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Old 11-27-2008, 05:03 PM   #99
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Originally Posted by peter12 View Post
Can you demonstrate that a fetus is not human? As stated, quod erat demonstrandum, you imply the debate is finished, like a mathematical proof it stands in such absolute terms that it cannot be discussed further.

Once again, the generalization of individuals into collectives which is then used to make assumptions to bolster an already shaky POV is fallacious.
Whether a fetus is human can be doubted. Whether a human is a human cannot be doubted, it is tautologically true.

And for what it`s worth, QED has a colloquial sense in popular use outside of math. This is what I was using, and I apologize for being ambiguous.
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