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- From: gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis)
- Subject: Re: Slavery Analogy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.025734.24975@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- References: <1992Dec29.160614.23527@csrd.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec29.213513.22430@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Dec30.000254.18927@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:57:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.000254.18927@mksol.dseg.ti.com> noonan@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Michael P Noonan) writes:
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- }You are saying here that in a natural state (no law), a small man cannot
- }enslave a bigger man, or a minority cannot enslave a majority.
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- }You are saying here that in a natural state (no law), a developed
- }person can stop the beating heart of a lesser developed person.
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- Umh, without law there is no slavery.
- without law there is abortion.
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- In some cultures, the term "law" is not law as we know it. It sometimes
- is little more than peer pressure, in others it is far more like what we
- are used too.
-
- }What's the difference? In both cases, the stronger can impose will
- }upon the weaker or underrepresented?
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- In some cases, the stronger can indeed impose its will on the weaker.
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- Sometimes the weaker impose their will on the stronger. This is done
- usually with the help of legislation or some kind of enticement to
- enlist the aid of some strength, often refered to as the "teeth" behind
- the provision.
-
- I'm sure there are other explanations about law and the like which would
- be much more satisfying and correct than I can provide. If you
- find it difficult to differentiate between slavery and abortion I
- doubt that I could do much to explain strength and the law...
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