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- From: mec6@quads.uchicago.edu (rini)
- Subject: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.004755.12637@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
- References: <1992Nov17.021510.5975@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov17.151349.1993@netcom.com> <misdeva-171192154734@morse-college-kstar-node.net.yale.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:47:55 GMT
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- misdeva@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu (Devjani Mishra) writes:
- >payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) wrote:
- >>mec6@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
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- >>Boy, I sure hope we don't get into a discussion of rape seed oil.
- >
- >Sorry, rini. Tangent time.
-
- Oh no!
-
- >> I believe they are marketing it as 'canoli' oil, or somesuch. Who would
- >> buy a product with such strong negative associations in the name? Since
- >> neither the oil or the seed have anything to do with the act, I see no
- >> ethical problems with changing it.
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- >Rape seed oil is one of the items included in our incipient tariff war with
- >France, and they are referring to it as such.
-
- Well, I hope we all go into this discussion cognizant of the fact that
- this will all be noted in Rich's updated grep output....! :)
-
- rini
- -It's "canolA" oil. I don't know if it is renamed rape seed oil or not.
- The rape plant is a turnip type thing.
-