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- From: smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Attention Skiers Boycotting Colorado
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 23:26:02 GMT
- Organization: Colorado Springs IT Center
- Lines: 41
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- mhr@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Mike Reaser) writes:
- > In <1ht8hqINN77v@hp-col.col.hp.com> smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- > ...maybe I can save you a little time on this
- > >one. WHY would I be saying that the reason #2 passed is because
- > >people thought gay-rights groups would ask for quotas, if I was
- > >saying that they already HAD them?
-
- > If you want to be taken seriously, just stay consistent in your
- > arguments. If you alter your stance on an issue, let your fellow
- > net'ters know. Don't attack them when they point out the inconsistency
- > of your statements.
- > You're obviously not interested in any type intercourse concerning the
- > amendment -- you just want to find someone on whom you can use your
- > 'insults du jour'.
-
- Really now? Let me see if I follow you. First, I say that the reason
- #2 passed was because it included prohibitions on quotas based on sexual
- preference; something that, because of the analogy often made by gay
- activists between homosexuals and blacks, people took seriously. Since
- a lot of people believed that gay actvists might look to get quotas,
- people voted for the measure. The key being, they were looking to
- prevent something they didn't want to see happen in the future; not
- something that was already going on.
-
- Where exactly is the inconsistancy? You may not like what I have to
- say, but I don't see where I've been inconsistant about it.
-
- > This is it, and into the kill file you go, Walter.
-
- Probobly just as well. At least now you won't have to 'put up'
- to your claim that I said gays want quotas; which I didn't claim.
-
- > You're obviously not interested in any type intercourse concerning the
- > amendment -- you just want to find someone on whom you can use your
- > 'insults du jour'.
-
- An interesting comment for someone who's had only flames to
- contribute...
-
- Walter
-
-