Re: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today

2005-05-17 Thread JDG
At 05:19 PM 5/17/2005 -0500, Garu wrote: >> >> I don't see it that way. Let's take one contraversial subject: >> abortion. >> >> The standard liberal Democratic position is to defend all abortions >> without >> >> question. >> > >> >Extremist strawman hogwash. That is neither the party position,

RE: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today

2005-05-17 Thread Horn, John
> Behalf Of Gary Denton > > All of these positions have been supported by Democrats. > But this is a straw man argument. Lets try the same type of > argument in a > slightly different context > > Why do the conservative Republicans always feel that > government belongs in > the bedroom regul

Re: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today

2005-05-17 Thread Nick Arnett
On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:09:46 -0500, Dan Minette wrote > In the absence of the > ability to enforce such a law fairly, it is merely words on paper, > as WWII showed. In my view, that's a reason not to make abortion a crime. Nick ___ http://www.mccme

Re: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today

2005-05-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: Re: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today > On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:23:09 -0400, JD

Re: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today

2005-05-16 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suppose it does. But that is dramatically > different from "defending > abortion." One can defend the legality of abortion > without endorsing it. The > fact that something is wrong and undesirable, even > horrible, cannot imply that > it must be

Re: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today

2005-05-16 Thread Nick Arnett
On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:23:09 -0400, JDG wrote > If the standard liberal Democratic position is to oppose every one > of those restrictions on abortion, then isn't it true that they are > defending all abortions from any legalized restriction? I suppose it does. But that is dramatically differe

Re: Abortion and Liberal Democrats Re: The American PoliticalLandscape Today

2005-05-16 Thread JDG
At 05:02 PM 5/16/2005 -0700, you wrote: > > >On Mon, 16 May 2005 19:31:19 -0400, JDG wrote >> At 10:56 AM 5/16/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: >> >> I don't see it that way. Let's take one contraversial subject: abortion. >> >> The standard liberal Democratic position is to defend all abortions >