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- From: johnl@pcx.ncd.com (John Light)
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- Subject: Re: Wanted: Post election comments on Prop. 9
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.235031.8704@pcx.ncd.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 23:50:31 GMT
- Article-I.D.: pcx.1992Nov16.235031.8704
- References: <12879@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> <1992Nov13.213438.17996@pcx.ncd.com> <1802@rwing.UUCP>
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- In article <1802@rwing.UUCP> pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto) writes:
-
- [arguments deleted about what constitutes a special right]
-
- >>The problem I see is that as more of us are threatened by a deteriorating
- >>society, some of us will believe that we are safer if society's resources
- >>aren't wasted protecting lesser citizens. In fact, none of us is any
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>safer that the least protected citizen.
- >
- >Freudian slip here? 'lesser' than you envision yourself, perhaps?
-
- I constructed that sentence with great care. The clause in question starts
- with the phrase "some of us will believe". The remainder of the clause is
- written from the perspective of the those who believe that way. I am
- certainly not one of the people who believe that way, so you have no
- reason to infer that I see "lesser citizens". My view follows and is
- carefully constructed (except for the typo) to say that I only see
- "less protected citizens", which certainly includes people you believe
- are getting "special rights".
-
- >I don't know for sure, but I would suspect that members of the groups
- >being discussed would be less than thrilled that you regard them as
- >'lesser citizens'. It kind of gives credence to the idea that much of
- >the advocacy for special protective status arises from feelings of guilt
- >arising from ones own prejudices that one is trying to conceal by putting
- >it on everyone else. Getting one to go along with what is really an
- >unfair practice by attaching guilt to those who oppose is hardly a new
- >tactic. It would be very unfortunate if it worked as well as some wish
- >it would: one could silence all opposition simply by tossing a few
- >derrogatories around...
-
- What claptrap. If you find my writing too hard to read, I can drop to
- a lower grade level with some effort.
-
- John Light
-