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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: <1992Jul22.034152.7955@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1992Jul16.032915.25780@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Jul21.041427.5214@rotag.mi.org> <1992Jul21.121547.27369@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:41:52 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- In article <1992Jul21.121547.27369@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul21.041427.5214@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org
- >(Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >
- >}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?
- >
- >In a word, yes. Laws against murder don't have near the implications about
- >personal freedom and government control that proposed abortion laws do.
-
- That's true, they just deal in trivial little matters like the arbitrary
- termination of BORN PEOPLE'S LIVES. Nothing worth legislating about, of
- course...
-
- >Folks who see the world in "for or against" terms are no doubt puzzled
- >by statements made by those who do not.
-
- Your definition of "against" left no room between "against" and "for",
- Galen. I think you should either correct that definition, or admit that
- these mythical "folks" you keep talking about include YOURSELF...
-
- >By the way, Kevin, I suppose I am one of your "extremists" regarding
- >abortion, or at least the pro-choice position. In that I have said that
- >I prefer no (NO, or NADA, ZILCH, etc.) legislation regarding abortion yet
- >am willing to vote for the FOCA, how would you define me now?
-
- Confused. Inconsistent. Irrational.
-
- - Kevin
-