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- From: gr1c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Greg Howard Rhodes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.pen
- Subject: Re: PDA's vs Pen Computers (what's the difference?)
- Message-ID: <geRUnVO00WB60jiFEF@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 03:13:37 GMT
- Organization: Junior, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- Lines: 24
- In-Reply-To: <352@asylum.UUCP>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.pen: 28-Jul-92 Re: PDA's vs Pen Computers
- .. by Greg_Hullender@GO.COM
- >
- > >A "PDA" is a Public Display of Affection, that is, two humans of different
- > >genders holding hands, kissing, or displaying other forms of affection in
- > >public, such as a high school campus. A PDA is punishable by the
- usual range
- >
- > >of minor sanctions. PDA-like demonstrations by humans of the same
- gender are
- >
- > >generally treated not as PDAs (nor given correspondingly light punishments),
- > >but rather as crimes against the state.
- >
- > I protest the use of this newsgroup as a forum for anti-homosexual bigotry.
- > Those of us who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual should be able to
- participate in
- >
- > the discussions here without having to deal with attacks like this.
-
- I know that this really doesn't belong here, but that simply was not
- "anti-homosexual bigotry." If anything, it reminded me how much our
- society is anti-homosexual with laws against people of the same sex
- kissing in public.
-