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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (4465)	2/2/2001 5:50:09 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I have just finished Kozol's Savage Inequalities. Have you read it? It is an amazing book. Very sad- but for pointing out the systemic inequalities in our system of education, and the entrenched belief that privilege is a birthright, and poverty and ignorance are as well, I don't think I've ever read anything that was more powerful.

To: E who wrote (4465)	2/3/2001 6:49:28 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Suffering counts for nothing in your construct. Your personal concept of a "soul" in each fertilized egg counts for everything, and justifies, in your words, "for the government to control people and their lives." I don't think I have used the word soul once on this thread until this sentence. Also who says suffering counts for nothing for me? I would like to reduce people's suffering but the fact that someone possibly might suffer in the future if you let them live does not justify killing them. Tim