home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!torn!news.ccs.queensu.ca!qucdn!saundrsg
- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:31:36 EST
- From: Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <92359.013136SAUNDRSG@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>
- <1992Dec23.144201.6988@dsg.cs.tcd.ie>
- Lines: 39
-
- In article <1992Dec23.144201.6988@dsg.cs.tcd.ie>, cjmchale@dsg.cs.tcd.ie (Ciaran
- McHale) says:
- >
- >In <92357.110706SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- >SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Graydon) writes:
- >>[offers some tactical advice]
- >
- >[much deletion]
- >
- >Two questions spring to mind about this:
- >
- >1. Does anybody have further examples of non-X folk thinking that X-folk
- >are anti-(non-X), e.g., gays are against heterosexuality, feminism is
- >anti-male, blacks are anti-white? (I am wondering how widespread this
- >idea might be.)
- >
- >2. Does anybody have any ideas about why such notions exist? Is it a
- >result of poor communication resulting in fundamental misunderstandings?
- >Or is it that the bigots are spreading misinformation to create fear of
- >change?
- >
- >
- >Ciaran.
- >--
- >---- Ciaran McHale (cjmchale@dsg.cs.tcd.ie)
- >\bi/ Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
- > \/ Telephone: +353-1-7021539 FAX: +353-1-6772204
-
- The example that springs to mind is the reaction of most white-light-and
- -bunnies pagans to the word 'Christian'.
-
- I'd venture to guess that it is easier to define yourself in opposition
- to the principle source of attributable external pain than it is to
- take responsibility for yourself in the way neccessary to have a self
- definition founded in your inherentency.
-
- (The Usage Inquisition is going to get me for this one...)
-
- Graydon
-