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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Clarifying "Restrictions"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.233848.13472@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1992Dec18.165413.8758@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Dec19.081855.14741@rotag.mi.org> <BzuF2A.AIL@rice.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 23:38:48 GMT
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- In article <BzuF2A.AIL@rice.edu> patrick@is.rice.edu (Patrick L Humphrey) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec19.081855.14741@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec18.165413.8758@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- >>>
- >>>Kebbin is just mad because we live in the Real World (tm) and not in
- >>>some Darcian fantasy in which it is more dangerous to terminate a
- >>>pregnancy then to carry the fetus to term.
- >>
- >>Learn the difference between a hypothetical question and a fantasy, ignoramus.
- >
- >Talk about your basic irony -- you're telling someone else to learn the
- >difference? Might I suggest you start with yourself, before you presume to
- >tell anyone else what the difference is?
- >
- >>>Considering his tendancy to
- >>>argue both sides of any given question, I'd say he is the one who
- >>>needs to be concerned with moral inconsistancy.
- >>
- >>Arguing a position and believing it aren't necessarily the same thing, schmuck.
- >
- >Sure, kebbin. I bet Karl Marx was really an aristocrat, too.
-
- The inability to see the other side of an argument is a sign of superficiality.
- The uncriticized, unanalyzed viewpoint is almost certain to be a worthless
- viewpoint. As for Karl Marx, he probably COULD argue convincingly for the
- aristocratic point of view in a debate, because although he ultimately didn't
- agree with it, he understood it and appreciated it up to the point of his
- disagreement.
-
- Now, are there any more contentless harangues you'd like to make on this
- point?
-
- >>>I'm still waiting for your real life example to validate your question
- >>>Kebbin...
- >>
- >>Can you guarantee me that there is no possible or foreseeable combination of
- >>medical factors which could make termination of pregnancy more dangerous
- >>than carrying to term? Are you willing to put whatever medical credentials
- >>you possess on the line over this question? I _do_ have some contacts at
- >>the UofM Medical Center (largest medical complex in the world, perhaps
- >>you've heard of it?), which is a couple of miles down the road from me.
- >>I _can_ check this out, if necessary, and if you've been propagating bogus
- >>medical information on the Net... well...
- >
- > [lots of pee-pee waving about largeness of medical centers]
-
- Okay, Humpty, have it your way. The SECOND largest medical complex in the
- world...
-
- Besides, it's not just the size of your medical complex, it's how you use it :-)
-
- - Kevin
-