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Date:         Sun, 26 Jul 1992 14:32:00 EST
From:         the anti-elvis <199561011@VUVAXCOM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: questions for tkidd

From:         Travis Kidd <TKIDD@CLEMSON.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: questions for tkidd

On Thu, 23 Jul 1992 08:41:11 CDT fred <CCHILDER@UNMCVM.BITNET> said:
> Travis, your posts show a lot of youthful idealism and enthusiasm but
> leave me with a few questions.
>
> 1. I was married for ten years when my wife decided she wanted a divorce.
> Even though I didn't want the divorce would I be unable to have sex
> again under your no sex outside of marraige proposal? How long of a jail
> term for sex? How will you pay for the jail space?Why would you be in
> favor of a judge telling adults what is best for them but not children?
Did your wife have a FUCKING good reason for a divorce?  If not then
                     ^^^^^^^such LANGUAGE! and from a good christian
        boy, too.  this country's going down the tubes.
the divorce should never happen.  Assuming you were at fault and she had
good reason for a divorce, then an appropriate jail term for each con-
viction would be 30 days, I suppose.  But our society and our children
simply can't afford to pay the price for the 1/2 of marriages that end
in divorce.  Adultery should be a jailable offense, and in a civil di-
vorce suit, there should be STRONG preponderance of the evidence point-
ing to adultery or another good cause for divorce.

        what constitutes a good reason?  how about "we simply don't love
        each other anymore.  we tried to make it work, but it didn't."?
        or would one of them have to beat the other or cheat on the other
        and accept the jail term so that they could get divorced?

        making alcohol illegal didn't keep people from drinking it.  making
        pot illegal hasn't kept people from smoking it.  making the speed
        limit 55mph hasn't kept people from driving faster.  making the
        drinking age 21 hasn't kept 18 year olds from drinking.  do you
        think that this will really affect people's behavior?  or just lead
        to more corruption?

> 2. What was anita hill's motive for lying?
Doesn't she get tens of thousands of dollars for speaking engagements???

        you seem to have a skewed concept of causality.

> 3. Are you willing to live in a society where the thought police follow
> you around to be sure that you are not thinking unclean thoughts?
No.  Everyone has a right to their thoughts.  Actions are another
matter.

        thats like saying that everyone has a right to think about
        voting independant, as long as they actually vote republican
        or democrat.

> 4. How would you handle sex in advertising?
Hmmmmmm....well first of all, there is really no "sex" in advertising.
But I do think it is wrong for a beer commercial (or any other type of
commercial--beer is most prominent) to suggest that you will get girls
if you drink Bud Light.  Why can't they tout their product's good
qualities???  Perhaps because it has none.

        so you don't like bud lite.

> You seem to be missing a very basic point: The child's accusation must
> have a basis in law or it will be thrown out of court. I assume that you
> are pro-life and want a judge to make sure that the baby is born but then
> the parent's can do whatever they want. I'm afraid that sane, normal,
> educated parents are probably a minority. The number of children living
> in poverty is pushing 20%.
And probably children of single parents who had sex outside of marriage.

        often.  now who gets to take care of the kids while mom is
        in jail?

> Do you happen to remember a little incident involving the poisoning of
> hundreds of children by their parents because they thought some guy
> was showing them the path to enlightenment in jonestown?
Well, that was in another country.  I will let Guyana make its own laws,
in the hopes that they would agree with me.

        from what i remember, tho, they weren't native guyanans...

-Travis

        brni
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