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- From: eleanor@cbnews.cb.att.com (Piglet)
- Subject: Re: "equal" or "same" roles
- Organization: who, me?
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:36:10 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.193610.24826@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec19.224138.26102@dsg.cs.tcd.ie> <1h37q7INNp9f@hp-col.col.hp.com>
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- In article <1h37q7INNp9f@hp-col.col.hp.com> reykja@col.hp.com (Reykja Sigurdsson) writes:
- >You are still implying that one unit has more value than another.
- >Example: a Queer Nation kiss-in is worth three apples, writing letters
- >is worth 2 oranges and so on. Ultimately, it will still come down to
- >which of the 'rewards' has more value.
-
-
- So, what's the exchange rate between apples and oranges? Or oranges
- and pineapples?? That's exactly Ciaran's point. Any value assignment
- in these activities is MEANINGLESS!!! The only difference is whether
- you prefer apples to pineapples, and so which activity YOU'RE willing
- to spend time on...
-
-
- Piglet, wondering how anyone could have missed the blatant apples/
- oranges motif, in spite of the obfuscatory (but tasty) pineapple
-