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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (33707)	2/11/1999 6:46:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

What Republicans like Quayle will probably never get is -- people are generally very, very wary of those who claim that they are always right and never wrong.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (33707)	2/11/1999 8:43:00 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

The issue is not one of prevalence but of preference. People did not have a problem with Cosby perhaps because they found nothing inherently deficient in its presentation. They would probably have no problem even with sensible depictions of single mothers or of poor Blacks (surely such depictions have already existed without much clamor). It is the lauding of single parenthood as an institution that caused some people to reject Murphy Brown. Even were women as a rule to conduct themselves as did Murphy Brown, I would be compelled to reject he lifestyle as a matter of principle. MB's life is really a corruption of human identity. Perhaps some single parents can be resourceful enough to mitigate this flaw, but I hardly think them capable of eliminating it regardless of how much money they have. Given the choice between being raised by a loving mother or being raised by both a loving mother and a loving father, the choice is really a no brainer.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (33707)	2/11/1999 9:28:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

>>In fact, I think of myself as a kind of Murphy Brown, and the majority of single mothers in N. California are just like Murphy Brown...>> That the fastest growing population of homeless people are represented here. That the fastest growing number of kids looking for a foster home are represented here. That the large number of resourceful and generous people available and willing to help out is a myth and is evaporating. It is being replaced by the philosophies of new agers like you and pezz who readily admit that they don't give a tinkle about "other peoples petty little needs." But have an answer for how to create the "beautiful earth" that doesn't include the petty little needs of other people. Well, abortion as a solution I guess, if you buy that...and you do. And that your attitute is to encourage us to celebrate the Murph phenomena as though it covers the whole situation.