From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 07:55:38 MDT
>From: Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au>
>>Brian D Williams wrote:
>>The group may be advantaged but the individual is not.
>>What peculiar hypostasy is this? A group is composed of
>>individuals. Moreover, a functioning (non-pathological) social
>>group is not simply a collection of atomistic individuals;
>>biological and social ecologies create synergies.
A society where individual choice is the excepted norm vs a society
"where the greatest good for the greatest number and to hell with
the individual" are two completely different societies.
>There's something else going on behind this discussion other than
>a tired pissing contest between ideologies, I suspect. The
>terminology is extremely odd. Children are `brats'. Having
>children is `spawning'. People who have and raise children are
>`breeders' (a term I've previously seen only applied by somewhat
>resentful gays to straights). I'm sure this comment will now lead,
>yet again, to diagnoses of me as `politically correct'. I don't
>care, I'm off to play with my brother's rug rats and ankle biters.
I don't see you as politically correct on this, merely correct. I
was surprised to see the liberal/socialists being the ones to start
using these terms.
I have used none of these terms nor would I. I have far more
respect for children than this.
You are mixing several separate threads together in your summation
and condemnation here. I would appreciate not having my name being
associated with this witches brew. I have refused to participate in
those other threads. The topic of whether or not infanticide is
okay is asinine.
The thread I was participating in was primarily economic, my point
was that the political layer has imposed an income redistribution
plan that is of great benefit to those who are married with
children and funding it with money from those who are single and
without children.
I point out that this is inherently unjust and argue for it's
correction.
That's all.
Brian
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