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- From: mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran)
- Subject: Re: (Kevin Darcy) writes supposedly `specious' pro-choice arguments:
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.174801.2708@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 17:48:01 GMT
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- In article <C014os.ID3@ra.nrl.navy.mil> psl@nrl.navy.mil (Paul Lebow) writes:
- >
- >In article <34636@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J.
- >Mezias) writes:
- >> In article <1992Dec25.033234.4258@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org
- >> (Kevin Darcy) writes supposedly `specious' pro-choice arguments:
- >
- >
- >
- >You were doing great Kevin, until you bit the bait. You went through a
- >systematic point-for-point debunking of small subset of a long list of
- >bogus arguments and then proceeded to get sucked into nit-picking. This
- >is exactly why these specious arguments are so insidius! They distract
- >people from the real issue - abortion kills children.
- >
- No Paul, abortion kills fetuses. Not the same thing as a child at all.
-
- >Giving SJM the benefit of the doubt, I would characterize him as being
- >duped, as are millions in this country. Rhetoric and techniques of
- >persuasion are much more powerful dictators of public opinion than truth.
- >SJM just passes along the rhetoric. His feeble attempts to explain
- >himself beg the question, "why are these specious arguments so rampant in
- >the pro-abortion camp?" The answer is simple - if you argue against them
- >you legitimize them - raise them to the level worthy of reasoned debate.
- >In other words Kevin, you've been had.
- >
- Speaking of feeble....
-
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