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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt)
Newsgroups: news.admin,misc.legal,soc.women
Subject: Re: Proposed lawsuit
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Date: 1 Aug 88 17:46:47 GMT
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In article <14836@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> cc1@CS.UCLA.EDU (RedShift) writes:
}How in the world can you compare Apartheid in South Africa to the debate
}here about Mark's pronouns?  Do you really consider Apartheid to be such
}a trivial matter?  Or do you dare state that Mark's pronoun problems are
}as major a tragedy as the denial of civil rights in South Africa?
}
}On the behalf of the people suffering in South Africa, I demand a retraction
}of this statement.


Unlikely such will be obtained.  The "My problems are the worse things there
are is not uncommon.  The "We" and "I" count more then the "They" and "You".

Inaccurate, perhaps.  But that's the way it appears.

(in answer:
I don't compare them.
Apartheid is not a trivial matter.
Mark's pronoun problem is h(er/is) (as you wish) and are a minor problem,
(EXTREMELY minor) to me. (less a problem, more a source of entertainment.
Apartheid is not entertaining.  In the least.)


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            Therefore, these opinions are mine and not any organizations!
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jwm@aplvax.jhuapl.edu 128.244.65.5  (James W. Meritt)