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- Path: sparky!uunet!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cornell!jean
- From: jean@cs.cornell.edu (Jean M. Petrosino)
- Subject: Re: Language
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.161306.7601@cs.cornell.edu>
- Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
- Distribution: ]usa
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:13:06 GMT
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- >Jean,
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- >I can understand that you are concerned about the foul words used to
- >describe both women and men. But you admittedly stated that these were
- >not due to a well researched effort. You have obviously posted the message
- >with a theme in mind...the treatment of women. So you have probably
- >avoided mentioning several words to describe men, navaho indians, blacks,
- >pakistanis, west indian, liberals, and Armenians.
-
- >In the future, don't expect intelligent discussion when your statements
- >show a definite lack of objectivity. And no, I dont call women pussies,
- >i call men that act like women, pussies.
-
- >"I am lost in thought
- > as it is such
- > unfamiliar territory"
-
- >Pooch
-
- Pardon me for not being elitist enough for your taste.
- One man was nice enough to add to my list via email, and pointed out that men
- insult other men with sexually-connotated language. Either accusing them of
- being a fag, or something like a 'mother-fucker'.
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