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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: pezz who wrote (50674)5/31/1999 10:00:00 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (3) of 67261
 
We are continually balancing things in our estimate of the severity of crimes, and the appropriate penalties. Thus, we distinguish between murder and manslaughter, with various gradations besides. By the logic you have employed in your post, the fact that we recognize justifiable homicide, or treat negligent homicide less harshly than murder, means that we are insincere in our desire to do justice, and instead merely want to control--- whom? to what purpose? Few people have the heart to ban abortion in cases of rape and incest. Does the fact that they find these sufficient excuses mean that they are merely "conrolling" in the other instances? At worst, it means that they are "going soft", and should ban all abortions. At best, it is a complex calculation of when the lack of responsibility of the mother, and the horror of the circumstances, weigh in favor of mercy...
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