice=abortion.
> > It only seems that way because you insist on it being so. I could make a
> > better argument for Catholic= countless murders, greed, rape and
> > pillage, but I won't.
>
> CLAIRE
>
> What do you think the "choice issue" or the "right to choose" refers to? I am not the one who invented the use of the word "choice" as a euphemism for abortion. It is not that way "because Claire says so", but because those who wanted to make legalized abortion more acceptable said so.
>
> Dave, there are many anti-Catholics who have made the argument that Catholic = [put your favorite insult here]. You certainly aren't the first.
>
> ~Claire
DAVE G.
Claire, do you believe the Anti-abortion folks are using "Pro-Life" as a
euphemism for "anti-abortion"? They clearly think Pro-life SOUNDS better
than Anti-abortion. Pro-life = Anti abortion but pro-choice means you
have a choice to get an abortion or not to get an abortion. It is your
CHOICE.