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- From: ml3e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Loomis)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal,alt.abortion.inequity,misc.test,talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Embryos as Property?
- Message-ID: <UfBdwsu00iV4A4gHF1@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:53:12 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.UfBdwsu00iV4A4gHF1
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- In-Reply-To: <nyikos.724959333@milo.math.scarolina.edu>
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- Excerpts from netnews.talk.abortion: 21-Dec-92 Re: Embryos as Property?
- by Peter Nyikos@math.scarol
- > Funny you should talk this way, Woodyatt. When I took Loomis to
- > task for calling a group of women "chicks," you chimed in with the
- > solemn pronouncement that his words are evidence of "institutional
- > sexism". I then asked indirectly whether you regarded Mr. Loomis
- > to be an institution. According to the above paragraph, it would
- > appear (correct me if I am wrong) that you do not. So, now I have
- > some questions for you.
-
- A sensative reader of the post in which I used the word, "chick" may
- have noticed a slight satiric content to my use of the word.
-
- > 1. Was Mr. Loomis guilty of sexism (however mild) in his word usage?
-
- Would Mr. Nyikos have my atone for my sin by saying the rosary with that
- traditional prayer: Hail, Mary, chick of grace?
-
- > 2. If not, would you say he is a victim of institutional brainwashing
- > as to what are the acceptable ways of referring to women? (BTW later
- > on he said "chick" = "hot babe", another term which I consider to be
- > evidence of sexism on the part of the person using it.)
-
- Let me ignore Mr. Nyikos' rambling in point 2, and mention that in a
- recent post on the local bboards of CMU, I referred to my
- african-american interlocuter as a "negro" and no one took offense. The
- african-american thought it was amusing. I wonder why Mr. Nyikos is
- unable to let satire be what satire is. Obviously, he didn't do quite
- as well on the verbal part of his GRE.
-
- > 3. Or is it the case that Mr. Loomis is so Politically Correct that
- > he can use any word about women that he pleases without any taint
- > of sexism clinging to him?
-
- As the High Priest of Jeffersonian Thought and Only True Interpretator
- of the Constitution, I am that which is Politically Correct and Without
- Sin. Merely Touch the Screen and you will feel the healing power of my
- thought cure you and any Republican thought. You will never vote
- Republican again, unless perhaps it is for Bill Weld.
-
- Good bye for two weeks. Perhaps, I will notice some other taboo to
- molest over the break.
-
- Michaeloomis
-