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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Twist, twist, distort, distort
Message-ID: <923@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 14:52:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 14:52:03 1985
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> In article <264@spar.UUCP> ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) writes:
> >
> >    Would net.{unix, lang.c, auto, religion.christian, motss} allow
> >    those who hate {unix, C, cars, christianity, gays} to overwhelm
> >    their bandwidth with the kind of antithetical sentiments 
> >    corresponding to those below:
> >
> >       *Provocative clothing is a major factor in rape.
> 
> Nobody, as far as I know has been saying that provocative clothing is
> a *major* factor in rape.  Some people have been suggesting that it
> may be a factor.  The word "major" here appears to be entirely the
> product of your own imagination.  It is an exaggeration of what people
> have actually been saying.  So, for that matter, is the word "is"
> when it replaces "may be".

Ok, so if it is not that major a factor, why is it discussed so intensely
here?   why don't we just agree that it can be a factor and leave it at
that?  
-- 
Sophie Quigley
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