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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Biological Reasons for Male Choice
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan05.200046.28688@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 20:00:46 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec31.180409.6025@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan3.023825.10611@rotag.mi.org> <1993Jan03.063756.22258@watson.ibm.com> <1993Jan5.052233.8902@cfctech.cfc.com>
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- In <1993Jan5.052233.8902@cfctech.cfc.com> kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan03.063756.22258@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >>In <1993Jan3.023825.10611@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >>>In article <1992Dec31.180409.6025@midway.uchicago.edu> eeb1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >>>>I *know* you've done nothing to me but make me
- >>>>emotionally more hostile to father's rights. (I still support the
- >>>>same things, but now I do it grudgingly.)
- >>>
- >>>Grudging support is still support. If Karl has stimulated some of the
- >>>undecideds or the borderliners into thinking through the issue, and
- >>>realizing how unfair the current system is, then maybe it has been worth
- >>>the risk, don't you think?
- >>
- >>No. See where she said "*still* support"? I.e., she hasn't changed her mind
- >>about supporting it (but *is* "more hostile" because of Karl's threats).
- >>I think that Karl's approach will lose more support than it gains.
- >
- >I never implied that Elizabeth was one of the "undecideds" or "borderliners",
- >Larry. Your quibblemania is careening out of control. What I implied was that
- >the number of people whom Karl has shocked out of their dogmatic slumber
- >or convenient ambivalence, who think through the issue, and end up on the side
- >of male choice, MIGHT conceivably outnumber the previous converts who
- >backslide because of Karl's stridency and/or the particular tactics he uses.
-
- Might, or might not. Both numbers I think will be dwarfed by the number of
- people who hadn't thought about it previously and *would* be for fairness if
- the issue were presented evenly, but instead fight Karl because of the
- threats.
-
- Note that I'm distinguishing those who haven't thought about it at all from
- your "undecideds or borderliners".
- --
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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