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Re: The Whack-A-Mole Method of Ending Hate In Our Time
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:39:02 -0700
________________________________________ From: Gene Spafford [spaf () cerias purdue edu] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:28 AM To: David Farber Cc: ip Subject: Re: [IP] Re: The Whack-A-Mole Method of Ending Hate In Our Time On Mar 24, 2008, at 11:18 AM, David Reed wrote:
All *men* are endowed with certain inalienable rights. Corporations are not.
If you believe this (and it is not a global belief) I suggest that it should be "All PEOPLE" Too many cultures believe that women have no rights, and we should be especially sensitive to the usage of the pronouns. Children also are often not considered "persons" with any rights at all. I'm not necessarily disagreeing with your sentiment -- simply pointing out that there is a certain aspect of relativism to your statement, and a concern that we continue to be aware of some cultural differences, even if we don't necessarily subscribe to them. Of course, promoting the idea that women (and children) also have rights and are people betrays my own particular bias, but I freely admit it. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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