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From: sdp@omssw1.UUCP (Scott Peterson)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.women
Subject: Re: The latest in Playboy controversies
Message-ID: <171@omssw1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 15:24:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 18 15:24:43 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Sep-86 04:18:58 EDT
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Reply-To: sdp@omssw1.UUCP (Scott Peterson)
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR
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In article <4107@reed.UUCP> thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas) writes:
>Meanwhile, here at Reed there is considerable backlash against the
>Reed feminists.  One of them got offended at the appearance of 
>Playboy in a dorm social room and managed to antagonize most of the
>dormies while telling them why they shouldn't read (or look at)
>porn.  The dormies retaliated by putting up pictures of naked men and
>women all over the dorm, along with a sign that basically said
>"If you don't like our taste in pictures, go away."  The same Reed
>feminist is now up in arms and threatening all kinds of actions
>against the dorm (which she does NOT live in, by the way.)  What
>do you think about all this?
>
>Ann Muir Thomas
>...tektronix!reed!thoma

Anytime someone starts _telling_ me what I shouldn't do, I tend to
react negatively.  She must have really pissed them off to get a 
reaction like that, but from the information above it sounds like she
deserved it.

Tell her to try being nice first.  If not for the others, for the selfish
reason that it's usually a much faster way to get what you want.  It works
for friends, financial aid offices, department stores, or just about anywhere
except large organizations where the members are "programmed" (i.e.  "I'm
sorry but our records show that the accoun must be paid by such-and-such
to avoid legal action ... ")

Seems like it's not a pornography issue.  How old is this person?  Maybe
she has a "programmed" response to porn.  That's probably the real problem.
 

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Scott Peterson, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, ...!tektronix!ogcvax!omssw1!sdp