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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
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Subject: Re: "Gay Rights" -- let them go to hell, it's not (yet) my problem
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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 21:55:03 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 19 21:55:03 1984
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[From M Fingerhut's admonition of Ross Greenberg for embracing Ayn Rand]

>> ...	For this indifference to the plight of others, who are taken
>> in the grip of forces much above their power as individuals to defend
>> themselves, people died and die all over the world.  Do the names of
>> Cambodia, Uganda and Ethiopia ring a bell, along with those of Maidanek
>> and Treblinka?  Both should, if you call yourself a jew and a man.

>> 	That's why you should fight against discrimination, even of
>> gays, because they are people, and because this is in your ultimate
>> interest (hence ethical, right?), as a potential target of
>> discrimination.  Discrimination is an atmosphere, so if there is now
>> discrimination against gays, that against jews is not too unlikely.
>> (Besides I keep seeing daily graffiti talking very explicitely and
>> viciously for the (renewed) extermination of jews and they are
>> no joke, they reflect a latent antisemitism.)

>> 	Ayn Rand was good for kids in the paradise of the rich and
>> peaceful.  This is not the world most of us live in, and it's not of
>> our choice.

>> 				Michel Fingerhut

Well said!  So well, in fact, it's worth repeating (so I did)!

An injury to one is an injury to all.
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