[WikiEN-l] Re: NPOV: Fetus personhood - fish for all the thanks

Sat Jul 30 05:18:51 UTC 2005

Haukur Þorgeirsson a écrit:
 >>       a fetus = "human", (unless its 'tarded, of
 >>cs..)
 >>    and "human" ~ person...
 >>     yet fetus =/= person, and even:
 >>      "fetus" ~/~ "person,"
 >>...and this contractory logic is supposed to be the
 >>basis for:
 >>        fetus = "human" is thus POV, hence
 >>        fetus =/= human is thus NPOV ??
 >>
 >>...and "just in this context"? I hope people can see
 >>how ridiculous that is. Follow the logic problem.
 >
 >
 > This is just sophistry :)
 >
 > Wikipedia should not say "a fetus is a human being",
 > nor should it say "a fetus is not a human being" - it
 > should say stuff like "a fetus is considered a person
 > by X and a bunch of tissue by Y".

Which makes an article title such as [[foetus personhood]] unacceptable, 
since disputer.

 > It *should*, however, say "Homeopathy is pseudo-science". :D
 >
 > Regards,
 > Haukur

For the record... at my last medical check-up, we discussed several 
pain-relief methods for birth, and one of the proposal made by the 
medical team was 100% homeopathy based ...