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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: Biological Reasons fo
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- References: <1ebjs2INNmmn@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> <Bxy8KK.KwF@ddsw1.mcs.com> <1992Nov19.203906.103034@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:34:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.203906.103034@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >In <Bxy8KK.KwF@ddsw1.mcs.com> karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
- >>In article <1ebjs2INNmmn@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> regard@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com (Adrienne Regard) writes:
- >>>How would you have the people of this net interpret this line? I have
- >>>used your postings so far as an example to Will of people who feel that
- >>>if they don't get what they want with issueA, then they WILL remove from
- >>>women the right to abort. Is that or is that not a correct interpretation
- >>>of your position?
- >>
- >>A correct interpretation of my position is that if women aren't interested
- >>in equality in the reproductive and child-support process, then perhaps men
- >>have it in their best interest to gain equality by removing choices from
- >>women.
- >
- >He doesn't want a child. She doesn't want a child. If the birth control
- >fails, they can get an abortion. If you take away this choice, you're
- >screwing *both* of them. That's in *nobody's* best interest.
-
- But if your vote tips the balance, then by taking away (or threatening to)
- a power held currently by women, you encourage those women (and men)
- who otherwise aren't interested to support your position.
-
- In the long run, you support *everybody's* best interest, if you succeed.
-
-
- >Sounds like a pretty stupid position to me.
-
- I wouldn't call it admirable (I would call it childish)
- but it sounds like standard politics. To call it "stupid"
- out of hand sounds a little shortsighted. It may be stupid,
- pragmatically speaking, if it gets regarded as childish -- but
- this sort of technique works (and fails) all the time.
-
- Don
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