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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Re: Morality and Democracy
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Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 00:00:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 1984
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Slavery is a tough case, Paul writes, because back in the 19th century
he thinks >90% of the population wanted it.  Odd that my country saw
fit to ban it at the time.  But all that aside, you seem to be arguing
the pro-choice viewpoint - that society should not infringe on the
rights of the individual even when the majority thinks it should be done.

You're the one who says we can make a law of physical force based on 
majority rule, not I.

Indeed it's a tough case.  You would advocate that those few people
who are right and moral should dictate the ways of the vast majority.
In the case of slavery, we see in hindsight that they were right.
But are you prepared to advocate this type of rule in all cases just
because it is right some of the time?   Sorry to bring him into this, but
old Adolf made the right decisions sometimes - he just really blew it
in the balance.   Your advocacy of rule by the 10% "because they are right"
is sure to lead to disaster in the long run.  So we can't apply it to
abortion.
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Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473