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From: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP
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Subject: Chicago Trib gets into our act
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 18:19:13 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 18:19:13 1984
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I realize I am not an impartial participant in these proceedings, however
I would like to neutrally present something I recently read and let everyone 
ponder it. This paraphrasing I'm doing comes from an article in this Sunday's
Chicago Tribune written by Eric Zorn. He starts: "I often say that the main
reason I'm glad I'm not a women is that if I were, I'd have to go out with 
men, the more clumsy, prurient, fatuous, insincere, vain, and confused of
the genders." Leaving alone the fact that he sort of denies the existance of 
homosexuality, he continues in his article with various examples including 
citing statements in other sources. The most pertinent one was 
published by McGraw Hill titled "What Every Man Should Know About the New 
Women; A Survival Guide." He states that this book is: "A pungent explication
of how, in love, MOST men are JERKS." 
  
Funny, but it sounded like deja vu to me. At least it should go to show that
Trish's opinions are a little more prevalent than some people think and just
maybe there are some facts out there to substantiate her thoughts to some
unspecified degree. Wouldnt it be nice :-) if all of us were as lucky(or not
as unlucky as the case may be) to have led a shielded life as some have 
claimed and not be aware of the harsh reality that exists out there for a
few/some/many/most people? Awareness and recognizing its existance is the 
first step to solving this problem. This can be said for all problems.
A problem is not solved by denying its real from personal experience
and as a consequence questioning the competance of the source/spokesperson 
instead. An inquiry for facts must always be made.
Where would progress be if every minority opinion/thought is immediately 
quenched by the masses? We'd all be cast out as heritics in short order.

Robert.