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- From: jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb)
- Subject: Re: Jim, the chastity belt theory ... [torturing cats]
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.151140.13819@panix.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:11:40 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.060654.15779@panix.com> <32779@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1992Nov17.220557.23514@panix.com> <1ecpmpINN2vp@news.aero.org>
- Organization: Institute for the Human Sciences
- Keywords: forced childbirth
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- In <1ecpmpINN2vp@news.aero.org> zeus@aero.org (Dave Suess) writes:
-
- > I've been reading way too much about torturing cats; it looks
- > an awful lot like an appeal to emotion (a tactic usually reserved
- > for those who have no substantive arguments to offer). How about
- > changing it to torturing cockroaches? Or, better yet, talking
- > about abortion?
-
- The example was advanced in response to a view many people seem to
- hold that in principle it is wrong to keep someone from doing what he
- wishes as long as he isn't violating the rights of some other person.
- I think the example shows that view is wrong, and so it is relevant to
- the discussion. I would agree that there are many differences between
- torturing cats and having an abortion.
- --
- Jim Kalb (jk@panix.com)
- "Alles Erworbne bedroht die Maschine, solange
- sie sich erdreistet, im Geist, statt im Gehorchen, zu sein." (Rilke)
-