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From: alan@allegra.UUCP (Alan S. Driscoll)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles,net.motss
Subject: Re: Trish's ORIGINAL statement
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Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 23:47:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 10 23:47:20 1984
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> To repeat my point in case it is not obvious by now: saying "I think that
> most men are...." is not the same as saying that "most men are.....".
> The first is an expression of one's perceptions, the second is a blanket
> statement about a group of people, pretending to be objective.  The second
> is bigoted, but the first one isn't simply because the person making it
> recognises the subjectivity of her opinion.

Sophie,

Which of the following three statements do you find offensive?

(1) "A woman is just a life support system for a cunt."

(2) "The typical woman is just a life support system for a
cunt."

(3) "I think the typical woman is just a life support system
for a cunt."

If you honestly aren't bothered by (3), then you have been fair
in your defense of Trish.  I still disagree with you, but I do
concede that you've been fair.

On the other hand, if you find all three statements offensive
(as I do), then you have not been fair at all.

Please respond.

-- 

	Alan S. Driscoll
	AT&T Bell Laboratories