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To the Editor:
I noted the editorial (Sept. 20) by
George Morris opposing the
decision the Supreme Court made
in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. I
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it establishes a precendent of
governmental non-interference in
the personal affairs of citizens.
Morris, however, opposes this
decision, for what he apparently
considers to be sound reasons, but
which, to me, resemble the
deranged babblings of a man in
delirium. His position is based
solely upon error and unsupported
assertions.
One major error Morris makes?
one which serves as the foundation
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for his argument?is that the fetus
must be considered both alive and
human. However, according to an
article I read in The State
newspaper at about the time of the
Edelin case, the consensus of
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five or six months after conception,
and there was some dispute over
whether or not brain life started
before seven months after conception.
The beginning of brain life, of
course, is the only reasonable
criterion for determining the start
of human life, since intelligence,
creativity, and all the other functions
that characterize a human
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being are carried on in the brain,
while the rest of the body blindly
carries on purely mechanical
functions. Hence, Morris's contention
that abortion is killing
cannot be accepted until the fifth
month of pregnancy at the earliest,
since the fetus has no life to take
away. The fifth month of
pregnancy is quite close to the
third trimester, when states may
legally proscribe abortion, and the
fetus's life may not start until the
sixth or even the seventh month of
pregnancy.
A second error Morris makes,
one that serves to make him look
ridiculous, is his contention that
the fetus must be considered
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legs or hands.' While 1 freely grant
that legless or handless people are
not to be considered non-human
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brainless people, and that it is
difficult to sustain mental activity
without a brain.
A third error Morris makes is the
presentation of a false analogy
between the fetus and the deformed
person. Morris contends that
abortion establishes a precedent
for the killing of deformed persons
because the deformed person, like
the fetus, is shaped differently than
normal adults. Morris's error lies
in his failure to recognize superficial
respects, while the fetus is
lacking in the complexity of its
brain. A perfectly logical extension
of Morris's argument is that since
one may kill a dog with impunity,
one ought likewise to be allowed to
kill a deformed person, since the
deformed person, like the dog, is
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human beings.
Besides containing a number of
specific errors, Morris's article is
lacking in support for the points he
tries to make. For example, he
simply assumes that abortion is
killing without presenting so much
as a shred of evidence to support
his assumption. He also accepts as
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that the fetus is human, there must
be reasons why this is so, and I
should like to know what they are.
Morris fails to state even one.
In my opinion, Morris's article
demonstrates what can happen
when someone who is incapable of
logical thought tries to write on a
subject he knows nothing about.
LOWELL WILLIAM ROSS JR.
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On behalf of rrhe Steamboat
Springs Band, I would like to thank
you for a successful and enjoyable
concert at the Golden Spur, Sept. 13
and 14.
The reception we received is the
kind of reward that makes being a
musician and a band worth all the
years of dedication, successes and
failures.
We're looking forward to coming
back to USC in the near future.
Wish we could take all of you on the
road with us.
Let's keep on makin' footstompin'
music together
GARY DAVIS
The Steamboat Springs Band
Route 9, box 411
Macon, Ga. 31201
Russell House
snack bar hit
for high prices
To the Editor:
At thP hpoi n n i n nr nf
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year I try my luck at eating at the
Gamecock Snack Bar. I seem
never to go back until the following
fall.
How can the university tolerate
the people, price and quality of the
food? On my last occasion, I ordered
a 50 cent milk shake, only to
be handed their new 12 ounce
cupfulls.
It was an outrage at that price.
I'll be damned if I go back. Why is
it they still charge the highest anc
put out the least?
I guess if it weren't for the
politics, they wouldn't be so en
trenched on our campus. I wish
USC had moved them to Mc
Donald's new location.
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food chain to move in, instead ol
this ripoff artist of a food service
LOUIS LADRICH
graduate
gating in
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