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"Terence P. Garvey" <tgarvey@wsii.com> wrote:

>Word Warrior wrote:
>> >The way I figure, it's only a matter of time before statistics catch up
>> >with a critical mass of the the folks on the side of free will and > >they become victims of the consequences of their free will.
>> >So we don't know when life begins?  And even if we did, could someone
>> >articulate it in a way that could be understood by EVERYONE?  Could
>> >someone explain to a gang member the moral difference between blowing
>> >away a rival gang member and terminating something that to them looks
>> >like a duck, acts like a duck, etc. .... for other reasons of convenience?
>> You point out an important concept: that people with deficient
>> emotional intelligence imagine enemies where there are none.

>The above leap of logic is too much for my deficient emotional
>intelligence to comprehend - or is that a nonsequitur I see?

Gawd only knows what your myopic orbs may transmit to your
inadequately functioning cranial contents.
 
>> >If it's animals we want society to behave like,that's exactly what we
>> >will get - deservedly so. Like I tell my kids, life is full of
>> >opportunities to express our free will.  Enjoy the fruits of the right
>> >expressions and learn from the consequences of the bad expressions.
>> Animals actually function with admirable cooperation when they
>> are not forced into conditions of deprivation. 

>Carnivores kill for survival.  Judged within the context of their
>existence, their actions are understandable.  I suspect their victims
>have other thoughts, however. 

I don't know that you are an authoritative source for information
on thoughts of any kind or species.   

>> >Can I prove there's a relationship between how we treat the unborn and
>> >other abhorant events.
>> Do you claim that death is abhorrent?

>When imposed by another person, yes.  What's your point?

You haven't made sense yet.

>> >Of course not.  To some of us it doesn't need to
>> >be proved.  It's kind of like what happens in fox holes.  There are some
>> >who act on faith - blind as it may seem to others.  There are some for
>> >whom the the situation seems to peel away the chaff - the inhibitions
>> >perhaps.  Then there are some who never seem to get it no matter what
>> >happens to them (by the way, where IS Madeline Murray O'Hare?)
>> Maybe she's dead and in heaven.

>And maybe she's alive and well - and converted.  Age is one of those fox
>holes, you know.

I don't know.  You're the one in the fox holes.

>> >At this point, let me make a prediction.  No one will challenge this
>> >article on a continuing basis without resorting to expletives,
>> >emotionalism and nonsequiturs.  That's okay.  I like to think these are
>> >the folks who have never seen a fox hole, much less been in one. 
>> Hey, you were just helpin' that fox over the fence, eh?

>I was wrong. 

You figure only once?

> In addition to expletives,emotionalism and
>nonsequiturs,people will also respond in the form of sarcasm and puzzles
>when they either don't have anything tangible to say or they're
>incapable of articulating what they feel is tangible. 

It's quite tangible that those with deficient EQ tend to 
imagine conflict in situations where it isn't otherwise
descriptive of the circumstances.

> Can you simply
>say what you mean

Yep.

> and not resort to saying things that no one else

Do you speak for everyone else?  How is that?

>understands 

So you didn't understand.

>in the hope that readers

For whom you wish to pretend you speak ...

> will believe that you are the
>holder of some deep, esoteric truth.  You haven't substantially
>responded to a thing I said.  No surprise.

Yeah, you haven't had jack shit to say.
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