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From: jj@rabbit.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: mailing lists
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Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 12:36:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 12:36:48 1984
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Well, Gene, I agree with you on this one, although not because
of the issue of secrecy.  From what I've seen in net.women and
in net.women.only, there will always be someone willing and
ready to ridicule anyone who wishes to raise a sensitive and
touchy issue.  I agree with you because of some of the mail
I've gotten from people supposedly on the mailing list, i.e.
several of the responses to my article requesting a minimum
of courtesy have been of the sort,
	"Your article makes it clear why we're on a mailing list,
and why you're NOT on it."

	Frankly, I don't understand that at all, and I have a strong
feeling that I'm not supposed to understand it, either.

	I've also received a lot of mail about that article in
a positive vein, mostly from folks who commonly contribute to
net.women (.only).  I've also gotten some mail from people whose
consciences I must have poked, muttering about how
courtesy doesn't work, etc. (These last respondants, with one notable
exception, were uniformly male.)

	Frankly, I am disappointed that such a mailing list is
(or appears to be) used as an excuse for petty emotional bickering,
as well as for its more important use of discussing women's issues
in a forum that can be partly regulated.   I'm NOT going to post
any of the names of people on the mailing list who sent me the mal
that I object to, regardless of the insult intended, as such an
action would only lead to more emotional bickering (as well as harrasment)
involving those individuals.

	I guess this shows that members of both "sides" of the human
race can be petty and shortsighted.  I'm not surprised, unfortunately.
(For the record, the word 'sides' is in quotes, as I don't
appreciate it's use when referring to sex vs. sex.  We're all
in this together, and we damn well better learn to deal with
it.)

From the stuffed animal shelf of the outsider:
-- 
TEDDY BEARS ARE NICER THAN PEOPLE--HUG YOURS TODAY!
(If you go out in the woods today ... )
 
(allegra,harpo,ulysses)!rabbit!jj