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From: polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: PMS and incompetence
Message-ID: <5438@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 15:52:46 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 15:52:46 1985
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In article <380@timeinc.UUCP> greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
>Not so long ago, a women somewhere in England used PMS as a defense
>for her murdering of a man.  She used it as a "temporary insanity"
>plea.  I KNOW IT IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE, AND THAT IT WAS JUST LEGAL
>TRICKERY. PUT THE FLAME THROWER DOWN!
>Now, the women in England could have been anything from a prostitute
>to the PM --- it really is of no matter.  Consider that this 
>women was [probably] living an ordinary, regular life, probably successful
>in whatever her endeavors were when suddenly -- BANG! --- she
>murders someone due to (her claim) some pretty nasty PMS.
>
>So, once again, I ask: is PMS relevant?  I would consider PMS
>like the above to be something to consider.

>Please arrange for your flames to arrive after my third cup
>of coffee. Thank you.

Got your third cup of coffee? Good.

Would you please find out if the woman who used the PMS defense
was as you conjecture?  She may, with equal probability(since we have 
no facts to go on), have been psychotic and a failure.

Perhaps we should first find out whether PMS has a significant sudden
effect on women who are successful, etc.

Is there a doctor on the net?

Beware of the TOS (Twinkies and Orange soda Syndrome).

-- 
Henry Polard (You bring the flames - I'll bring the marshmallows.)
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N.B: The words in this posting do not necessarily express the opinions
of me, my employer, or any AI project.