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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 00:50:48 EST
- From: Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <92359.005048SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Understanding
- References: <1992Dec20.004841.28248@dsg.cs.tcd.ie>
- <1992Dec20.192301.1250@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <1992Dec21.152115.510@dsg.cs.tcd.ie>
- <1992Dec22.141030.16600@thelema.uucp> <92357.110706SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- <1992Dec22.173246.4376@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Dec22.173246.4376@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>, arodgers@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Angus
- H Rodgers) says:
- >
- >In <92357.110706SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- >Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >
- >>If I may follow up Stella's nifty posting with a little tiny instance of
- >>tactical advice; the word 'feminist' tends to make most men defensive.
- > ^^^^^^^^^
- >I think you mean "offensive". :-)
- >
- >"Defensive? Defensive like Ghengis Khan." (John Cleese.)
- >--
- >Gus Rodgers, Dept. of Computer Science, | [Profound thought for 1993]
- >Queen Mary & Westfield College, Mile End | "Philishave is about
- >Road, London, England. +44 71 975 5241 | personal choice"
- >E-mail (JANET): arodgers@dcs.qmw.ac.uk | -- TV advert
-
- While being prepared to grant your point general validity, I think
- I *do* mean defensive; the tactics selected to protect their world
- view run from a near audible *clank* as the ears turn off through
- 'I have to listen to this *very* carefully so I will spot where
- it is _wrong_' through all sorts of bombast.
-
- If you want to communicate something, it helps to keep the discourse
- away from a kind of fight they other person understands.
-
- (Funny quote? you want me to think of a funny quote?)
-
- Graydon
-