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From: jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (Jens Bernhard Fiederer)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: M'lady vs. Ms., etc.
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Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 15:25:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 19 15:25:43 1984
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>The "liberty" in life, liberty, etc. surely includes the freedom to define
>one's own identity, and to create a new title if necessary to express that
>identity (language is, after all, meant to serve us, not vice-versa).  To
>slap a title on someone without their consent is to infringe on their
>liberty, in no small way (apart from being just plain rude).

I have always been surprised by those who define 'liberty' as the freedom
to have OTHER PEOPLE BEHAVE IN THE WAY ONE PREFERS.  No, calling anybody
anything does not 'infringe on their liberty'.  It may, however, be rude,
in which case the person(s) offended are at liberty to complain/explain/and/
or/be rude in return.

Grey Mouser
-- 
"Some people are eccentric, but I am just plain odd"
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