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- From: rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla)
- Subject: Re: control
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:35:23 GMT
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- In article <88953@netnews.upenn.edu> kwelch@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kevin Welch) writes:
- >Eric
- >>Kevin
- >>No, I asked you to apologize to them for implying that refusing to
- >>have sex was a sure way to avoid getting pregnant, which is what
- >>your original post implies.
- >
- >I in no way ever said that abstinence would not get a woman raped. You are
- >just going to drill me with this issue, aren't you.
- Probably.
-
- > If I talk about one
- >particular thing, Eric, I do not have to talk about EVERY particular thing
- >that comes with the territory.
- If you make a blanket statement, you have a responsibility to disclaim
- specific instances that you do not intend. If you do not do so, you
- should not be surprised if people take you to mean those instances
- as well.
-
- >>Abstinence can be a difficult thing, sir. It is quite difficult to be
- >>Your snide response that "pants" is a perfect contraceptive reminds
- >>me of nothing more than the implication that a woman who was
- >>raped "wanted it".
- >
- >Oh give me a break, Eric Rescorla. You let yourself off to be
- >such a crusader.
- I'm not a crusader, Kevin. I'm just a guy who got pissed off by
- what you said.
-
- -Ekr
-
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- Eric Rescorla, DoD#431 (Nighthawk S) rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu
- Former chemist now CM400 mechanic ekr@eitech.com(preferred)
- I will hack Unix for food.
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