Re: Bill Bennett is gambling that no one is listening :)

On 30 Sep 2005 09:08:38 -0700, "Ernst Blofeld" <blofeld42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>Peter Vos wrote:
>> > > That is the whole quote... aborting all black babies would lower the
>> > > crime rate. He makes the point repeatedly in that quote.
>> >
>> > Sure; he's probably right. It's incontestable that the black crime rate
>> > is higher than the white crime rate, and by several times
>...> >
>> > Of course, his whole point was that such a program of abortion
>> > would be morally reprehensible.
>>
>> No ... the point is clear because he mentioned it THREE TIMES. Once at
>> the beginning, once in the middle, and once at the end.... if you want
>> to lower the crime rate he "knew" you could do it by aborting ALL black
>> babies.
>
>Umm, so? I'm not getting it. His statement was a) true--unless you want
>

We know you aren't. The point is that the crime rate would go down if
all babies were aborted as most crime is committed by the young, but
he was very careful to point out BLACK babies. That shows
subconscious racism at the very least.
Thumper
>to argue that whatever conditions make the black crime rate so much
>higher than the white crime rate no longer exist--and b) made in
>the course of pointing out that it would be morally reprehensible to
>do so. Is it out of bounds to say something true three times?
>


>> Not just poor black babies, not just black babies from single mothers,
>> not just black babies in urban settings, not just black babies of
>> criminals, ALL black babies.....
>
>Yeah. That's part of what makes it morally reprehensible, just like
>he said at the same time and in the same breath, as part of a larger
>argument that supporting or opposing abortion on utilitiarian grounds
>is morally suspect.

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