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Examine polls
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A couple of years ago, !
received some literature from a
group that defends abortion. 1
found one brochure, a poll on
public opinion concerning
abortion, quite fascinating. I ac
tually discovered that since I
felt abortion was Justified if the
mother's life was in danger. I
“strongly ” supported legalized
abortion. Huh?
This national group combin
ed those who supported legaliz
ed abortion (whatever the cir
cumstance) and those who
could think of a situation where
it might be justified into the
"strongly" supportive
category. Using this tactic, the
brochure claimed over 80 per
cent of Americans wore "pro
choice" (support abortion .'on
demand).
• o Given three choices in whjch
- you could basically.only answer
as never allowing . abortion,,
sometimes allowing itor always
• V a.l 1 o w i‘n,g‘ it;; I would
. o .have---answered in Hie-'
sometimes, category-if'they’had"
contacted me. Hut. how-honest “
... •; is- it. to, claim that oved 80 per-'.
’ dent of the"people support,your
. agenda if you pn|y.allow such a
v: > ”n«jpw choice and ..then lump
' - i the large'st cat'egory lwmietiniesl
w i t Ik t h e ‘a bort ion.-© n •
.% j demahders? Such tactics make'”
i • - <it necessary, to examine.surveys
iv;L’;'lnijelfetail. f':
C ^ k i ■ ■ A-jior.l,i ng..
■A.n\er.ic;a.’;.' - farther. ;abortioh:o‘
' ■ rights'^advocate ‘ Bjprqar'H,
. • • .tyat.lra'ifithn ’.detfptuti c.on-.
siderable.aHnritionto analyzing;
; ' X tfurVe'yt 'On alkirtipri.i (deluding
Gallup^pqlls.'ln thesi! polls; and
• •• '.' "uios’t-Tve.everistieh; iKeartajority;
' Of,people are not support iveof,
the agenda of the‘pro-choice’.'.'
’ movement^':
. Michael Cross
Senior,- Political •
■ Scierice/History,
Terrible trust
. Hravp Kmerald! Yotireditprii I
Fehv.l j was right on niark-wKen
it said. ■‘•‘Seerningly pmgrossiye*
, force*;'resort ' t#o°f excluding;,
groups they oppose with.distor
bing ease,:" : V
The ballyhoo, of the pro
gressive left on campus has
becdme„■ “You can't hide
behind the First. Amendment!’'
Politically incorrect forces such
as R.OTC, the CIA. and even the v
Commentator and the Emerald,
have felt the brunt of this argu
ment . Supposedly, if a group is
"wrong,” it cannot excuse itself
by claiming its civil rights
under the First Amendment.
I’m sorry, folks, but that’s ex
actly what the First Amendment
is for. Telling ROTC it can’t
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hide behind the First Amend
ment is shockingly similar to
white Southerners telling
blacks they couldn’t hide
behind the phrase, "All men are
created equal.”
However, since I am a conser
vative and a demon, I would
love to see the left chase ROTC
and the CIA off campus, setting
a precedent for exclusionism
and moral purity. Sooner or
later, my kin, the far right, will
come to power, and we can use
that precedent to establish our
own version of moral purity.
We are all comrades of the devil
in this sense.
It’s a terrible trust to expect
individuals to make up their
own .minds when faced with
temptation such as ROTC or the
CIA on campus. But it’s a terri
ble trust we must endure in a
democracy. .. • ; • •
.. If it’s not a democracy we
want, well, hell, that’s fine .with „
me too (peals of evil laughter).
Rob Young
••V■■■•*; . . ■ . .. Senior
Bored to tears
i.omracle Micks: ......
.•YOUR STA Y IN THE UNITED
STATES MUS.f. I'E
PREMATURELY TERMINATED-"'
STOP. YOUR UNIQUE
' STATISTIC INTERPRETATION
ABILITIES ARE REQUIRED ON
t)t Her prop a g A'N?d a*"
ERUNTS - STOT:> T4‘e .;
KREMUN REQUIRES YOU TO
CANCEL THE CUBA PfcANS"
AND PROCEED DIRECTLY’ TO '
MOSCOW C STOP. ; ,
• '"Glen. even.articutate.'w.elb;
.constructed argumnhts bocpme
bland: washed-out andtifesome“:
. after the" seventh or eighth
presentation. Yours brought
tears of boredom to my eyes pit.
’..the second reading. ; . .X
C If .you ftail compelled ;tp shared
•your unsolicited perceptions of
wprid .. politics;, please , show
some compassion . for it^he- in
tellect of your audience, and
spirie it up a bit! ' v°C:.'-(
Alex Gardner
.. Student
Morals dictated
During the past few" weeks.01
have watched the abortion
debate with my usual fascina
tion. And I must admit’ that L
never cease to be amazed anci-ir
ritated by the semanticMegerde
main the "pro-choice" folks use
to gussy up what is a rather
grim and nasty business ^ .kil
ling unborn children by
dismemberment.. ’
Yet there is one argument that
is so unthinking, so exfradr-1
dinarily diddle-headed. that it
never fails to get my dander’up.
That argument is a variationoL
^p— .-~t\
"You can't legislate morality."
Oh yes. you can. We do it all
the time. If students learn
nothing else about law before
they leave this university, they
should learn this:
l.aw is legislated morality.
For the hard of hearing. I repeat,
law is legislated morality!
Think about it.
What are laws but command
ments, a series of "Thou shalts"
and "Thou shalt nots”?
Thou shalt not steal. Thou
shalt not kill. Thou shalt not
bear false witness. Thou shalt
not beat thy wife. Thou shalt
not employ children in por
nographic enterprises. Thou
shalt not get liquored-up and
drive backward down the
freeway. Thou shalt not
discriminate. Thou shall give X
percent of thy income to care for
the poor and needy. (I call this
compulsory charity; a con
tradiction in terms, admittedly.. .
but true nonetheless).
The • question, then, is not
"Shaji we legislate nlorality?”
Rather/ it" is "Whose morality •
shall we legislate?9' ; •
. - rom Visoky
‘; . Journalism
Unfair attention
■•vin-ffi/erence tpJjav^'Paqu^h's: „
• l^tter|(Feb.:-1Q)^abput-fraternity, ■
Caperl'm, sjiiriB -the ^fraternity
'system would agree..With °me; ,
-when i-say, that l'm' sick and
'tiied pfireadihg. abbiit -spell .
.: issues ’J Hat make' it ' look ’is 'if;
■< ..phiy.! h‘appenS;;-al v
•fraterniUps. • v-V ■ '*■ . V. ■
tjrantedr l’ve hoard, of .^uch, . .
Tmfbrturiatehicide’rtts that-have *
.ihappehed at certain .fraternity/ .
hous‘d Buf havp you-ever heard* .
of • •‘iti.’ happening at -private-.
homos;, apartments or-.' the;’. ■
o-.ddnhs?-«Moiti people "nave; I'Ve .
. lived in the°dorms;for,tw« years.
and YES" V.it"; dpes-.Oc’eur 4h'ere- •
too.-' ■ _ ,* v.;*:
- Why then is it that the frater
nities'are' always, singled, out
from those other entities and ac
cused? I believe the reason for
iRe cbhstant abuse is that we are
in;th’e scfcial 4eyi .more than ahy
other organization. This is your : °
i-definition.' of’ "bullshit,.”” Mr.
Paquiri.’ *•: "•
' ‘ \ . 9 i, f ^ ^ ‘ r «o * ,
Alj thajt ham saying is that I’m.
ysp ,t ireid of theJraternity. system
being singled out and blamed
for such occurrences When they *
• a.lso • occur elsewhere. If
•'something is to be done about
this"problem, ” it should be on
a c'ampusW.itfe basis, NOT jQST
TO; 'f,H°E E R A T E R N l T Y '.
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