Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site spp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!spp1!johnston From: johnston@spp1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Morality and Democracy Message-ID: <137@spp1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 12:50:10 EST Article-I.D.: spp1.137 Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:50:10 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 05:36:34 EST References: <540@wucs.UUCP> <223@looking.UUCP> Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 14 > 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