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- From: noonan@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Michael P Noonan)
- Subject: Re: Slavery Analogy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.222300.11384@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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- References: <1992Dec29.225414.26768@csrd.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec30.170931.5650@wdl.loral.com> <1992Dec30.183353.16725@csrd.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec30.195747.16898@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:23:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.195747.16898@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis) writes:
- |> In article <1992Dec30.183353.16725@csrd.uiuc.edu> g-skinner@uiuc.edu
- |> writes that we can draw valid conclusions about the legality of
- |> abortion from looking at slavery:
- |>
- |> }If one wants one's argument to be compelling, the connection is best
- |> }not left to the reader. If it is, however, and the reader doesn't
- |> }make the connection, the proper response is to make the connection
- |> }explicit. An improper response would be to flame the reader for not
- |> }making the connnection.
- |>
- |> Oh, in other words, we should first allow states to ban abortion only
- |> in those territories in rebellion.
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- No. If, as you indicate, we should be consistent with the analogy, we
- should alow the states that are not in rebellion to ban abortion
- themselves, and then allow the federal government to ban abortion in
- those territories in rebellion.
-
- |> Is that a proper response? If I (the reader) did not make a proper
- |> connection, would you please show the connection, not just simply assert
- |> it?
- |>
- |> --
- |> hang gliding mailing list: hang-gliding-request@virginia.edu
- |> Galen Hekhuis UVa Health Sci Ctr (804)982-1646 gjh@virginia.edu
- |> Illiterate? Write for FREE help...
-
- Just setting history straight.
-
- Mike Noonan
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