Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!gateway From: gannon@MDI.COM (Alden Gannon) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Sexism vs. Men's Oppression Message-ID: <1991Jun4.155952.16428@MDI.COM> Date: 5 Jun 91 16:28:05 GMT References: <1991May29.183550.484@MDI.COM> <15651.2846517e@zeus.unomaha.edu> Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA Lines: 40 Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: zola.ics.uci.edu In article <15651.2846517e@zeus.unomaha.edu> oneil@zeus.unomaha.edu (Truth or Dare?) writes: [Muffy bitches and moans about women not being drafted] [I bitch and moan about men being drafted] > If you have a problem with the way that > current draft policy is set, then you really should call your > congressman or state representative and make your feelings known. Hear hear! > Alden -- why aren't women going to be drafted anytime soon? I'll > tell you why. I think that we are in quite a conservative backlash > in this country, for one thing. And I think that our society has a > view of women that is much too patronizing and protective. I agree > with you that a Male Draft isn't fair. I just don't think you're > putting the blame for the situation on the right people. Blame the > politicians. Don't blame the women. Insightful and almost exactly correct. Women do *not* deserve blame for any of my now infamous 6 points, including the draft, but neither would I place blame on the politicians. Those offended by aimless ranting and raving please skip the following paragraph. Who's responsible? The morons who voted for a President that appointed Supreme Court justices that have systematically eroded Roe v. Wade. The morons who voted for a state senator who supports censorship and restriction of the NEA. The morons who voted for a President who thinks the greatest social issue in this country is flag burning. The problem with this country is that the electorate is very uncomfortable with the act of thinking, but very receptive to a 1 minute sound bite. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alden B. Gannon, the Chaste. INTERNET: gannon%mdi.com@uunet.uu.net "Become who you are!" - F. Nietzsche. USENET: ..uunet!mdi.com!gannon