[Vision2020] Let's get *all* the facts right . . .

[Joan Opyr]

Benjamin writes:

"My dear madam,

You write most eloquently, however, please answer the objections, don't 
merely call them names. (so far your argumentation has been along the lines 
of the ad hominem fallacy)"


I'm at a loss to find any name-calling in Melynda's message (quoted below).  
The arguments themselves are dismissed as "silliness" and/or as being 
obsessed with certain sexual practices, but those making the arguments are 
not.  Ergo, no ad hominem fallacy is evident.  The point, I think, is that 
straight people also do the things Mr. Moss describes, and people cannot 
marry dogs because dogs cannot consent.  (If my border collie could talk, 
things might be different.  On the whole, though, I believe he'd prefer an 
opposable thumb.)

Sincerely,
Joan/Auntie Establishment


>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Melynda Huskey
>   To: John Moss ; vision2020
>   Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:19 PM
>   Subject: [Vision2020] Let's get *all* the facts right . . .
>
>
>   Dear colleagues,
>
>   I have no disposition to linger on John Moss's odd preoccupation with 
>anal sex except to note that there is no sexual practice limited to 
>same-sex couples, nor yet any sexual practice which is universal among 
>them.  Epidemiology has marched on since the early 80s, too; more recent 
>studies might yield more apposite information about the risks of sex 
>generally.
>
>   Jacob Spencer brings up the old "man marries dog" argument, which might 
>be compelling if there were any other circumstance in which one could show 
>that dogs were permitted to enter into legal contracts, but which is 
>otherwise pure silliness, like most of the rest of his argument.
>
>   In the absence of anything more substantial than this, I think it's fair 
>to acknowledge another of the impasses that characterize our Vision 2020 
>conversations and ask if anyone knows how this rain will affect the wheat 
>and lentil harvests . . . and if somebody wants to know by what standard, 
>let 'em listen to the Farm Report.
>
>   Melynda Huskey
>
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : 
>http://explorer.msn.com
>
>

_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*  
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail