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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: REAL men...
Message-ID: <1783@randvax.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 5-May-84 13:56:33 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  5 13:56:33 1984
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Andy Tannenbaum seems to feel that we should ignore it when some `slob'
perpetuates a stereotype, or insults a particular group.  ``Who does
it hurt?'' He asks.  ``Caller or Callee?''

Sure.  Maybe if we ignore it, it will go away.

Some of us have been around long enough to realize that for every
``Fred Flamethrower'' who works up the courage to post disparaging
material to the net, there are hundreds who silently nod in agreement.
So when ``Fred'' spouts off, we're going to take the opportunity to
provide some education.

And I think Andy knows this.  His real reason for complaining is
probably best expressed by:

> I'm tired of hearing wimpy mush about real men and real real men
> and feminism and humanism.  Get the [] picture?

So, we shouldn't complain when some group gets attacked, but Andy gets to
complain when we do.  We are obviously being so much worse than ``Fred''.

Well, there is always the `n' key...

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall