(July 30, 2013 at 12:28 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Yes we know Rahul. To you a finger is a human. Who knew?!Tut tut. Making up definitions now?
Yeah your dismissal of a living human life being worthless I find abhorrent. You're entitled to that opinion, as I am mine.
(July 30, 2013 at 12:04 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: But it is a parasite.
A fetus is a symbiot and not a parasite. It is in the genetic interest of the host to reproduce itself via the fetus.
Parasites are trying to pass one their own genes by stealing resources from the host.
Let's ask a dictionary...
The Dictionary Wrote:par·a·site (pr-st)
n.
1. Biology An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.
2. a. One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
b. One who lives off and flatters the rich; a sycophant.
3. A professional dinner guest, especially in ancient Greece.
Well, would you look at that now.