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From: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: news.admin,misc.legal,soc.women
Subject: Re: Proposed lawsuit
Message-ID: <307@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 88 20:19:52 GMT
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In article <9722@eddie.MIT.EDU>, ooblick@eddie.MIT.EDU (Mikki Barry) writes:
> Regardless of the merits or lack of same of this proposed suit, think of
> this:  Do we really want a judge, jury and bunch of lawyers who have NEVER
> TOUCHED a computer in their lives to attempt to make precedent out of the
> Usenet?
> 
> Mikki Barry

A valid point, Mikki, but extortionists have a bad habit of increasing
their demands, and not being satisfied with the initial bribe.  I worry
that giving into the rantings and ravings of MES will result in more
nonsense in the future.

"I demand that the use of gender-specific pronouns to refer to anything
at all go away for all USENET communication.  It engenders an atmosphere
of contempt for women."

Are we sure that MES isn't an agent-provocateur for that small percentage
of Americans who want women in a subservient role?

Clayton E. Cramer