From: session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zack C. Sessions)
Subject: Re: Media bias
Keywords: bias
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 02:23:25 GMT

crb2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Chad R. Berthelson) writes:

>I disagree, I haven't heard anyone call the 'Operation Rescue' people 'pro-
>life', they are on network news all the time and what is said is 'Anti-
>abortion demonstators blocked....'.  I can't think of a single instance
>that the mainstream media refers to 'pro-life' supporters as 'pro-life'.
>I (and I feel safe in speaking for the conservative side..) don't really
>care if you like the name they have chosen to use or not...but we do
>care when you change it for them (I know of people that would rather
>the 'pro-choice' people would call themselves 'pro-abortion' and quite
>trying to candy-cote the real agenda).  If 'Choice' was really the issue,
>then you would see these people protesting the arrest of drug users, etc.
>who might choose to smoke a little dope without hurting anyone else.

What are the folks at Operation Rescue doing when they make the news? They
are storming abortion clinics. Watching that, how can anyone come to any
other conclusion that they have a true agenda of anti-abortionism? I
presonally never refer to pro-lifers as anti-abortionists. But I do feel
that the most vocal of the pro-lifers, groups such as Operation Rescue
ARE anti-abortionists.

In case you haven't followed everything I have said in this newsgroup,
I AM in favor of drug legalization, not just from a pragmatic point of
view, but from the point of view that I do not feel that the government
has the right to tell me what I can do or not do in the privacy of
my own home. Drug legalization is a very touchy issue and most people
who favor is are afraid to admit it. I would venture to say that if
one knew the true feelings of many pro-choicers, they would admit that
they would favor drug legalzation.

>Would you please tell me what your major/or expertise is in?  You seem to 
>know so much about so many things, it must impress the people you work with..

I recently (this past May) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Computer Science with a 3.5 average in my major. I was a non-traditional
student however. I started college 22 years ago majoring in Marine Biology.
A few years later, I dodged the draft by enlisting in the Navy. After a few
years in the Navy I returned to college and discovered my true interest
was Mathematics and pursued a double major in Math and Physics for two
years. Then I discovered computers. I switched to Computer Science but before
I could graduate, I ran out of money but was lucky enough to get a job as
as computer operator. After a few years I was a programmer. Later, I worked
6 years for Digital Equipment Corp as a Senior Software Specialist working
with VAX/VMS. I left DEC to come back to Wilmington to work as a VAX System
Manager and to pursue my degree in the background. My biology background
fueled my interest in the environment. I participated in the very first
Earth Day at UNCW in 1970. At my job, we rarely discuss non-work related
issues, but I have impressed my collegues with my prowess with a computer.
-- 
Zack Sessions
sessions@seq.uncwil.edu
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
"Good health is merely the slowest form of dying."
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