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Article #164Re: Cowards vote
From: Robert
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:00
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Iain Jameson wrote:
>
> Well, the cowards did what was expected of them.
> I guess it's easier to remove a basic human right
> than it is to protect one.
>
> I will quote a prominant anti-euthanasia politician -
> the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory :
>
> "... The real issue in all of this quite apart from the
> attack on our right to determine our own affairs,
> it is the thin edge of the wedge and it becomes very easy
> to start imposing your will on others when you have done
> it before."
>
> The above is taken from `The Australian' dated March 25, 1997.
>
> How true, and that so-called "slippery slope" that David Moss
> is so fond off now exists here in Australia. It is no
> longer a figment of his imagination, it's now a reality.
>
> What will be the next `human right' to go I wonder?
>
> Iain.
Might be that you will need a licence/permit just to be able to have
sex with your wife .............
Rob.
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