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- From: runyan@cup.hp.com (Mark Runyan)
- Newsgroups: ba.politics,ca.politics,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: But it is OK to coerce certain groups... (Re: Fear, hate, and the eternal companion, hate
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 17:24:11 GMT
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- Phil Ronzone (phil@netcom.com) wrote:
- >> runyan@cup.hp.com (Mark Runyan) writes:
- >>>Now, either BOTH cases are valid, or BOTH case are invalid.
- >>>
- >>No, I don't think so, though I can see how you might reach
- >>that conclusion. One is an attempt to restrict the person,
- >>while the other is an attempt to restrict the person's use of
- >>property.
-
- >>One can not say that a person and that person's
- >>property are the same thing and claim that as a truism. It
- >>can be a basis of a philosophy, and if accepted, your point
- >>holds; but don't expect everyone to share your philosophy.
- >
- >Whether or not "everyone holds XYZ" is meaningless here. ...
- >You have made an assertion with NO rationale.
-
- I made no assertion; I simply pointed out one of the assumptions that
- leads to your two valued choice and mentioned that your point does
- not hold if your assumptions are not taken as a given. I have not
- said whether the assumptions were fact or not; I leave that to you
- to proclaim.
-
- Mark Runyan
-