Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy Date: 21 Oct 2024 23:17:12 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: 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=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net u1Q0/dbvgCATNyr+HepRGA3fWc6rahhWnVyYJJAaSw/OymFFDN Cancel-Lock: sha1:PFS5GwFwQxjttRZnIVpXWiiBZJk= sha256:TxRNJRPDzxplIOZI9CNWf9AHrnF3HrismWLvHTJugUU= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2426 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.