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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: sexist assumptions
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:58:01 GMT
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- 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 consider your analogy. John Doe is not immune from paying.
- He is a criminal, and until the statute of limitations expires, he
- can be fined and put in prison.
-
- Man A and man B have acted identically. But only man B can be "fined"
- (and indeed possibly imprisoned). Why the difference?
-
- Don
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