Human Fetus A "Parasite" - The State News, MI State U

Renewamerica.us ^ | 8/2/06 | warner todd huston

[elc]

Life begins when the baby is passed through the birth canal and exits the womb. At this point, the baby is no longer physically connected to the mother and no longer freeloading its nutrients and oxygen from mommy."

My 3 1/2 month old is still freeloading her nutrients from me, via my milk. Guess it would be alright to make a "lifestyle choice" if I wanted?

[AmishDude]

If anything qualifies as a parasite, it's a journalism student.

[DarkSavant]

Think this guy is bad, you should have read John Bice and Matt Treadwell's editorials in that paper.

[WriteOn]

What a stupid wad of cells.

[fortunecookie]

Mr. Krouse writes: Life begins when the baby is passed through the birth canal and exits the womb.

Well, think of all the money we can save by simply not operating on unborn babies in utero. Why bother? Prenatal healthcare? Slash those budgets, too, then fewer parasites will be indulged./sarcasm

At this point, the baby is no longer physically connected to the mother and no longer freeloading its nutrients and oxygen from mommy.

Gee, and I thought the placenta nourished the infant, it's purpose being to nourish baby without depleting mother. It does presume mother is getting proper nourishment herself, but heaven forbid, we focus on properly nourishing the mother rather than focus on the little 'parasite'. I don't think this about many people but I really hope he decides against fatherhood.

If anything, a fetus is merely a parasitical creature that uses the mother as its host.

Gee, aren't we lucky HIS mother chose to nurture her little parasite.

I'll say it again, Mr. Krouse is operating on faulty logic, on many points. In particular, what parasite or tapeworm can continue to thrive and grow once it leaves it's host? Should we just deny food and water to newborns, those little moochers? After all, they can't write brilliant pieces like this author and support themselves?

[PanzerKardinal]

Here's a photo of Mr. Shane Krouse

Here my body of my email to Mr. Krouse

Shane:

I've got to congratulate you. During college, I tried all sort of things to try to get girls. But writting an article in the school newspaper proclaiming you solidarity with oppressed women, now that classic. Seriously, that really is classic.

But feminist chicks aren't the easiest and you got to be able to stand all those hairy legs and pits

Anyway, to really close the deal with those feminist chicks, you have got to change you appearance.

Shane, my advice is if you really want to close the deal, you got to do something with your look. Feminist chick say they want sensitivity, but what they really want is a stud (unless they're lesbos and even then....)

Perhaps a new haircut and maybe some Proactiv acne solution will help. And maybe grow a beards. Feminist Chicks dig beards, just look how many of them wear Che t-shirts.

Shane, good try on that article idea and a little more effort and you'll have them eating out of your hands.

Your good buddy,

"Panzerkardinal"

[fortunecookie]

Nor does he adequately determine when that fetus magically goes from the "wad of cells" stage to human status.

Um, those aren't green beans growing in the mother. They are human, human 'wad of cells' at the very least. We don't deliver baby humans sprouted from the cabbage patch. Just like baby human cells tossed into a garden won't yield green beans, or corn, or cabbage. It's a thin line he walks, questioning what constitutes 'human'.

[Bommer]

"During the first trimester of the pregnancy, the fetus is merely a wad of cells. A mere wad of cells doesn't equate to a fully functioning, living human being. A wad of cells cannot make its own cognitive decisions. A wad of cells doesn't have the capability to inhale or exhale with its lungs. A wad of cells cannot survive independently, as it relies completely on its mother for all its nutriment."

Funny, this same assclown would be jumping for joy if a speck of living bacteria was found on the Mars as proof of life, yet here on earth, it a concidered wad of meaningless crap!

[GeronL]

The left is trying to do the same to conservatives, but they've barely started

[Dyslexic Mom]

My daughter and I have had several discussions about "choice". I came up with the (In my own humble opinion)utimate answer. If a woman chooses to abort, she chose to abort and stopped -via extrodinary measures- a life. If she does nothing out of the ordinary (for the most part) a fully functioning life will result. If someone takes a tray full of frozen embryos, or the parts to mix together, out of the freezer and does nothing (say- puts it on the counter and walks away for 9 months), nothing will happen -no baby.

For most circumstances it really does boil down to choice. Do you CHOOSE to abort this life before it has a chance to survive or not?

[edzo4]

this is my favorite part of the article:

Shane Krouse is an MSU sophomore and State News columnist. Reach him at krousesh@msu.edu

[mombonn]

Sad to hear this garbage from my alma mater. Proud that I've never donated a dime since I left there, despite numerous pleas from the alumni association.

[Mobile Vulgus]

Well, you KEEP it that way! We don't need to aiding and abetting the garbage coming from our universities!

[Know your rights]

what parasite or tapeworm can continue to thrive and grow once it leaves it's host?

Also, what parasite is of the same species as its host? This guy is educated beyond his intelligence.

[Know your rights]

During college, I tried all sort of things to try to get girls. But writting an article in the school newspaper proclaiming you solidarity with oppressed women, now that classic.

I'm confident that at least one in four men who claim to be "pro-choice" claim it with the hopes of getting girls. (And if they get a girl and impregnate her, the ability to push her into having an abortion is icing on the cake.)

[Mrs. P]

At this point, the baby is no longer physically connected to the mother and no longer freeloading its nutrients and oxygen from mommy.

I'm a little bit sleep deprived because of the carloads of "wads of cells" who kept arriving and departing from the cemetery across the road until 1 AM, probably this kid's friends, I'm sure they were all about his age.

This is just another know it all kid with all the answers. I wonder if he is fully self-supporting already at the ripe old age of 19, or if he relies on his mommy and daddy for anything. I wonder who pays for his food and his facial cleanser. I wonder if he buys his own socks, and has a job lucrative enough to pay for his liberal education.

[SunkenCiv]

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