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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Clarifying "Restrictions"
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan03.012811.21437@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 01:28:11 GMT
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- In <1993Jan2.224341.9574@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >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:
- >>>>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.
-
- Just because you dislike them doesn't mean they're wrong...
-
- >when a misguided pro-CHOICER starts spouting absolutes
-
- Someone whose viewpoint differs from yours is "misguided"?
-
- >>It *sounds* the same as someone arguing for them.
- >
- >Then don't just "listen", Larry -- try actually READING what I'm saying.
-
- I do.
-
- >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.
-
- In other words, you argue for some restrictions. (No wait, although it seems
- that way, you say you don't really want any restrictions. How about, you
- present arguments in favor of abortion restrictions. That captures the
- essence of it, without the implication that you want those restrictions
- (although that's a natural conclusion based on seeing your arguments in
- favor of them that people are going to continue to make.))
-
- >"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...
-
- Definitely presumptuous, since it implies that any position other than yours
- is of poor quality.
- --
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
-