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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 16:29:47 -0500
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- From: KILBURN@WVSVAX.WVNET.EDU
- Subject: Re: re:re: freedom of speech
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- Hi, y'all:
- I wrote:
- >>I hardly think turning off a radio is analogous to "going home." Even if
- >>it were, you need to check a few facts. In "most places", there is *no*
- >>place for a woman to receive an abortion -- at last count, 83% of U.S.
- >>counties have no such clinics.
-
- and -andy replied:
- >The statistic doesn't support the conclusion.
-
- It doesn't? If a county is a place, and 83% is more than half, then I'd
- think it did. But you're correct that the actual availability will vary
- markedly from one place to the next.
-
- >One can go to another county to have an abortion (or heart surgery for
- >that matter).
-
- Of course. But sometimes driving to another county will be much more
- difficult than turning off the radio (as was the original analogy). Not
- everyone lives in a small county; not everyone lives near a county line;
- not everyone lives near a clinic.
-
- >Most days, I travel through at least two counties. From the roof of
- >my apartment building, I can see four counties and on some days, I
- >travel through more without going a significant distance.
-
- How does this bear on the original analogy or the figures I posted?
-
- >Don't bogus pro-choice arguments bother other pro-choice people?
-
- I suppose. I, of course, was not making an argument pro- or anti-choice; I
- was simply correcting (or offering an alternative to, if you prefer) Pizz's
- comment.
-
- Kerry
-