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- From: rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
- Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- The end of the thread.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.202849.3755@dsd.es.com>
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- Reply-To: rthomson@dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
- Organization: Design Systems Division, Evans & Sutherland, SLC, UT
- References: <9209010502.AA11406@moeng2.morgan.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 20:28:49 GMT
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- In article <9209010502.AA11406@moeng2.morgan.edu>
- demi@MOENG2.MORGAN.EDU (Demi Greene) writes:
- >The gender flag option does NOT have to be a "sex thing" -- it can be whatever
- >you need it to be, and, ideally, it can be "switched off" if you don't find
- >it useful, find it offensive/annoying, or whatever, so that not only are you
- >not employing that extra character MFN, but you *don't see it* either: for you,
- >it would be as if it were not there.
-
- Personally, I think its a good idea, especially considering the above.
- I like to hang out on the asian channels because I have an interest in
- asian culture, language and people. But I'll be damned if I can
- figure out who's a man and who's a woman! It's not just about sex,
- but it *is* about knowing what kind of person you're talking to. If I
- talk to someone over the phone, I can usually tell their gender and
- ditto goes for RL conversations with people face-to-face. I don't see
- any reason not to advertise one's gender on IRC if one is comfortable
- with it. I don't think people would object to the idea of a picture
- for each nick (assuming that the bandwidth, etc., were there to
- support it), which would certainly give away not only gender but some
- rendition of physical appearance.
-
- -- Rich
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- Repeal the personal income tax; vote Libertarian in 1992.
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