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- From: dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
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- Subject: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?
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- Date: 12 Nov 92 15:49:03 GMT
- References: <lfnrufINNs27@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <riaedwards.1.721307187@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au> <KYTAN.92Nov10082236@mantra.fia.dmg.ml.com>
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- >In article <riaedwards.1.721307187@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au> riaedwards@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (AUDREY EDWARDS) writes:
- >
- >There are many women, of mature age, whom few would regard as rad. feminist,
- >particularly ones with strong religious beliefs (in the UK, Mary Whitehouse
- >springs to mind...no doubt the US has an equivilent) who share such
- >attitudes towards the evils of "girlie mags". Whilst I don't share there
- >views (my distaste is on aesthetic, rather than moral or censorship
- >grounds), and certainly see no direct link between such material and
- >rape, I wouldn't dream of dismissing such people as "insecure".
-
- OK, how's this. They're either insecure, misled, or just plain stupid.
- I think that ought to cover things pretty well.
-
- Just for the record, I think most people on the "evil" side of this arguement
- are misled, not insecure or stupid, though I can think of quite a few who
- fall into all three categories.
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- Daniel Welch
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