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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: sexist assumptions
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:15:44 GMT
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- In article <1ji7tmINNfnv@gap.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
- >
- >>peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >>>kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >
- >>Man A's condom breaks, woman has abortion, man A pays no child support.
- >
- >>Man B's condom breaks, woman has child, man B pays $200,000.
- >
- >>What did man B do that man A did not -- given that the woman's choice
- >>was unilateral in each case? What is the source of his obligation,
- >>and is it something he caused? If he caused it, then how -- if man A
- >>did not?
- >
- >Lets try a little analogy here: You earn $1M and do not report it to
- >the IRS. Some beancounter at the IRS decides to audit you. You end
- >in hock for back taxes + fines, etc. John Doe also earns $1M and does
- >not report it. He does not get audited. He gets off scott free.
- >
- >Are you exempt from paying just because John Doe didn't get caught?
-
- No, but I can call the IRS on John Doe and get both him caught and myself a
- nice reward. Actually, not a bad strategy.
-
- Straw man knocked down -- try again Michal.
-
- Or is it that the "last clear chance to avoid" mechanism, which is how we
- assess liability in most other cases, isn't one you happen to like here?
-
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