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From: sethg@athena.mit.edu (Seth Gordon)
Newsgroups: news.admin,misc.legal,soc.women
Subject: Re: Proposed lawsuit
Summary: I wanna see MES's briefs!
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Date: 17 Jul 88 23:14:48 GMT
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No, net.perverts, I don't want to see *those* briefs, I mean...

If MES files this lawsuit, I would appreciate it if he[*], or some
neutral party (e.g., Berkeley's netnews admin) posts a copy of whatever
legal paraphenalia gets filed, so that I (and all other interested
netters) can file friend-of-the-court briefs on it.

[*] If my reading of MES's complaint is correct, he feels that although
he is a woman, being referred to by the pronoun "she" is a violation of
his right to be called whatever he damn pleases.  I don't think this
will last ten minutes in a court of law (otherwise, someone could have
sued the NYT into using `Ms.'), but I am quite happy to comply with
MES's wishes in this respect.
-- 
-- "Men, if we lose this [soccer game], we'll be the shame of
--  the civilised world... and America!"  -- _The Goon Show_ (BBC)
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