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- From: chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman)
- Subject: Re: Quotes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.155904.2480@pwcs.stpaul.gov>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:59:04 GMT
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- forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach) writes:
- > chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman):
-
- >> Hiya, Suzanne. You've been awfully quiet ...
-
- > Not on this end of the wire. I've been up to my neck in writing a large
- > piece code! Some people actually work for a living :-)
-
- Smiley noted. :-)
-
- >> ... since GHWB took it on the chin ...
-
- > Hey, BC has his fingers in so many, er, pies, I'll stick around for the
- > impeachment in a year or two. :-)
-
- What's he done that compares with Iran-Contra, Iraq-gate, or (possibly)
- the Iran hostage deal of 1980?
-
- > and your state referendum on abortion was voted down by almost 2 to 1.
-
- > Didja ever notice, Chris, that I have never once posted that I supported
- > that referendum?
-
- You all but trumpeted it from the rooftops. Perhaps you did not explicitly
- support it, but you went out of your way to mention it. I believe you
- predicted its passage.
-
- > Ya know why? It allowed for the killing of the children of rape and incest.
- > _A LOT_ of pro-lifers actually voted against that referendum, for precisely
- > that reason. Since Arizona law _already_ outlaws all abortions except to
- > save the life of the mother, what incentive would any pro-lifer have had to
- > vote for it?
-
- Sounds like whistling while walking past the graveyard to me. I've read
- that many pro-lifers have used a piece-meal approach to antiabortion
- legislation: nipping away at abortion accessibility until there's nothing
- left. Why the about-face in Arizona?
-
- > The day that Roe v Wade falls, one or the other of those laws would be
- > reinstated. So why the hell should we have settled for the lesser one?
-
- I suspect that we will be importing (or making our own) RU486, develop safe
- and effective birth control and take other measures to decrease the demand
- for abortion long before Roe vs. Wade is in any danger again.
-
- --
- Chris Lyman / email: chrisl@pwcs.stpaul.gov / standard disclaimers
- "One of the HORRIBLE things of trying to defend a FREE REPUBLIC is
- that I get to support your RIGHT to say STOOPID THINGS." -- drieux
-