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06-25-2005, 07:12 AM
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Wordsmith
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pregnancy, std or not
when your pregnant do you have an std? (the child growing inside the woman) i think so, any2 else have any thoughts
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06-25-2005, 07:18 AM
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Mentor
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Pregnancy is a disease now? Somebody find a cure! quickly!
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06-25-2005, 12:01 PM
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disease
n : an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
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Seeing as pregnantcy is concidered normal, I'd say no. |
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06-25-2005, 12:11 PM
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Ink Slinger
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Originally Posted by Besh
Pregnancy is a disease now? Somebody find a cure! quickly!
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Sorry I couldn't resist  |
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06-25-2005, 12:45 PM
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Wordsmith
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Crazy dude, if you're asking if the child also has an STD upon if the parent has one, then yes. In Africa, one in forty children have AIDS since birth.
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06-25-2005, 03:08 PM
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Prolific Writer
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when your pregnant do you have an std? (the child growing inside the woman) i think so, any2 else have any thoughts
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You make it sound like the child is the disease. Being a father myself, I'd have to disagree with you. But then, I didn't carry my son in my belly for 9 months... |
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06-25-2005, 03:22 PM
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I've heard this before. They equate the growing child with a parasite since a parasite feeds off the body of the host. It's easily turned back on the person...do you consider yourself a parasite? A disease? If pregnacy is an S.T.D, then you, the infant, are the root of it. Not a very nice thought, is it? 
When you have kids, you'll be able to see how truly misguided that thinking is.
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06-25-2005, 03:26 PM
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Prolific Writer
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I've heard this before. They equate the growing child with a parasite since a parasite feeds off the body of the host. It's easily turned back on the person...do you consider yourself a parasite? A disease? If pregnacy is an S.T.D, then you, the infant, are the root of it. Not a very nice thought, is it?
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This is debatable. I know a few people I'd call parasites, or a disease, and I pity their parents. |
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06-25-2005, 03:32 PM
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LOL, ok, point taken. That's what they grew up to be, not what they started out as
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06-26-2005, 03:53 AM
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Ink Slinger
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I feel really sorry for the kids who parents believe them to be a parasite...
In the medical, technical terms of things, no, pregnancy is not a sexually transmitted disease.
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06-26-2005, 04:02 AM
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pliable
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If only a shot of penicillin would cure me of little kids...
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06-26-2005, 04:13 AM
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Ten says this one was raised to believe masturbation would result in God sending him to hell without passing "go" or collecting two hundred dollars.
Any takers?
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06-26-2005, 12:17 PM
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A flawed concept and anyone supporting this theory would have to admit to being a parasite themselves. Once out of the womb the child continues to be tied to their parent or 'host' which also contradicts the disease idea. If it were a STD the 'afflicted' would be cured.
How a coathanger is relevant to this debate is a mystery to me but perhaps it's because I live in enlightened times.
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06-26-2005, 12:30 PM
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^_^
Everyone's a parasite. Everyone's a disease. Unfortunately for the planet, it seems like humans are a terminal illness.
=D
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06-26-2005, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sir_Satoshi
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Everyone's a parasite. Everyone's a disease. Unfortunately for the planet, it seems like humans are a terminal illness.
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Good observation and although it's slightly off topic it made me think. Thanks! |
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