From: gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis)
Subject: Re: I rant a bit  (was Re: Abortion providers who oppose sterile conditions (was Re: Things)
Organization: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:15:47 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.041427.5214@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org 
(Kevin Darcy) writes:

}Galen, Galen, Galen, why do you dig yourself into these little pits...

Kevin (thank you for practicing spelling my name), I am a caver, and 
have been digging little pits and entering them for some time now (over
a quarter of a century).  I am more capable than most in so doing.  
Your concern, while touching, is a tad misplaced.

}                          ...Galen? How about polka-dots -- are you "for"
}or "against" them?

Gee, Kevin, that's a toughie.  I guess I'm pretty wishy-washy where polka
dots are concerned.  Leave it to you to strike at the heart of the matter.

}This little semantic detour from common sense also seems to jar pretty 
}badly against some other statements you've made too:
}
}[re: laws prohibiting murder]
}
}"Folks who see in binary and feel that you are either 'fer it 
} or again' it' are doubtless perplexed by such a feeling.  I 
} confess to being somewhat apathetic about it, being neither 
}                                                     ^^^^^^^
} for or against.  I just don't much care." 
} ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^	
}			<1992Jul13.025936.21993@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
}
}So apathy is okay when we're talking about murder laws, but not when we're
}on the subject of abortion legislation, eh?

In a word, yes.  Laws against murder don't have near the implications about
personal freedom and government control that proposed abortion laws do.
Folks who see the world in "for or against" terms are no doubt puzzled 
by statements made by those who do not.  In particular, being somewhat 
apathetic about murder laws but being very concerned about abortion laws
is a position that I suppose would "jar pretty badly" someone who needs
to see issues as simply "on" or "off."

By the way, Kevin, I suppose I am one of your "extremists" regarding
abortion, or at least the pro-choice position.  In that I have said that
I prefer no (NO, or NADA, ZILCH, etc.) legislation regarding abortion yet 
am willing to vote for the FOCA, how would you define me now?

"If third-tri abortions are so insignificant, why do the Extremists fight
 so hard to protect them, I wonder, oftentimes staking EVERYTHING for the sake
 of that tiny subset of all abortions? Why take such irresponsible risks? If 
 given the choice between a precarious 3-trimester right, and a rock-solid 2-
 trimester right, which is more pragmatic, do you think?" - Kevin

A pragmatic extremist, perhaps?  Or perhaps a principled, but reasonable
person?  
 
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