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From: stephen@dcl-cs.UUCP (Stephen J. Muir)
Newsgroups: net.motss,net.med,net.nlang.africa,net.singles,net.women
Subject: Re: Saving Lives
Message-ID: <816@dcl-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 17:21:03 EST
Article-I.D.: dcl-cs.816
Posted: Mon Nov 25 17:21:03 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Nov-85 04:43:32 EST
References: <3000@sun.uucp> <697@lasspvax.UUCP> <54@midas.UUCP>
Reply-To: stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir)
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In article <54@midas.UUCP> jeffw@midas.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) writes:
>In article <697@lasspvax.UUCP> cheryl@lasspvax.UUCP (Cheryl Stewart) writes:
>>In article <3000@sun.uucp> wild@sun.uucp (Will Doherty) writes:
>>>Let people know about how AIDS works.  
>>>
>>> [many detailed descriptions of sex acts]
>>
>>This does not belong in net.women any more than it belongs in
>>net.music or net.rec.birds.  Sure, women have sex, but so do
>>people who birdwatch or listen to music.
>>as a group.  So keep your bloody cross-postings to yourself.
>
>But medical issues are right out, huh?

If they are shared by both sexes then definitely.  There is a newsgroup called
'net.med' specifically for medical issues.  You should use that.

>I will now ask
>if perhaps the reason you objected to this article was that you
>feel threatened by detailed descriptions of sex acts? 

These kind of remarks are uncalled for.  This guy was making a genuine point
that these issues are NOT to do with women alone so keep your accusations to
yourself.
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