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From: wp6@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Walter Pohl)
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Subject: Re: A Moral Question
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Date: 18 Oct 90 16:07:43 GMT
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In article <16187@s.ms.uky.edu> Randy Appleton <randy@ms.uky.edu> writes:
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>Yes, it is within your rights.  But just as nuclear weapons and racial 
>equality are orthogonal to each other, so are nuclear weapons and feminism.
>But are you going to tell me I cannot be a feminist
>unless I have your views on defence policy?  Are you willing to say that?
>
>-Randy

	Feminism is a broad collection of opinions.  In your feminism, there is
no connection between nuclear weapons and feminism.  But, in certain other
"brands" of feminism, it is thought that nuclear weapons are a function of
patriarchy, and in a non-patriarchal society, nuclear weapons wouldn't exist.
Both your view and this other view are feminist.  There is no One True Path of
Feminism, no single agenda that characterizes all feminists.



					Walt Pohl
		"alt.walt?  It has a certain ring to it, no?"