"Should the Unborn be Considered Human?" A College Student's Final Project

UAB ^ | 04/23/2008 | Ultra Sonic 007

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Greetings.

To those of you who know me, you'll know I've written extensively on the subject of abortion.

Should the Unborn be Considered Human? and Abortion Proposal: A Need for Education were my final papers for English 101 and English 102. They both served as the base for my final project in Computer Science 101, where the final grade depended heavily on one's ability to design a website.

The instructors said to base your website's final project on a term paper, or any subject of term paper length. My previous two papers on abortion immediately leapt to mind.

However, my final project ended up going far beyond my two papers. It became enormous. As such, it is, thus far, my ultimate work with regards to my Pro-Life views. Within this work are five arguments, based on biology, philosophy, morality, legality, and reality. Points and counterpoints are offered (many coming from Pro-Choice activist T.F. Barans, who is a REAL piece of work).

You can click on the link above to go straight to the project index page, or you can go straight to my final project here. Or for the more light-hearted among you, you can begin from my website index and goof around first before moving on. I really do suggest viewing the webpage; I could post all the material here, but then a lot of the functionality would be lost.

I hope you all approve of the final project. I spent a lot of work on it. Spread it to other Pro-Lifers for use if you want to.

Enjoy.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I'm dead serious about that T.F. Barans lady. I mean, GEEZ. She also seems to be a feverish vegan:

I am a vegetarian. The killing of sentient, biologically autonomous birds or mammals who have done nothing to me, solely to satisfy a completely unnecessary (and unhealthy) lust for artery-clogging animal fat, is something that I personally consider to be immoral and unethical. However, I do not equate the value of animals to that of sentient, autonomous humans, so I do not favor imposing my beliefs on others by force of law. I am "pro-choice" on the subject of eating meat.

And from further down...

The more extreme elements of the pro-life movement don't care about women who are human persons, they only care about fetal tissue. Should I, as a vegetarian, parade in front of YOUR favorite restaurant where YOU are eating MEAT, with pictures of what goes on in the slaughterhouse where your meal came from? If you find such a thought revolting, is it because you know in your heart the vileness of your wanton, unnecessary killing of animals just to feed your lustful addiction to fat? Would there be a difference? [For the record, as I have stated many times, I do not equate animals with persons and am respectfully pro-CHOICE on the subject of vegetarianism - I do not go around carrying signs or yelling "Meat is Murder," but I could make a lot stronger case for their position than the pro-life one, since birds and mammals clearly ARE sentient, conscious and autonomous - not requiring that you use your body to keep them alive.]

Don't you love how she contradicts herself on the whole 'human > animal' point with regards to the unborn? Oh, and as for our 'unnecessary lust for artery-clogging animal fat'...I was unaware that humans were herbivores. I thought we were omnivores. Which means we for delicious meat for the PROTEIN! Besides, I'll take sirloin over tofu any day.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Big giant mega-ping to all interested parties!

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Which means we hunger for delicious meat for the PROTEIN!

Gah.

[kromike]

The answer is a no-brainer. A more challenging question would be:

Should any of the following be considered "human":
1) Democrats
2) Liberals
3) Celebrities
4) Washed-up has-been singers
5) Muslims

[AnAmericanMother]

Sheesh, why does she think we have canine teeth? Our dental structure makes plain that we are not carnivores like dogs, or herbivores like cows. We have teeth adapted for both meat and vegetables.

[attiladhun2]

What else is an unborn human fetus, a giraffe? Many plant fats are just as "artery-clogging" as animal fat. Some animal fats, like omega-3 fish oil, actually promote good health.

Unfortunately, too many nitwits like this will end up working for the government as school teachers, judges, social workers, bureaucrats, etc., so that their ideological poison will spread and eventually have the force of law.

[toddlintown]

I was lost after the first sentence.

[jwalsh07]

Nah consider them tomatoes, it is much easier to slice and dice with a clear conscience.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Yeah, I would consider I am a vegetarian. to be okay for logical thought...though her words indicate 'vegan' more than anything.

[Hildy]

I didn’t read the part that your referring to...but you do know that your canine teeth are the pointy ones next to your front teeth. Is that what she was referring to?

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Pinging everyone who read my previous articles on abortion.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

AnAmericanMother was referring to Ms. Barans’ quotes in my first post after the topic. The ones in italics.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Thought the site owner might want to look at a college student’s pro-life final project. ;)

[varyouga]

From my experience, every vegan I met didn’t eat right and lacked lots of nutrients. They always looked sick, pale and not alright ‘upstairs’.

It’s very difficult, if not impossible, to compensate for eating no animal products.

As a result of their improper diet, most of them are somewhat crazy and should be ignored.

[redpoll]

I’ll go to bat for this young woman, with my emphasis on the word “young.’ She is filled with vigor and passion, and she’s just starting to try and make moral and ethical sense of the world’s complexity. She’s going to face the problems that all of us face during our transition from youth to middle age, and hopefully she won’t become rigid or bitter, but she’ll choose to experience life with joy and hopefulness. What she is missing is wisdom, which comes from experience and introspection, but let’s give her another 30 years.

Hey, take a look at some of things I wrote in 1975 as a student. Fortunately it was an experience shared only by myself, the girlfriend du jour, my professor, and an electric typewriter. For this young woman’s generation, I suspect that it will be profoundly humbling to be able to trace point by point your intellectual and spiritual growth throughout your life as it is preserved on the Internet and on someone’s hard drive - let alone hearing feedback from around the world as that growth progresses.

I’m cutting her slack. I’m sure I’d have a blast talking with her over Thanksgiving dinner. LOL

[Rudder]

College student flunks: “Human” is an adjective.

[SO RIGHT]

WOW,NOT TOO MUCH MORE CAN BE SAID ON THE SUBJECT, PUT ME IN THE PRO-LIFE COLUMN

[Ultra Sonic 007]

The lady who I quote in the beginning didn’t write do this project. o.o;

I did; I only used some of her points to argue against. The ‘Meat = Murder’ comments weren’t one of them. I just thought they were loony enough to point out to ya’ll.

Man, I hope no one’s getting the wrong impression about this. >>

[SO RIGHT]

PLEASE KEEP YOUR VEGAN DRIVEL, OUT OF A REAL DISCUSSION

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I'm not the vegan here. I am quoting the vegan, aka Ms. Barans.