Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Peter Flass Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:14:31 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: <1367214928.751312749.196320.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> References: <20241014080601.00007478@gmail.com> <38fb5a91-5d00-be42-4bfe-2a05232a82c1@example.net> <1343403396.751142472.767579.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:14:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="43c6581996a190e02a007a23102206ec"; logging-data="1691444"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18QLf/LOZj+zzL7xxmHMKJG" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.1 (iPad) Cancel-Lock: sha1:COc+duyeLdAqV5RumJo8DZGHNC0= sha1:AemcnCXdY4HLSjTa3CT0Rqai9KQ= Bytes: 2961 rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:58:04 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:53:35 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> Once the Left introduced morality into politics it left the door open >>> for every kind of hatred and bigotry. >> >> I thought it was the Right, not the Left, that wanted to turn abortion >> rights from a health issue into a religious issue. > > The left are just as religious in a secular sort of way. I do find it > amusing to see menopausal women all heated up about pro-choice. I don't > have a dog in the fight; neither do they. > > Personally I don't want to see a Federal law either way; the issue should > be decided at the state or local level. If you don't like what the people > of the state decide, move. > I used to argue against abortion, but with all the fuss I have come to realize that my libertarian instincts have risen to the top. Just have the government stay the h*ll out of it. -- Pete