Bob Capozzi wrote: BC> My one concern is that there are several passages in the Greatest Hits that rely on full sentences that are NOT lifted from previous platforms. My intent is to go through Brian's draft and find passages in old platforms to swap in. <BC
Good -- the more eyes looking for the gems among those trunkfuls of costume jewelry, the more we'll find. Copies of all surviving prior platforms are at http://marketliberal.org/LP/Platforms/. I especially recommend mining the 1990 - 2002 platforms, as the GH drafts so far have only used language from the 1972, 2004, and 2006 platforms. For example, the 1990 - 1994 platforms contained a Children's Rights plank that was absent in the already-mined platforms. For the exercise of drafting a Greatest Hits baseline of purely prior language and no attempted improvements through novel phrasing, you might want to start with http://marketliberal.org/LP/Platforms/2007_baseline.html. It's an open question whether any improvements via novel phrasing in the remixed <http://marketliberal.org/LP/Platforms/2007_annotated.html> version will be worth the extra suspicion that might be raised thereby, so we should maintain both versions and can decide at the end which one (if any) to push for. BC> 1.3. Sexuality and Reproduction WAS: We favor the freedom of all adults to engage in any consensual amorous or reproductive behavior or relationship that does not violate the rights of others.. PROPOSED: Individual rights should not be denied, abridged, or enhanced at the expense of other people's rights, on the basis of . . . sexual orientation by the laws at any level of government. [new section was in several old platforms]. <BC The "sexual orientation" qualification significantly narrows the replaced language, and thus appears to restrict the plank to LGBT rights. In the GH <http://marketliberal.org/LP/Platforms/2007_baseline.html> baseline the language corresponding to the novel phrasing about "amorous or reproductive behavior" was this sentence that was new in the 2006 Platform: "Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships." I prefer "amorous or reproductive" because "personal relationships" is broader than the plank's title, but for the baseline draft the latter still seems to be scoped better than the "sexual orientation" sentence above. What do you think?
