Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site fear.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!greipa!pesnta!amd!amdcad!cae780!weitek!fear!robert From: robert@fear.UUCP (Robert Plamondon) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Men: you are not individuals Message-ID: <214@fear.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 16:35:18 EDT Article-I.D.: fear.214 Posted: Wed Jun 26 16:35:18 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 06:53:06 EDT References: <762@oddjob.UUCP> <736@umn-cs.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Weitek Corp. Sunnyvale Ca. Lines: 19 > [David London] > Secondly, I agree that people are individuals, and > must be treated as such. My point is that our society doesn't treat > anyone as an individual (including you), and this must be recognized > - you can't go around saying "I AM an individual", because, in this > society, you're not. Oh, boy -- *MAGIC!!* All you have to do is convince 'society' of something, and it's *TRUE!!* David London's individuality is a variable that depends on the people he associates with. If he belongs to a society that believes in the individual, he's an individual. If he belongs to a society that doesn't, he's just a cog in a great machine. I wonder what would happen if he belonged to a society that believed that he didn't exist? -- -- Robert Plamondon {turtlevax, resonex, cae780}!weitek!robert