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From: jackson@curium.DEC (Seth Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: more on semantics
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 16:40:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 16:40:27 1985
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Path: decwrl!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!randvax!edhall
Subject: Re: women vs girls vs females vs young ladies vs you guys vs hey you vs ...
Posted: Fri Mar 22 10:17:38 1985


>> Enough! Enough!
>> 
>> It really shouldn't matter what words I use, as long as they're not
>> explicitly derogatory and I don't mean it in a derogatory sense (one
>> should be able to tell from context). So lighten up, already!
>> -- 
>> andy beals
>> bandy@{lll-crg,mit-mc}.arpa	{sun!lll-crg,ihnp4!mit-eddie}!bandy

>These reactions sound a lot like what many southern whites would have
>said about the practice of calling a black man ``boy''.

Sorry, but don't you think you're stretching it a little? 

>Listen up, folks--to some of us it *does* make a difference.  If you
>want to chance being derogatory, fine.  We'll just use it as a litmus
>test for your self-centeredness.
>
>		-Ed Hall
>		decvax!randvax!edhall

Oh, I get it, because you overreact to an innocent word, that makes me
self-centered. Thanks for the innovative viewpoint. 

Anyway, who is "us" and "we" ????

--

"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you
 look at it right"
						Seth Jackson