Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!csc From: csc@watmath.UUCP (Computer Sci Club) Newsgroups: can.politics,net.women Subject: Re: Discrimination against x Message-ID: <15572@watmath.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 11:04:37 EDT Article-I.D.: watmath.15572 Posted: Thu Jul 4 11:04:37 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 03:14:32 EDT References: <893@mnetor.UUCP> <5642@utzoo.UUCP> <896@mnetor.UUCP> <15520@watmath.UUCP> <1133@ubc-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: csc@watmath.UUCP (Computer Sci Club) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 16 Xref: watmath can.politics:590 net.women:6228 Summary: > In the meantime, while the bigots get >educated and/or die off, it is important that we try to move towards equality >amongst races and sexes. If an imposed solution is the only way, so be it. >We owe it to all our people. This is a very questionable piece of reasoning. Admittedly, it would be desireable to eliminate descrimination from our society, but I think it can be argued that your solution may have costs (in term of loss of personal freedom, etc.) that outweigh its intended benefit. Before implementing such a solution, we have to decide which is the lesser of two evils. > --Jamie. -bob atkinson watmath!csc