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From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.CDN (Farzin Mokhtarian)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: More on Mailing Lists
Message-ID: <278@ubc-vision.CDN>
Date: Wed, 11-Apr-84 00:23:46 EST
Article-I.D.: ubc-visi.278
Posted: Wed Apr 11 00:23:46 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 02:35:25 EST
Organization: UBC Vision, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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   I never said that the mailing list is `seperatist'. I did say that it 
causes seperation of the sexes. There is a difference between the two. Not
trying to be picky with words but one should be careful when a minor change
in wording can greatly increase the number of misinterpretations by people
who read it (some misinterpretation will always be there no matter how
careful one is).
   It is true that there are men on the mailing list also. The seperation
is in one direction only. It does not seperate men from the mailing list
but it seems to seperate almost all women from net.women! Reason being that
almost all articles on net.women written by women are from a small number who
write regularly. 
   The discussions which go on on the mailing list will reach a much smaller
group of people many of whom are not hostile or `irrational' flamers.
As the mailing list is expanded, it will be harder and harder to filter out
the hostile ones (That is only if one assumes that a border line can be drawn 
between hostile and not hostile. A lot of time could be wasted disputing that!)
                                                                     Really
hostile flamers can be ignored if their comments don't deserve an answer and
besides, if there is flaming, there will also be support or constructive
criticisms from the net. Isn't the mailing list at least a bit like staying
in the house for the fear of the rapist?
   
    Farzin Mokhtarian