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- From: mutation@dorsai.com (Florian Lengyel)
- Newsgroups: alt.personals
- Subject: Re: sorry: Reason no Girls
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.174905.27510@dorsai.com>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 17:49:05 GMT
- References: <9211110227.AA25627@physics.Berkeley.EDU>
- Organization: The Dorsai Embassy +1.718.729.5018
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- wombat@physics.Berkeley.EDU (Gene P. Ledbetter) writes:
- : Following a brutal attack by the boobs on this tube,
- : hhamid@nyx.cs.du.edu (hassan hamid) writes:
- :
- : > I am sorry I caused so much offence to everyone when
- : > I said What I said.
- :
- : Believe it or not, there was once a popular saying in the
- : U.S. to the effect that "I may not agree with what you say,
- : but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."
- : Evidently the fascists on this net are not of that opinion.
- :
- : > I assure you that causing mischief and offence was the
- : > last thing from my mind. In view of this I would like to
- : > retract my remarks (I am not a sexist) and apologize to
- : > all of you out there who replied.
- :
- : Hassan is far nicer to you idiots than you deserve.
- :
- : > In addition I would like to put the record straight by
- : > saying that I am not one of the bozos who put out messages
- : > which are smutty and stupid like sending raunchy e-mail or
- : > something silly like that. You will note this if you read
- : > any of the messages that I have posted. I am a well read
- : > and well travelled individual and hope that you treat meas
- : > one from now on.
- :
- : Your attackers are riff-raff.
- :
- : > I hope you accept my apology. To the To the out of touch
- : > larry brothers or whatever your name is I am not a stupid
- : > ARAB and don't call me such.
- : > ----Hassan.
- :
- : I've known many arabs, and I've never met one who was
- : stupid.
- :
- : In reply to Hassan's act of contrition, Barbara G. Davis,
- : Grand Inquisitor par excellence, makes bold to say:
- :
- : > One of the very interesting phenomenon [phenomena, Babs]
- : > of posting to the net is that you are judged and evaluated
- :
- : Judged and evaluated? This _is_ an inquisition.
- :
- : > based solely on your own words. Your original post did
- : > not give the impression of being well-read or well-
- : > travelled or of working on a PHd, all the things you think
- : > should impress us.
- :
- : He doesn't want to impress you. He wants to be treated with
- : respect.
- :
- : > Simply telling us that we must not treat you like a bozo
- : > doesn't wash with this group IMO.
- :
- : Who do you think you are? Who is this "we"? Are you
- : the SS?
- :
- : > We will need to see thoughtful, well written postings from
- : > you on a regular basis
- :
- : Do "we" call "on a regular basis" an example of good writing?
- :
- : > to change our original impression that you are a sexist
- : > bozo. yak yak yak yak ...
- :
- : Incredible. Simply incredible.
- :
- : > So, for this computer professional who also happens to be
- : > a great looking lady,
- :
- : I'm speechless.
- :
- : > the jury is still out on whether or not you are a sexist
- : > bozo.
- :
- : Judge _and_ jury. I'm starting to like the concept of
- : sexist bozo. They must be nice people.
- :
- : > Barb
- :
- : > --
- : > Barbara G. Davis
- : > Internet: davis@ucsu.colorado.edu
- : > University of Colorado, Boulder
- :
- : God help us.
- :
- :
- Indeed. I love the gratuitous and fatuous line:
-
-
- : > So, for this computer professional who also happens to be
- : > a great looking lady,
- :
- : I'm speechless.
- :
- : > the jury is still out on whether or not you are a sexist
- : > bozo.
- :
- which I can only interpret as saying that Ms Davis is hoping that
- Hassan will lament emphatic unavailability of so desirable a woman.
-
- I am also baffled by this extremely sexist statement on her part,
- since her appearance should not matter from the standpoint of her feminist
- polemic.
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