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From: jwp@sdchema.UUCP (John Pierce)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.flame
Subject: Re: mod.all and net.fascism
Message-ID: <260@sdchema.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 03:05:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: sdchema.260
Posted: Fri Oct 19 03:05:54 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 12:49:50 EDT
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Reply-To: jwp@sdchema.UUCP (John Pierce)
Organization: Chemistry Dept, UC San Diego
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Xref: 1984 6188
Summary: 

chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui) writes [in part]:
> ... bringing up discussions of whether gay's SHOULD exist and force the
> readers of the group to defend themselves instead of using the group to
> understand themselves better...

Sorry, but I have to disagree with that.  Nobody can *force* adult human
beings to defend themselves; and certainly not in this context [net news].
If homosexuals [I really dislike the use of the term "gay" in this context;
"gay" is a perfectly good English word with a defined meaning that does not,
and etymologically should not, include "homosexual"] felt a need to defend
themselves, that is their problem, not anyone elses'.  The second best course
of action in dealing with idiots is to simply ignore them - they will usually
go away (eventually).  [The preferred course of action is, unfortuantely,
illegal, and in the context of net news probably difficult to obtain in any
case.]

> ...Mr. Williams from DEC (I talked to the DEC people about him...)

Thank you, sir.  You saved me the trouble of finding out where that machine
was and making the phone call.

>   I'd know those eyes from a million years away....

Do you make these up yourself, or do you crib them from various places?  I'm
curious, because occassionally (as in this example) I like them a great deal.

				John Pierce, Chemistry, UC San Diego
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