Rediscover Communication

well, not a problem, Adam. We all (as in all people everywhere in the world who talk about this) need to be careful how we approach this isssue because of the high emotions generated by this. But I think that there is a very non-religious ethical and philosophical way to address the issue, which makes it all the more powerful because it is essentially the same conclusion reached by many sectors of the religious world, even if they use different paths to get there. The Rachels book describes how not to use religion as a guide in articulating ethical thought, but I will leave it to you guys to read. I will buy the book and if anyone wishes to borrow it, go ahead. I still think it is worth buying, but that could just be me.
Adam, you mentioned in your post that you didn't think that you should be able to tell a neighbor that they should not have an abortion... I don't want to get too deeply into what I am writing -don't want to spoil the ending :)- but I think that I will be able to show that you can and should do/say something to stop it. It is difficult to launch into before we all get prepared so I will hold off, but the results can be really interesting.

It really is a lot of fun to study ethics (I didn't like it at first because I was used to hard core engineering stuff, but once I saw the logic and reason in it I really enjoyed it) because suddenly you can come up with good, well supported ways of articulating things that were just emotional railings before. By boiling off all the extraneous hangers-on, complex things can be discussed in really simple terms. Almost mathematical terms. Certainly logical ones.
well, I must go. Let me know what you all are thinking and what interesting things you find out from out little "class". :)