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villager

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Tue Dec-13-05 12:48 AM
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3. No one is forced to have an abortion. And w/ the DP the state forces a

Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 01:00 AM by villager

conclusion to satisfy a presumed collective need for vengeance -- though I can easily see how there'd be a personal need for vengeance after an atrocious crime.

The through-line is that both positions are about telling the state to get the hell out: of women's wombs, and out of codifying vengeance.

Personal vendettas, while understandable, generally make bad laws. Hence, the death penalty and its discontents.

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