From: Damien Broderick (thespike@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Jan 04 2003 - 22:34:12 MST
Lee Corbin sez:
> I don't see the harm in bringing things to
> life, and do see harm in letting them lie dead.
That which never existed is not *dead*, even in Pluto's Republic.
> Well, even here is a case where the tradeoffs aren't clear
> to me. The Irish are better off being bred and slaughtered
> than they would be if the British didn't bother raising them.
> I ask only that they be treated well before they're killed,
> and the killing be done as painlessly as possible. It will
> be a sad day for the Irish race when people no longer
> want to eat them.
Sorry, Lee didn't say that, Dean Swift did.
Damien Broderick
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