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To: kattracks
Again, we don't for the most part blame someone these days for their alcoholism; we don't see it simply as a moral weakness," he added.

"We do believe that these people have a disease or a disorder, but we also recognize that in having it that it impairs their function, that it causes them suffering that they need to turn for help," Berlin said.

This guy is still a do-gooder, but at least he recognizes the fact that "doing good" does not necessarily have to entail helping bad people violate others' rights.

9 posted on 06/11/2003 2:48:09 AM PDT by Smile-n-Win (The EU will break up any day, but the USA is here to stay!)
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To: Smile-n-Win
Liberals don't believe in objective standards of right and wrong. I mean if adultery and perjury is ok... why not embrace pederasty? Indeed its not like they have a basis to argue against not sanctioning it other than a vague feeling the time's not right yet for it to gain public acceptance.
10 posted on 06/11/2003 2:51:21 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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