sobleski@numenor.endor.cs.psu.edu (Mark Sobolewski) (12/10/90)
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
bhv@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Bronis Vidugiris) (12/11/90)
In article <5506@sage.cc.purdue.edu> milleraj@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Andy) writes: )In article <6091@crash.cts.com> rcf@pnet01.cts.com (Bob Forsythe) writes: )|Personally I'd find suggestions that my left-handedness was learned to be on )|par with suggestions that gays are made, not born. I have been left-handed as ) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ )Actually there is considerable evidence that both genetics and environment )affect this, but most of that has been heavily suppressed by activist )organizations. Surprise, surprise. The shockingly radical theory I subscribe to, after some reading on the topic is that some gays are 'made' and some are 'born'. It depends on the person.