Comments on: commission & communion

By: Bill Kenney

Bill Kenney — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:11:48 +0000

Hi David. My conclusion would be that both formulations are illegitimate. What I think is good public policy re: abortion is not the same as my opinion of abortion itself. And, although I favor reasonable speed limits, I’d never accuse your imaginary libertarian of being in favor of speeding, any more than I’d accuse someone who believes in habeas corpus of being in favor of terrorism. Stay well, my friend.

By: David Giacalone

David Giacalone — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:41:16 +0000

Hello, Bill. Thanks for leaving a poem.

As for your question, I believe the phrase “in favor of abortion” is acceptable shorthand to use in an election or political context. Compare it to saying that someone who believed, as a libertarian, there should be no speed limits on the highways was “in favor of speeding” — even if he or she personally always drove at safe (and fuel-efficient) speeds and encouraged others to do so.

By: Bill Kenney

Bill Kenney — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:26:55 +0000

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“position in favor of . . . abortion.” Has any candidate, past or present, ever said “I am in favor of abortion”?

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:01:20 +0000

(In my smug papal/Church Lady voice): Aren’t they all?

By: David Giacalone

David Giacalone — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:42:04 +0000

Anne, I think you mean “self-excommunicated.”

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:34:06 +0000

Excommunicated!

By: Debt Blog

Debt Blog — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:40:01 +0000

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