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Article #1566Word Play. (was Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?)
From: Mark Sobolewski
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 1990 21:49
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 1990 21:49
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rcf@pnet01.cts.com (Bob Forsythe) writes:
> I see very little evidence that fundamentalists are insulted in the
>press. What I see is a society willing to forego the constitution in order to
>"protect itself" from drugs, drunk-drivers, readers of Playboy, and anyone who
>thinks there's a reason for sex other than having babies.
Yes, but is there anything "wrong" with that? "Unfair" perhaps?
You see, there is something _wrong_ in the context of individual
rights that many people on this forum _prefer_. When such individual
rights are violated or threatened, this is called "unfair".
This is not a universal thing, mind you, it's only in _relation_
to the basic _principles_ our society claims to cherish. And when
I complain that men are being treated _unfairly_, they call
it a _game_. I call it _hypocritical_.
None of this is _absolute_ so much as _relative_ and _consistent_
to the _principle_ people claim to care about: Individual rights
based on ability.
Wasn't that fun? Dick and Jane build a house on the next
installment. Stay tuned.
--
"Fortunatly, big mailers filled with flames |
are not subject to quotas." | sobleski@cs.psu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!numenor!sobleski From: sobleski@numenor.endor.cs.psu.edu (Mark Sobolewski) Newsgroups: sci.bio,alt.romance,soc.men,soc.singles Subject: Word Play. (was Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?) Message-ID: <F-yjnhq3@cs.psu.edu> Date: 9 Dec 90 21:49:57 GMT References: <6195@crash.cts.com> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: numenor.endor.cs.psu.edu