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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Clarifying "Restrictions"
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.224341.9574@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1992Dec30.200825.22596@watson.ibm.com> <1993Jan1.001959.29643@rotag.mi.org> <1993Jan02.035011.4843@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:43:41 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan02.035011.4843@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >In <1993Jan1.001959.29643@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec30.200825.22596@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >>>In <1992Dec30.050611.25734@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >>>>Would "limited pro-concensus" be sufficiently descriptive, you think?
- >>>
- >>>"Sufficiently vague" is more like it.
- >>
- >>Superficial, Larry. Very superficial.
- >
- >That too. :-)
- >
- >>>I think "arguing for legislation while claiming he doesn't want it"
- >>>is the most descriptive I've seen yet.
- >>
- >>I don't argue for abortion restrictions. I argue only against certain
- >>absolutist positions. Learn the difference.
- >
- >What's the difference?
-
- The difference is that I dislike absolutes, whether they are pro-choice
- absolutes, or pro-life absolutes. Furthermore, I _care_ about the
- pro-choice position more than I do the pro-life position: if a pro-lifer
- starts spouting absolutes, I generally just chuckle, sit back, and watch
- him or her self-immolate, but when a misguided pro-CHOICER starts spouting
- absolutes, my instinctive reaction is to quickly douse the spark before it
- does any real damage.
-
- >It *sounds* the same as someone arguing for them.
-
- Then don't just "listen", Larry -- try actually READING what I'm saying.
- Carefully. If you do, I think you'll find that I argue against absolutes, and
- certain kinds of just plain old illogic, but _not_ inherently _against_ any
- (more-or-less relativistic) position on pro-choice.
-
- "Pro-choice Quality Control" is another way to describe the way I see what I
- do, Larry. Maybe that's a little too whimsical, though, perhaps even bordering
- on presumptuous...
-
- - Kevin
-