[Vision2020] The All Male Outlook and Moscow Political Future

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:33:06 -0700

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Let's see if I've got this right.  

After fifteen years of all male rule, Logos School has decided to ask
its constituent base whether or not to formalize what has become
accepted practice.  Someone leaks this "story" to Moscow's version of D.
B. Hughes, and suddenly there is outcry, culminating in an opinion piece
by JF (oh how low the once respected have fallen) in today's LMT.  Given
that the right of private organizations, be they Logos School, the Boy
Scouts of America, or Augusta National, to discriminate is guaranteed by
the courts, the only real important question is:

Why Now?

Why, after all these years of tacit approval, does the Logos School
community feel it necessary to formalize, publicly, their policy of
second class citizenship for women?  The answer may lie in looking at
the demographics of the community as a whole.  We have become more
conservative as time has passed, in part because of an influx of people
who are more conservative (and the Libertarians are still discussing
this idea).

Thus there is more support for this kind of action, both personally and
politically.  Consider, if you will,  the act of the city council last
summer.  In trying to solve the problem of a topless car wash, the city
council declared that all women be required to cover up, because the
shape of a breast (created by God, nature, or surgery) was deemed
indecent.  How can we question the motive of a private organization when
its ideals have been given credence by a city ordinance?

John

jdanahy@turbonet.com

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Let&#8217;s see if I&#8217;ve got this right.&nbsp; =
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
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After fifteen years of all male rule, =
Logos School has decided to ask its constituent base =
whether or
not to formalize what has become accepted practice.&nbsp; Someone leaks =
this &#8220;story&#8221;
to Moscow&#8217;s version of D. B. =
Hughes,
and suddenly there is outcry, culminating in an opinion piece by JF (oh =
how low
the once respected have fallen) in today&#8217;s LMT.&nbsp; Given that =
the
right of private organizations, be they Logos School, the Boy Scouts of America, or Augusta =
National, to
discriminate is guaranteed by the courts, the only real important =
question is:

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Why Now?</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Why, after all these years of tacit approval, does =
the </span></font><font
  face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Logos</span></font><font
 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font =
face=3DArial><span
  style=3D'font-family:Arial'>School</span></font><font =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-family:Arial'> community feel it necessary to formalize, =
publicly, their
policy of second class citizenship for women?&nbsp; The answer may lie =
in
looking at the demographics of the community as a whole.&nbsp; We have =
become
more conservative as time has passed, in part because of an influx of =
people
who are more conservative (and the Libertarians are still discussing =
this idea).</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thus there is more support for this kind of action, =
both
personally and politically.&nbsp; Consider, if you will, &nbsp;the act =
of the
city council last summer.&nbsp; In trying to solve the problem of a =
topless car
wash, the city council declared that all women be required to cover up, =
because
the shape of a breast (created by God, nature, or surgery) was deemed
indecent.&nbsp; How can we question the motive of a private organization =
when its
ideals have been given credence by a city ordinance?</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a =
href=3D"mailto:jdanahy@turbonet.com">jdanahy@turbonet.com</a></span></fon=
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