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Old 03-16-2004, 02:55 PM   #8
Slartibartfast
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There has to be a threshold somewhere.

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but when it comes to a human life, wouldn't you rather err on the side of caution?
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Originally posted by Troubleshooter


How so?
Placing this threshold someplace too far up a human's timeline means that you might be killing a bona fide person. For example, the fifth birthday is obviously way too high up the timeline. I am saying when you place a threshold for something so significant as being a full fledged human being, it is better to make a mistake towards the conservative side than run the risk of misclassifying a person as a non-person.

(oh, I can here radar now... 'but its NOT a person')
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