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- From: vicka@wrq.com (the Littlest Orc)
- Subject: Re: Intro to me and question for all
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.201002.4046@u.washington.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:10:02 GMT
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- In article <MUFFY.92Dec16171122@remarque.berkeley.edu>>
- muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
- > [responding to Frances Selkirk
- > Muffy might also assume that Vicka, who has been so very clear from the
- > beginning of this as to what she, personally, meant by monogamous, was
- > similarly clear to her lovers about what she meant by it.
- >
- >I have indeed assumed this.
-
-
- No, you haven't. You've previously posted:
- > I think that claiming to be monogamous but then not acting
- > that way (in other words, lying to yourself and your partners) is.
- and
- >>Do you have any reason to believe that Vicka is anything but
- >>honest with her lovers?
- >
- > I have no reason to believe she is or isn't.
-
- > [Frances again] She used a word in a way you would not,
- > while being completely, totally clear about that usage. Deal.
- >
- > Why?
-
- Because there isn't any way to describe me within the limited lexicon
- you'd like to allow. You've never offered any more useful term.
-
- > If I started using extremely insulting terms to refer to her, claiming
- > that I had simply "redefined" them for myself,
-
- The point is that I have never claimed to have "redefined" any word at
- all. I use "monogamous" in a valid and extant way; it's only within your
- personal limitations on the language that it's been "redefined".
-
- cheers,
- --vicka vicka@wrq.com
-
- "Talk, talk, talk"
-