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From: mat@hou4b.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.news.group
Subject: Re: A Proposal for net.religion.coercion
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Date: Fri, 9-Nov-84 14:40:26 EST
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It seems that people are lumping a variety of ``offenses'' together:

	Book Burning
	Witch Hunts
	Repression of Gays
	Attempts to restrict or eliminate Abortion

In the first three cases, the people who are in favor of the item listed
are attempting to restrict or regulate another's morality.  In the final
case, the poeple who are in favor of the activity listed sincerely believe
that another person is beign hurt besides the one culpable.  Please do not
lump everything that you don't like together.  Further discussion does NOT
belong on this newsgroup.

	Some sneered, some sniggered, some simpered
	In the youth where we laughed and sang
	And *they* may end with a whimper
	But we will end with a bang!

					GKChesterton.

I'm going to post some more of this remarkable man's philosophy soon,
regarding the ``scientism'' question.

-- 

	from Mole End			Mark Terribile
		(scrape .. dig )	hou4b!mat
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