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- From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
- Subject: About Walter
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.131832.13969@macc.wisc.edu>
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- Organization: Madison Academic Computing Center, UW-Madison
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 13:18:32 GMT
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- I don't usually post things for people, since officially
- it's not allowed, but I got such a good request I can't
- resist. I'm not sure Walter is still with us (I'm won't
- weep, believe me, if he's gone), but still this seems worth
- passing along.
-
- ----begin forwared posting----
-
- Smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
-
- > solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay) writes:
- >> By which you mean *you've* never been fired (or beaten) for being
- >> gay, so you have trouble imagining that anyone else has.
-
- >> Or am I misjudging you?
-
- > By which I mean that I've never worked at a place where I, or
- > anyone I know, or heard of, got fired for being gay. (I do
- > know that it happens in some places, I dont think it is
- > prevalent like some are making it sound) I've never seen
- > anyone beaten for being gay, although i've occasionally
- > seen it in the news. I don;t think gay-bashing is a majority
- > sport, that is what I'm saying.
-
- Walter, have you ever witnessed a murder? ...seen a plane
- crash? ...observed someone having a heart attack?
- ...witnessed a rape? ...been involved in a car-jacking?
- Are these phenomena prevalent and disturbing nonetheless?
- Enough said.
-
- Your heart may be in the right place (I can only hope), but
- please think about what you are writing before you post. In
- place of "gay" or "homosexual" or "homophobic" substitute
- some neutral word and see if your question or comment still
- seems reasonable to you. Just a suggestion. (For example,
- "I've never worked at a place where I, or anyone I know, or
- heard of, got [raped]....I don't think [rape] is a majority
- sport, that is what I'm saying.")
-
- -maria lasaga
-
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