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From: tim@oucs.UUCP (Tim Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Gregg Mackenzie on the elimination of Cheryl (FLAME)
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Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 15:31:23 EST
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> > Gregg Mackenzie
> > cisden!gmack
> > That's just because it's all a subversive plot and we're all against
> > you.  We've all come to realize that Cheryl is the only one who 
> > *really* knows what's going on in our (men's) sick, twisted little 
> > minds.  The only thing we can do now is eliminate Cheryl and hope 
> > she hasn't spread the truth too far.  We're gonna get you Cheryl. 
> > You can't hide .... our people are everywhere...
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> 
> THIS IS *NOT* *FUNNY*!!!!
> 
> Gregg did not attach *any* smiley-faces to this posting and I
> intend to treat it seriously.  Threats by men toward women are
> not in any way humorous.  I think any man who enjoys saying
> "We're gonna get you Cheryl" has a SICK mind and a CRUEL one.
> The fact is that women are *killed* *every* *day* in the United
> States by men.  Gregg's attempt to use this fact as humor is
> twisted and outrageous.  He is poking fun at the fear that many
> women consider a natural part of daily life and I cannot
> tolerate it.  He is making a joke out of murder, rape, beating
> and intimidation.  IT IS *NOT* *A* *JOKE*!!!
> 
> Ellen Eades
> (tektronix!reed!ellen)
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Ellen, I agree with you whole-heartedly. As much as I do not like the 
majority of Cheryl's postings, I will fight for her right to post them.
Any type of threat, even in jest, is a violation of Cheryl's rights,
and (as you said) *IS* *NOT* *FUNNY*!!!!!!!!
-- 
Tim Thompson  414 Morton Hall  Ohio University  Athens, Ohio  45701

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