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From: dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: "breeders" - unintentionally hurtful ?
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 23:26:41 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 23:26:41 1986
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AMEN, Owen!  I could scarcely stop laughing at Jody's example of
the childless couple damaged by being called "breeders"--it shows
just how ludicrous this discussion has become.  The keyword, as
Owen points out, is context.  A minority of a minority might choose
to use this word entre eux to refer to straight society--so what?
Who is anyone to judge them on their intentions?
-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.HARVARD.EDU
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