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- From: dsg@impmh.uucp (Dave Gordon)
- Newsgroups: alt.polyamory,alt.sex.motss
- Subject: Re: Ignorance (repost)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.183158.4101@impmh.uucp>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 18:31:58 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.010341.28856@netcom.com> <Bxt5Jx.Dn8@world.std.com> <1992Nov17.174031.491@mks.com>
- Organization: Integrated Micro Products Ltd
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- In <1992Nov17.174031.491@mks.com> grant@mks.com (Grant Millard) writes:
- >In article <Bxt5Jx.Dn8@world.std.com> apl@world.std.com (Anthony P Lawrence) writes:
- >>rhiannon@netcom.com (The Lady R) writes:
- >>:
- >>: Rhia here... and angry.
- >>:
- >>Unfortunately, "most" people tend not to speak up when confronted
- >>with bigotry or intolerance. They may not agree, but they say nothing,
- >>so the person expressing those thoughts is once again confirmed in
- >>their belief that everyone (or all "normal" everyones) shares their
- >>value system.
- >>
- >>That is why it is important to speak up. Don't get angry, don't get
- >>emotional, and don't even argue with them. Just let it be known that
- >>you do not think as they do. Often, in group situations, it only takes
- >>one person with the courage to speak up to get the rest of the group
- >>in concurrence.
- >
- > But you didn't speak up yourself from what you tell in this posting.
- > While the others were not apparently aware that you were listening in on
- > their chat, it still would have been very appropriate and startling for
- > them to find they WERE being overheard and that someone passing by would
- > take the step of rebuking them for their statements.
- >
- > Seems like you are an example of what you were talking about. It's all
- > well and good to SAY how nasty those people were in the line-up but it
- > might have been a bit more effective if you had told them at the time.
- > Not so?
- >--
- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Grant Millard, DI aka THUG |MKS| grant@mks.com
- >Manager, Dept. of Computer Services |DCS| (519)884-2251
- >Mortice Kern Systems Inc. |RFM| Std. waiver of liability on opinions
-
- Grant, I think you misunderstood the attributions above ...
-
- rhiannon@netcom.com (The Lady R) was the one who overheard
- the conversation, while apl@world.std.com (Anthony P Lawrence)
- was the one who said "... it is important to speak up."
-
- Anyway, the Lady R herself suggested that she *would* speak up next time.
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