Did you miss something? The Lehrer reference was to a song about plagarism.
I suspect the Yeats case was not about plagarism, but what do I know? ;-)
It looks to me that the Yates reference was a reply to your previous abortion post not your Lehrer post.
Thanks, On the Road!
GG: Perhaps you missed something: I was answering # 37. As in "mother's choice." There's a notation at the bottome of each post that shows this information.
The reference was that there is little reason to separate the 5 month old before birth from the 5 month old after birth, except artificial laws.
In fact, if you'll look at any ethics book, few humans would meet the usual criteria for "personhood" given by these elitists until at least 3 or 4 years old.
On the other hand, some of us would recognize all of our children as deserving protection from killing and even being placed in harm's way by consideration about whether or not they are persons.
Of course we are each responsible for our own actions. In this country, the laws concerning which beings are to be protected from killing and which are not, as well as the criteria for licensing and regulations on the practice of medicine are decided by the people.
That's us - not the elite in the form of ethicists, lawyers or judges - the people and our elected representatives.
So, each legal action in this country is done by my hand and my consent. And since I'm a family physician, there are those who would make certain that I actually do them on demand.