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- From: ml3e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Loomis)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2
- Message-ID: <wfIEozq00iV143z6BV@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 06:01:35 GMT
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- Lines: 16
- In-Reply-To: <C0JsDw.Iqo@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- Excerpts from netnews.alt.fan.rush-limbaugh: 8-Jan-93 Re: Colorado
- Amendment 2 by koppenhoefer cramm@uxh.c
- > Actually, the more legal rights a group has the less tolerant the general
- > public tends to be. Two examples: (1) America has much less restrictive
- > abortion laws than in Europe; however, Europe is much more tolerant of unwed
- > mothers. (2) The Americans with Disabilities act requires a large number
- > of handicapped parking places at new facilities, and I have heard a large
- > amount of grumbling from people about the excess spots ( also noticed more
- > non-handicapped using handicapped spots ). The general feeling is 'well,
- > you have your rights and will get nothing more' when rights are legislated.
- > The black community is just one example of 'rights' gone astray.
-
- I am fascinated by Mr. Cramm's logic. Perhaps, we should just make
- everything illegal and the general public will become amazingly
- tolerant, and we can all live together in peace and love until the state
- security officials come.
-