Posted by Sara on November 01, 1999 at 02:39:02:
In Reply to: Some facts. posted by Tiggy. on October 31, 1999 at 20:04:15:
> But keep in mind that there is a huge problem with overpopulation in the world
> [The numbers aborted aren't a great contribution to keeping down world population, and I don't see that as any better argument than one for culling humans.]
> and that there is no greater sorrow than an unwanted child.
>
> [Thousands of childless couples are desperate to adopt - all children are wanted by someone. ]
> As an unwanted child myself, I consider there are greater sorrows, one being abortion, and the thought that it could easily have been me.
> Comparing abortion to the Holocaust is like comparing two different fruits, one that is round and red and the other that is round but orange.
> I wasn't comparing abortion to anything. Neither was I likening it to The Holocaust, by which I assume you mean the 20th century Jewish one, but to A holocaust, ie 'a great destruction or loss of life' (Collins English Dictionary Definition). There have been many holocausts, including other Jewish ones and that of the burning of so-called witches in Europe and hanging of so-called witches in England.
> Even if it were suggested as a comparison, in any comparison there are similarities and differences, that's the whole point in comparing something, and you simile of the two types of fruit is hardly a criticism.]