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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: Bill who wrote (8732)	7/18/2000 10:33:13 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) of 9127

The laws are based on an assessment of threat, not an evaluation of the relative values of the lives concerned. It seems legitimate to me to criticize that assessment of threat, though there are doubtless two sides to that story. I could accept an argument that an inaccurate assessment of threat has inadvertently created a situation where laws seem to favor one life over another. But claiming that there is some deliberate attempt to place a premium on the lives of homosexuals seems a bit past the line of pointless rhetoric to me. The territory for argument is the level of threat, not the relative value of gay or straight lives. It is a situation very similar to those in which attempts to make gay youth feel comfortable with what they are and make straight youth more tolerant of gays are attacked as "recruitment attempts". It is legitimate to criticize such attempts on the grounds that they may not achieve their purpose, or on the grounds that in the pursuit of this goal they cover material which is not appropriate to the venue, or on a number of other grounds. But claiming that they are organized attempts to persuade young people to become gay are ridiculous and counterproductive.

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