Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:agz From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: In defense of net.women.only (FLAME!) Message-ID: <827@pucc-k> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 16:06:57 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-k.827 Posted: Thu Jan 17 16:06:57 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 10:31:03 EST References: <580006@acf4.UUCP> <1178@ut-ngp.UUCP>, <810@pucc-i> <147@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <200@mhuxr.UUCP> Organization: Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University Lines: 30 [] From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore) > Okay, now I'm offended. I'm not sure where you get off drawing a parallel > between women as a group and wasps as a group. It seems to me that groups > that are institutionally disfranchised deserve not only the space to > commune, but also a measure of protection. (If these groups weren't on > the outside in the first place there would clearly be *no* need for > net.*.only.) Sorry, this probably doesn't include wasps. They have plenty > of their own space already :-) You're offended? Too bad! I get off comparing the groups because they ARE groups! I didn't create either one of the groups. Why do you INSIST on splitting people up like this. I think that groups deserve the right to do what they want, as long as they are based on common interest, not on sex, religion, race, etc. And as long as they aren't EXCLUSIVE of anyone based on something that person has no control over! You seem to figure you desrve net.women.only. What would happen if I said "By gum, I really think that I deserve a group that can't include people with blue eyes, a hunchback, or whose great grandfather came from another country." I think you'd say it was bogus. And you'd be right. That's what I'm calling net.women.only. BOGUS! You're saying that these people are different from those people. Wrong. I think something like "People is people." is a more fitting approach. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Banta {decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------