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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: Biological Reasons
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- References: <1992Nov19.203906.103034@watson.ibm.com> <robert.722307483@labyrinth> <1992Nov21.031905.123870@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:50:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.031905.123870@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >In <robert.722307483@labyrinth> robert@informix.com (Robert Coleman) writes:
-
- >Not *just* "in a different way". Worse in a new way, and just as bad as
- >before in the other ways. It's not saying, "If I can't make it better for
- >me, I'll make it worse for you." It's saying, "If I can't make it better
- >for me, I'll make it worse for *both of us*." That's what I think is stupid.
- >You're either making idle threats, or you're prepared to "cut off your nose
- >to spite your face".
-
- Actually, the idiom isn't really appropriate: one is prepared to
- cut off someone else's nose.
-
- And I'd think the comment is, more accurately, "If you won't help
- me find a solution for everybody because you're satisfied with an
- unfair status quo in your favor, I'll remove your advantage."
-
-
- >> It's not mine, though. I'm pro-choice; but I'm also open-eyed enough
- >>to recognize that as long as choice for women is a bad deal for men, there
- >>will be men who fight it.
- >
- >Choice for women is not a bad deal for men. Lack of choice for men is a
- >bad deal for men. Taking away additional choice from everyone helps nobody.
-
- Choice for women -only- is a bad deal for men.
-
- Don
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