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- From: decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz)
- Subject: Re: Estimates of the incidence of illegal abortions
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:04:50 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.130450.12075@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1993Jan15.125423.4796@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1993Jan22.145214.17893@ncsu.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan22.145214.17893@ncsu.edu>, dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- > Kaflowitz, look at the quote above. Read it carefully. I see
- > Ms. Garvin suggesting that the *incidence* of illegal abortion
- > in 1860 has "something to do" with the ruling in Roe v. Wade in
- > 1973. Look at the Subject line which Ms. Garvin wrote. It mentions
- > "incidence". Throughout this entire thread, Ms. Garvin has not
- > even mentioned the relative dangers of abortion in 1860 and 1973.
- > That subject was not raised in this thread until now. You're doing
- > a piss poor job of helping Ms. Garvin back-pedal from her earlier
- > suggestion.
-
-
- Actually, this posting of your's suggests that I have done an
- excellent job of showing you up for a hair-splitting ninny
- who is just arguing for no other purpose than to shout "nah nah"
- and try to make someone else look bad. The entire thread
- and its context show what the discussion was about. Complaining
- that the word "incidence" makes the entire thread mean something
- else is just so much gamesmanship. When taken in context,
- her use of the word "incidence" indicates that she wasn't
- using it to mean "the rate of occurrence," but one of its
- other meanings. I leave it as an exercise for the reader to
- determine which other meaning was intended. I leave it as
- an exercise for Reverend Holtsinger to jerk around with what
- is said and try to change its meaning to amuse homself, like
- a monkey twisting a rubber toy.
-
- Dean Kaflowitz
-
- "Yeah, bringing that Amazon enclave of women to America would just
- spoil everything. I'd prefer to have them stay in the Amazon,
- so that I could go live them there." - Reverend Doug Holtsinger
-