[extropy-chat] Politics

[nvitamore at austin.rr.com]

Dirk wrote:

>>This method has to work for social problems or it is no good.  I think all
>>social problems involve cultural clashes, don't they?  And usually these
>>clashes can be reduced to religious or political views in which individual
>>rights (freedom of choice) are not respected.

>That statement is a perfect example of the kind of cultural blindness that
>results in the failure of such programs. You are assuming that the issues
>revolve around individual rights - which they do - in *your* culture. 

Perhaps you are the one wearing blinders.  Your question to me was "How
would you use your technique to resolve the abortion debate in the US?"   

Natasha




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