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From: well!avery@lll-crg.llnl.GOV (Avery Ray Colter)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Feminism is a fine word, thank you
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Date: 24 Oct 89 19:12:03 GMT
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vicki@mathcs.emory.edu (Vicki Powers) writes:

>It's been said before, but worth saying again :  Life is not a zero-sum
>game!!!  One group of people can make gains without hurting the gains of
>other groups.

Or, at the very least, all groups which oppose some particular form of
discrimination can all gain ground in a unified way, without stepping
on each others' toes.

That may require lots of education for all involved, but isn't that
the reason for newsgroups like this in the first place?

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