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- From: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Subject: Re: Survey: Four screens!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.053436.29021@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Originator: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
- Sender: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
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- Reply-To: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks
- References: <1993Jan25.010323.24142@ads.com> <1993Jan25.190415.5526@microsoft.com> <1993Jan26.115040.26605@vpnet.chi.il.us>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:34:36 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.115040.26605@vpnet.chi.il.us> lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan25.190415.5526@microsoft.com> ellene@microsoft.com (Ellen Mitsue Eades) writes:
- >>
- >>Marcus is a member in good standing of Microsoft's GLEAM (Gay Lesbian &
- >>Bisexual Employees at Microsoft). He is also a former member of the board
- >>of directors of GLEAM. I don't know what he plans to do with the survey,
- >>but he's not a 'phobe, Henry, so don't knee-jerk so easily. "Who the hell
- >>are you?" is a pretty hostile response to an information request, even in
- >>our currently besieged Northwest.
- >
- > Henry was having a rough day, Ellen. I however, was disturbed because
- > the way the survey was worded, if you weren't Catholic or Protestant
- > and weren't originally from the USA, Canada or Mexico, Marcus didn't
- > want to hear from you.
-
- I also didn't respond because of the lack of identifying information
- as to what the information would be used for or who was asking.
-
- (Who -- not a regular poster to soc.bi -- was all I could tell.)
-
- I see "surveys" every month or two in several news groups I read
- which vary from reasonably civil to totally clueless. A bit of
- explaination is a good way to establish one's intentions in
- the minds of the reader.
-
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