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- From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
- Newsgroups: rec.scouting,alt.discrimination,alt.atheism,alt.politics.homosexuality
- Subject: Re: BofA and UW can now support discrimination against blacks and Jews
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.170112.12953@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 17:01:12 GMT
- References: <1992Sep7.231344.13889@techbook.com> <1992Sep8.032651.27783@cs.yale.edu> <pitvvfg@zola.esd.sgi.com>
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- In article <pitvvfg@zola.esd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.esd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep8.032651.27783@cs.yale.edu>, rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla) writes:
- >|> I.e. Christians who converted from other religions are often
- >|> thankful to those who attempted to convert them. Therefore, from
- >|> THEIR perspective, although they didn't want it at the time,
- >|> NOW they can see that the people who tried were doing them a
- >|> behavior. You see, according to this view, atheists and
- >|> homosexuals are deluded by their sin and need help.
- >So, how would you feel about Christians passing laws to get
- >Atheists banned from jobs and housing until they convert?
- >I know it would be perfectly natural behaviour for a Vogon,
- >but how about for a human being?
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- Obviously, Eric would believe that it would be wrong behavior; just not that
- it's wrong because of the Golden Rule. Eric's not saying it'd not be wrong
- _at_all_, just disagreeing with one particular reason.
- --
- "the bogosity in a field equals the bogosity imported from related areas, plus
- the bogosity generated internally, minus the bogosity expelled or otherwise
- disposed of." -- K. Eric Drexler
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- Ken Arromdee (UUCP: ....!jhunix!arromdee; BITNET: arromdee@jhuvm;
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