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- From: ry@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (ryerson.schwark)
- Subject: Re: Liberty (was something relevant about CO-2 long ago...)
- Organization: UNIX System Laboratories, Summit, NJ
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:36:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.173643.19241@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec20.113945.26727@panix.com> <1992Dec20.175602.12196@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> <BzM9up.17rp@austin.ibm.com>
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- In article <BzM9up.17rp@austin.ibm.com> alan@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (Alan R. Weiss) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec20.175602.12196@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> ry@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (ryerson.schwark) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec20.113945.26727@panix.com> mara@panix.com (Mara Chibnik) writes:
- >>>
- >>>
- >>> >Secondly, you're absolutely correct about one thing: I don't
- >>> >think this is a very big priority, in my life. No, I'm not
- >>> >insensitive or boorish or stooopid -->
- >>>I guess you're just a pretty good actor, then. You sure had me
- >>>fooled.
- >>
- >>Me too. Why is it these idiots always stand up and say:
- >
- >
- >Considering the fact that you commented on NOTHING in particular,
- >j'accuse, Ry.
- >
-
- Which shows that you've only been in motss about 20 minutes, since
- you're repeating what dozens of others before you have done.
-
- >
- >>1) Not me! However....
- >>
- >>2) I don't understand why you think this is a big deal and I
- >>don't think about it much but....
- >
- >A question: is this a BIG DEAL for society? Clearly not.
- >Do you want to MAKE it a big deal (i.e. move it to the forefront
- >of people's consciousness)? Because, folks, most people out
- >there don't consider this a big fucking deal.
-
- Not so clear to me.
- >
- >This is what I'm getting from you right now: "I don't like your
- >style." Because, sure as hell you didn't critique the contents
- >of what I said. Neither did Melinda, and neither did Mara.
- >As such, you're wasting bandwidth.
-
- What the hell's wrong with criticizing someone who jumps out of nowhere
- and says that sexism is a non-issue and obviously if they want to make
- men care then they should be smoochy smoochy with them, and then they'll
- listen.
-
- >
- >
- >>4) Why are you mad? I'm really on your side! Gosh, how rude of you
- >>to reject my great wisdom on this subject, if you'd just shut up and
- >>listen to clueless me, you'd realize how smart I am! Pout! scream!
- >>whine!
- >
- >Not me, bub. I never pout, I never whine, and I only scream
- >when Mara screams first. Yeah, hey, maybe I came off too
- >heavy-handed. So shoot me.
- >
-
- bang.
-
- >No one ASKED you to "listen" (actually "read"). You CHOSE to
- >do so. And this, too, is wasting bandwidth.
-
- Unfortunately, nobody's created a good content filter yet. I
- can always hope.
-
-
- Ry Schwark
- ry@usl.com
-