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- From: alan@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (Alan R. Weiss)
- Subject: Re: Liberty (was something relevant about CO-2 long ago...)
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:36:33 GMT
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- In article <BznGFH.KBq@unix.amherst.edu> twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
- >In article <BzM7s7.22DL@austin.ibm.com> alan@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (Alan R. Weiss) writes:
- >
- >>In article <BzInI2.7Bn@unix.amherst.edu> twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
- >>
- >>>However, [Melinda] has observed that the
- >>>most clueless, inappropriate, and nonsensical suggestions are proposed
- >>>almost exclusively by men.
- >>
- >>This just *can't* be true, since it can be shown that Andrea
- >>Dworkin is not a man.
- >
- >Assuming for the moment that Andrea Dworkin's suggestions are
- >clueless, inappropriate, and nonsensical (and it's been my experience
- >that feminists who are perceived to be such are usually maligned by a
- >hysterical, incredibly myopic media)
-
- Not in this case, gender-neutral-dude. Obviously you have never
- read Ms. Dworkin's manifestos, and so you know nothing about what
- you are talking about here.
-
- >>Do they teach you the fine art of
- >>putdown's at Amherst?
- >
- >They teach us something about grammar, at least.
- >
- >--
- >____ Tim Pierce /
- >\ / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu / Rocks say goodbye.
- > \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) /
-
- Considering the fact that your sentence construction is reminiscent
- of James Joyce on a really bad day, I wouldn't be so quick to
- proffer grammatical advice, Mr. Strunk. What a clod.
- If you resort to ad hominem attacks, at least do us the common
- courtesy of being creative, not to mention correct, yourself.
-
- Can we PLEASE get back to the issues at your no-doubt-callused hand?
- --
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