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[From Bruce Gregory (990429.1436 EDT)]

Rick Marken (990429.1100)

> But don't we get to find out what you meant when you said
>
> > Well stated. My only wish is that an equally enlightened
> > position had emerged during the discussion of coercion.
>
> In reply to Bill Powers (990427.1644 MDT) comment about the
> ant controlling many perceptions?


In the coercion "discussion," you and Bill _seemed_ to be committed to a
position that RTP was coercive in nature. This point is trivially
obvious to the extent that all schools are part of society and no
society can afford to eschew the implied use of force, if only to
protect some citizens from the coercive acts of other citizens. But this
did not appear to be the point you were making. Rather than asserting
the trivially obvious, you seemed to think you were making an important
point about RTP. Those of us who differed with you were not impressed
with either the importance or the accuracy of your remarks. When the vet
picks up my dog to put her on his examining stand, he is acting
coercively. Despite this, I am not tempted to call veterinary science a
coercive practice.


Bruce Gregory