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- From: mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi)
- Subject: Re: Radical feminists
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:41:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.030111.25846@bmerh85.bnr.ca> nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau) writes:
- >In article <BzMzC5.Inq@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
- >>
- >> Just how far should we allow this assault on the English language
- >>by radical feminists? They claim "history" is sexist. Next, they'll
- >>claim that "manager" is sexist. Finally, do we change "this" to "tits"?
- >
- >What big works you use Mandar - "assault", "radical feminists", "they
- >claim" - you've not proven "they" condemn "history" as sexist, and you
- >can't prove it, because "they" don't.
-
- What can I say to a person who hasn't taken the trouble to read the
- references I provided to support this claim?
-
-
- (It really amuses me to be
- >branded a "radical feminist" for preferring "persons" to "men (including
- >women)".)
- >
-
- *I* didn't specifically brand you a "radical feminist", did I?
-
- I find those feminists who wish to change all words which contain
- "his", "man", etc. radical.
-
- >Then to cap it, an absurd example - an argument used by those who defend
- >sexist usage, attributed to those who oppose it.
-
- I didn't attribute the example to either "defenders" or "opposers".
- I simply quoted a person's view on the subject.
-
-
- >Putting words in
- >people's mouth is not considered cricket, Mandar.
- >
- But the "googly" *is*! ;)
-
- >Sorry, Mandar, but such nonsense doesn't do your credibility any good.
- >
- > The Rhealist - nadeau@bnr.ca - Speaking only for myself
-
- Offended because not ALL people concur with you? I can hardly blame
- you. It isn't "nonsense", btw. I have quoted published references.
-
- Mandar.
- --
- "Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die
- for, and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace.
- You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some
- day you'll join us, and the world will be as one." - John Lennon.
-