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From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Offensensistivity II
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 09:31:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 09:31:28 1986
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In article <1394@mhuxt.UUCP> js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) writes:
>> "Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more
>> certain they are their own." -- Aristotle
>
>      And a little quote about how generally unfaithful women are!

You seem to be trying to confirm this theory I have about feminists.
Any line or quote that *can* be interpreted in a manner that is
insulting to women *will* be interpreted in a manner that is insulting
to women, even if it takes a lot of stretching, even if it takes a
logical fallacy (as it did in the case of Fr.  Woolley's joke), even if
the author intended no insult and no normal reader would see the insult
unless he/she was looking for one.

In this way, feminists resemble another group of people who listen to
popular music very carefully looking for lyrics that advocate Satanism
or drug abuse.  It works like a Rorschach test... what they find
reveals more about them than about the music.

The quote from Aristotle may be taken as referring to unfaithfulness
in general, but no, it "obviously" had to be intended as a deliberate
insult aimed at women.  Though, sometimes, it will be my intention
to insult and offend feminists, it will not be my intention to insult
women.
-- 
David Canzi

"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more
certain they are their own." -- Aristotle