Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!nike!ll-xn!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!rat From: rat@tybalt.caltech.edu.Caltech.Edu@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Ray Trent) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Opinion and law (was Re: fetuses, caterpillars, etc.) Message-ID: <877@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Sat, 9-Aug-86 00:25:30 EDT Article-I.D.: cit-vax.877 Posted: Sat Aug 9 00:25:30 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Aug-86 03:38:57 EDT References: <1619@videovax> <1655@videovax> <2504@jhunix.UUCP> <1677@videovax> <683@bunkerb.UUCP> <509@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU> Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: rat@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP () Distribution: na Organization: Calfornia Institute of Technology Lines: 15 In article <509@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU> marco@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU (the wharf rat) writes: >The very fact that *ALL THIS IS YOUR OR MINE OR WHOMEVER'S OPINION* IS >THE VERY REASON WE **SHOULD NOT PASS LAWS** ABOUT IT. How does it follow from "X is a matter of opinion" that "we should not pass laws about X"? Hint: it doesn't. --Paul V. "Who's side am I on, anyway?" Torek DISCLAIMER: These views are not necessarily Ray's. ../ray\.. rat@tybalt.caltech.edu trent@cit-vax.caltech.edu