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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Twist, twist, distort, distort
Message-ID: <5441@tekecs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 19:36:29 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 12 19:36:29 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?  
> -- 

Because it is human nature to argue most violently over the least significant
matters. Especially on the net.

Yeah, I know, gross oversimplification and all that...

					Jeff Winslow