Re: Cases, more cases, abortion, nuns

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Matt McLauchlin wrote:

> >For the record, I'm ambivalently anti-abortion.  Reading 20 essays on the
> >morality or lack thereof of abortion left me even more confused than I
> >began with.
>
> FWIW, I was once having a discussion with my (ex-)boyfriend about abortion.
> He was mildly anti-abortion and I was strongly pro-choice. Then we decided
> it was kind of stupid for two gay guys to be arguing over abortion.
<G>  I dunno--gay guys like anyone else can take a moral stand if they
feel like it.  :-)

ObConlang, I have no idea how kinship or relationship terms will turn out
in Chevraqis.  There will be a marriage-type institution, fairly
widespread fostering (in Qenar), and fairly lenient attitudes toward
same-sex relationships (which are, however, discouraged in women of
childbearing age in Qenar, mainly because their population is too bloody
low for their comfort).  Darned if I know how, if at all, I'm going to
distinguish between them all.

> >"Monk" to Western readers, a friend pointed out to me, usually means a
> >male person.  "Monk" to me means male or female; I've seen enough female
> >Buddhist monks on the subway in Seou.  <shrug>
>
> I once heard someone talking about a "Buddhist nun", which startled me
> greatly. The very first image that popped into my mind was a Christian nun
> in full habit, except with saffron instead of black.
<G>  I get a similar sort of image contemplating that phrase!

YHL