home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky rec.scouting:2836 alt.discrimination:4129 chi.general:973 alt.atheism:16571 alt.politics.homosexuality:5698
- Newsgroups: rec.scouting,alt.discrimination,chi.general,alt.atheism,alt.politics.homosexuality
- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!gumby!destroyer!ncar!ico!auto-trol!katbea
- From: katbea@auto-trol.com (Kathy Beatty)
- Subject: Re: BofA and UW can now support discrimination against blacks and Jews
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.201833.17472@auto-trol.com>
- Sender: news@auto-trol.com
- Nntp-Posting-Host: katbea.auto-trol.com
- Organization: Auto-trol Technology Corporation -- Denver, Colorado
- X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
- References: <hill.715545153@galena12>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:18:33 GMT
- Lines: 32
-
- hill@rtsg.mot.com (Karen Hill) writes:
- : bobhays@spss.com (Bob Hays) writes:
- :
- : >Perhaps we should restate and retrench a little here.... There are
- : >absolutes - the statement you have made above that the only
- : >requirement is for someone to agree with a behavior is not correct.
- : >We can now begin having a "silly" philosophic debate about the reasons
- : >for society. Perhaps we should adopt some concept that "society
- : >exists to allow its members to exist and hopefully florish." In this
- : >case, there are some restrictions perhaps (I'd suggest starting with
- : >murder being dis-allowed) and can continue from there. Does sleeping
- : >around contribute to the demise of society? That is perhaps a more
- : >pertinent question. However, it is likely that sleeping around does
- : >not but that behaviors like drug abuse (note that I did not say drug
- : >use here:-) and theft may indeed inhibit and actually decrease the
- : >member's purposes.
- :
- : Ok....If someone chooses to abuse drugs in the privacy of his own home and
- : considers this behavior acceptable and moral, should society put restrictions
- : on him if it doesn't hurt anyone else (based on several other replies to
- : my question)? How does society decide what is acceptable and what is not?
- :
- : Lately, it appears that the loudest voices and deepest pockets make the
- : decisions. But who's to say that they know best?
- :
- How could they possibly know best? But shouldn't this also be true of GLBO
- people? Don't you think we know ourselves better than those who claim our
- homosexuality is learned? Why not believe us when we are telling the truth
- about our lives?
-
-
- Kathy
-