RE: Criminal syllogism

["Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>]

Greetings Visionaires -

My definition of "equal" (relative to this debate) is found in the 14th
Amendment to the US Constitution.

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor
shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws."

Thanks for reading.

Take care,

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Courtney [mailto:dmcourtn@moscow.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 8:40 AM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: Criminal syllogism


Joan astutely replied:

> >The syllogism from government education goes like this:
> >
> >1.	Men and women are equal
> >2. Men bear their breasts in public
> >3. Women should bear their breasts in public
>
> I think you may have confused syllogism with vicious circle.
Undefined
> terms, excluded middle, inclusion of that pesky word should . . .

But that's *exactly* the argument that people on this list have been
using!  *Since* men and women are equal, women should be able to _bare_
their breasts.

The other error is the equivocation on the word "equal".

Dale Courtney
Moscow, ID