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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: We don't need no STINKIN' BEACHES!
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Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 18:06:14 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 18:06:14 1986
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> > [Me]
> > 	A woman (or man) sitting alone at a singles bar or similar
> > setting has indicated that he or she is interested in company.  That
> > is NOT the case at public beaches.  Attitudes like that of Snoopy
> > make me understand why some women get angry.
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> [Scott Berry] 
> Bill's statement, by the way, seems no different to me that saying
> "a women sitting alone at the beach with her strap undone has indicated
> she is interested in company".  That's BILL'S interpretation, and while
> it's perhaps a more "accepted" one, it's still an interpretation.  I
> might go into a bar just because I want a sandwich or a quick beer on 
> the way home--not because I'm interested in company.  I can't very well
> drag someone off the street to sit with me so I won't be seen as "interested
> in company"--especially if I don't WANT company.  I *DO* understand that
> someone in the bar may approach me, however, and I accept it.
-----
I used the term "singles bar" in a generic sense to indicate a place
where people go to meet members of the opposite sex.  Since I have been
married for eighteen years and I don't drink alcohol, I am totally
ignorant of the situation in real "singles bars".  Perhaps I used
a bad example?
-- 
Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan