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- From: stevens@eatdust (John Stevens)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion,alt.abortion.inequity
- Subject: Re: Observations
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.043104.13016@advtech.uswest.com>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 04:31:04 GMT
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- In article <Bu7rGC.LE1@cs.psu.edu> beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep7.033921.8119@midway.uchicago.edu> eeb1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >>In article <1992Sep3.143636.26067@advtech.uswest.com>
- >>stevens@eatdust (John Stevens) writes:
- >>>In article <1992Sep01.193909.24105@watson.ibm.com>
- >>>margoli@watson.ibm.com writes:
- >>>>In <1992Sep1.165853.11816@advtech.uswest.com>
- >>>>stevens@eatdust (John Stevens) writes:
- >>
- >I don't think a father-consent law is very practical, and it introduces
- >many real-life problems,
-
- Agreed. Which is why I keep saying that banning abortion is the more
- realistic approach to solving the problems of inequity.
-
- >>Child support contracts are unenforcible, which creates an
- >>infringement on men's rights, so instead of changing this you want to
- >>destroy women's rights to control their bodies?!!
- >>
- >>Excuse me if I think this shows total disregard for women's rights.
- >
- >Actually, I think Mr. Steven's position is equitable for all genders,
- >and it represents the "hard-line" view that if you unzip your pants,
- >you should be prepared to pay (via dollars, pregnancy, care, time, etc.).
-
- Got it right on the button. Especially the "hard-line" part. It is
- how I've always regulated my sex life, in other words, I won't sleep
- with a woman I'm not willing to marry and raise children with.
-
- This has restricted my sex life, but I believe that I am happier for it.
-
- >This isn't necessarily misanthropic or anti anyone's rights, it is
- >just a belief about which rights supercede conflicting rights, and
- >how to assure an equitable balance of rights.
-
- Again, right on the button. You seem to be the only one who understands
- what I've been saying.
-
- >Don
- >beaver@cs.psu.edu Opinions from the PC-challenged
-
- John
- stevens@uswest.com
-