[extropy-chat] Euphamism and reality.

[Samantha Atkins]

Read it again.  You missed the point and I have no patience today for  
nitpicking nonsense.  Being up too late with a dying friend tends to  
change your perspective of what is worth your energy.

On May 31, 2005, at 8:20 PM, Dirk Bruere wrote:

> Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
>
>> It was not a reasonable usage when you include the context and   
>> recognize the usage prejudices the mind toward seeing abortion as   
>> murder.
>>
>
> Since when is calling abortion murder a 'prejudice'?
> It seems like most people have made a judgement on the matter, not  
> a pre-judgement.
> Unless, of course, you would not correct me if I said you had a  
> prejudice against mass shootings of people into ditches as part of  
> a law'n'order campaign.
> 'Prejudice' assumes that the person against whom the charge is made  
> has not examined the facts and that when they do they must  
> inevitably come to the same conclusion as you on emotive issues.
> It ain't so.
>
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> Dirk
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