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From: johnston@spp1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Morality and Democracy
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Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 12:50:10 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:50:10 1984
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> Abortion laws are enforced morality.  They differ strongly from murder laws
> in that quite often the murderer will support the murder laws.  Murder laws
> don't require this 51% repressing 49% - everybody seems to want them,
> and everybody knows why they want them - for personal protection and the keeping
> of the peace.   If you can't see a difference you're too tied up in absolutes.
> -- 
> Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473

I  agree with one point. People do want murder laws for the reasons you
stated -personal protection and the keeping of the peace. Of course a lot
depends on your polling sample and whether you've asked the group most
likely to lose.

			Mike Johnston