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From: Bruce Gregory
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 00:00

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[From Bruce Gregory (990429.1725 EDT)]

Bill Powers (990429.1144 MDT)

> Anyway, I guess you're saying that if coercion is done in a
> country like
> China it's bad, but if we do it, it's all right. Or were you
> making some
> other point?

Like you, I favor less coercion rather than more. I was simply noting
that saying that all societies are coercive fails to make important
distinctions. I think the same point applies to different ways of
dealing with disruptions caused by students. You don't resent the
stranger who pulls you out of the way of an oncoming bus even if she is
coercing you. Motives seem to matter to human beings.


Bruce Gregory

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