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- From: lukoff@stein.u.washington.edu (Fred Lukoff)
- Subject: Re: They (was Re: Shaking people up with "she"? (was Re: Sexist language))
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.194710.29583@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
- References: <1992Dec20.233047.24993@cdf.toronto.edu> <BzL4yC.L31@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <38045@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 19:47:10 GMT
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- In article <38045@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> djohns@elm.circa.ufl.edu (David A. Johns) writes:
- >In article <BzL4yC.L31@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
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- ># In article <1992Dec20.233047.24993@cdf.toronto.edu>
- ># g9rwaigh@cdf.toronto.edu (Ro semary Waigh) writes:
- ># >The net is hardly representative of the population in general.
- >#
- ># That is debatable. People from different backgrounds post to the
- ># net and the variety in opinions you encounter here, is hardly
- ># observed in real life.
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- >If the variety of opinions encountered on the net is hardly observed
- >in real life, then the net is hardly representative of the population
- >in general, right?
- >
- >Why do so many of your contradictions end up sounding like agreements,
- >Mandar?
- >
- >David Johns
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