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- From: decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz)
- Subject: Re: Attention!
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:47:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.194705.9100@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Sep10.183142.19906@ncsu.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep10.183142.19906@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- > In article <1992Sep10.171407.4378@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- > decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes:
- >
- > >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- > >> I don't know if she's attempting to make her religious beliefs
- > >> into the law of the land, because I don't know whether or not she
- > >> supports the Freedom of Choice Act. But I think it's likely that
- > >> she does support passage of the FOCA, as do most other pro-choicers.
- > > Huh? So are you trying to tell us that the FOCA is a religion-
- > > based piece of legislation? If not, then Ms Feldt's religious
- > > views are irrelevant. If yes, then I would myself oppose
- > > the establishment of a solely religious law.
- > You claimed that Gloria Feldt is not seeking to make her personal
- > religious views the law of the land. Whether the FOCA is based
- > upon on religious beliefs is not relevant to that claim.
-
- Your remarks imply that the FOCA tails entirely with Ms Feldt's
- religious views and is entirely based on religious principles.
- If it is not a religously-based piece of legislation, then whether
- or not it tails with Ms Feldt's religious perspective is
- irrelevant. Furthermore, you only assume she supports the FOCA
- without knowing the answer. Perhaps a reasonable assumption,
- perhaps she has her own quarrels with it. The fact is that
- you have no evidence whatsoever that she is trying to make her
- personal religious views the law of the land, and are simply
- indulging in Nyikos-style speculation. Certainly the quotes
- provided do not indicate that she is seeking to have legislation
- enacted that is based solely on her religious perspective. In
- fact, once you had posted the full quotation, we find that she
- brings more than just her religion to the view she espouses.
- >
- > > Also, I am glad you admit that you have no information about
- > > whether Ms Feldt is attempting to establish her religious
- > > beliefs as law. I rather doubt that she is.
- >
- > I said that I don't know if she's attempting to make her religious
- > beliefs into the law of the land, because I don't know whether or
- > not she supports the Freedom of Choice Act. I think it would be
- > extremely illogical for a pro-choicer such as Ms. Feldt to oppose
- > the passage of the FOCA, but I'm hesitant to assume that she does
- > support the FOCA.
-
- Again, her support for the FOCA is irrelevant. I am glad you
- admit that you don't know. I take it then that you are disagreeing
- with Chahallney's reading of Ms Feldt's remarks. Good. That's
- a healthy admission.
- >
- > >>> Also, note that the earlier quote of yours, now that you provide
- > >>> more of the quote, demonstrates nicely how you take quotes
- > >>> out of context and change their meaning.
- >
- > >> I think a person would have to be rather naive to assume that
- > >> Ms. Feldt's views towards abortion could be based solely on
- > >> religion, given that she's a Planned Parenthood executive.
- >
- > > Clearly, and counter to your deceptive claim, anyone reading the
- > > statement below could easily be deceived into thinking that
- > > Ms Feldt was saying her logic was based solely on a religious
- > > perspective.
- >
- > I seriously doubt that Gloria Feldt became a Planned Parenthood
- > executive solely on the basis of her religious views towards
- > abortion. But that's not even relevant to your original claim.
- > Let's not stray off the topic, shall we?
-
- Oh, I'll stray whither I please, thank you very much. The fact is
- that when you introduced further material from Ms Feldt that
- enlarged the context you changed the subject yourself. And in so
- doing it i sentirely fair for me to point out the deceptive
- practice in which you engaged by quoting only a small
- portion of Ms Feldt's remarks.
-
- As for Ms Feldt's reasons for becoming a Planned Parenthood
- executive, they are not relevant either. What is relevant is
- that you produce a quote out of context and use it to give
- a wrong impression of someone's reasoning. Only by being
- skeptical of your motives and methods does one escape the
- trap you set. And it is necessary then for me to point out
- what a sleazy tactic you regularly employ if others are
- to bring that proper skeptical and disbelieving attitude to
- the material you post.
-
- > Doug Holtsinger
- >
- > "My logic is based on ... a religious perspective which says
- > that personhood begins at birth (actually a month after birth if
- > we want to be precise)..."
- > -- Gloria Feldt,
- > chief executive, Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona
- And you have no problem continuing to quote her out of context.
- I see also that you also deleted the material you had added.
- Were you embarrassed to catch yourself red-handed?
-
-
- Dean Kaflowitz
-