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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: I rant a bit (was Re: Abortion providers who oppose sterile conditions (was Re: Things)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.041427.5214@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1992Jul15.120916.11843@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Jul15.230048.18750@cfctech.cfc.com> <1992Jul16.032915.25780@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 04:14:27 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <1992Jul16.032915.25780@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul15.230048.18750@cfctech.cfc.com> kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >
- >}Let me see if I understand you, Galen: you are "against" it, but you also
- >}would vote for it and would support candidates who endorse it (?!?!?!).
- >
- >}What is your definition of "against", then?
- >
- >My definition of "against" is that I am not in favor of something.
-
- Galen, Galen, Galen, why do you dig yourself into these little pits of
- despair? Now you've been reduced to redefining "against" in such an absurd
- way that you leave absolutely NO NADA ZERO ZILCH middle ground or room for
- indifference or apathy. Everything is either "for" or "against" (== "not for",
- according to your definition). How binary. How one-dimensional. Are you
- "for" or "against" concrete, Galen? How about polka-dots -- are you "for"
- or "against" them?
-
- This little semantic detour from common sense also seems to jar pretty
- badly against some other statements you've made too:
-
- [re: laws prohibiting murder]
-
- "Folks who see in binary and feel that you are either 'fer it
- or again' it' are doubtless perplexed by such a feeling. I
- confess to being somewhat apathetic about it, being neither
- ^^^^^^^
- for or against. I just don't much care."
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- <1992Jul13.025936.21993@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
-
- So apathy is okay when we're talking about murder laws, but not when we're
- on the subject of abortion legislation, eh?
-
- Sometimes you make no sense, Galen. Other times, you're ridiculous...
-
- - Kevin
-