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- From: eager@eagercon.com (Michael J. Eager)
- Subject: Re: Duck and Jive (was Re: Pre-Sex Contract )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.063209.27499@eagercon.com>
- Sender: root@eagercon.com (Operator)
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- Organization: Eager Consulting
- References: <1992Dec21.235942.13722@cfctech.cfc.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:32:09 GMT
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- In article 13722@cfctech.cfc.com, kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >Nevertheless, the intent of these laws is to
- >>ensure that the kid gets his meals paid for, etc.
- >
- >That may be their _intent_, but I suspect that the current laws are
- >encouraging the production of illegitimate children, and therefore RAISING,
- >rather than lowering, the chances of children starving, etc. If so, then the
- >reforms being proposed can be justified not only on the grounds that the
- >_status quo_ is blatantly unfair to men, from the standpoint of established
- >principles of legal liability, but on economic grounds as well.
-
- In debate class, this is called a baseless assertion, without any
- supporting evidence. If you can get the assertion accepted, then you can make any
- number of conclusions, none of which are valid.
-
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