Making what I take to be one of Lawrence's points (or a plausible
near-relative - I don't appear to have a terribly good strike-rate
when it comes to figuring out what he's trying to say) in the recent
discussion for him:
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2005/07/12/equivalence.php
Some of what I might want to say in answer to that suggestion of moral
equivalence is said in the comments below; various counter-arguments
to that, of varying strength, are also provided. The debate seems to
be quite polarised; I doubt we should do better here than they seem to
be managing there, so don't propose to take it up for the time being.
Dominic
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"The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas,
obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity.
With a little practice, writing can be an
intimidating and impenetrable fog!" - Calvin
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