[net.philosophy] Ethiopian reply

iannucci@sjuvax.UUCP (iannucci) (12/13/84)

>>  Mr. Ed Hummel states that he believes that the starving Ethiopians could
>> be used as ready supplies of organs. If this were to be an enforced action,
>>then it would be the biggest atrocity since Stalin's executions of dissenters
>> during his regime. The use of sentient humans(as opposed to "brain-dead") is
>> abominable and should never occur.
>> 
>>                                   A. J. Rowley

>I just can't believe this!  This newsgroup is populated by people who think
>that the others are monsters.
>Do you people really believe that pro-choice people are monsters who would
>actually suggest such abominations?  Does anybody really believe that anybody
>would seriously suggest such abominations?  seems so.  I guess things
>haven't changed much since Jonathan Swift's days.  
>
>Sophie Quigley
>...!{clyde,ihnp4,decvax}!watmath!saquigley

         
              Well, Miss Quigley, we don't really want to believe that others
think this way, but with all the nuts in the world these days, you don't know
who to take seriously anymore.  I took Biep seriously initially (I was very
relieved, of course, when he retracted) and I take Mr. Hummel seriously also,
because, as yet, I have not seen him post a retraction to the net. I can only
assume that he was perfectly sincere in what he wrote.  Yes, I do believe that
there are people in the world who would support such abominable ideas. It's 
really too bad that such as those exist.
-- 
"Our primary weapon is surprise..surprise and fear...our TWO weapons...."

David J. Iannucci                                     St. Joseph's University
{allegra | astrovax | bpa | burdvax}!sjuvax!iannucci             Philadelphia
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