Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moncol.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!moncol!john From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Women and the consumption of toilet paper. Message-ID: <401@moncol.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 12:57:13 EDT Article-I.D.: moncol.401 Posted: Tue Jun 25 12:57:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 04:39:27 EDT References: <1898@ukma.UUCP> <302@sdcc12.UUCP> <2484@randvax.UUCP> <1417@amdcad.UUCP> <233@luke.UUCP> Organization: Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Lines: 51 >From: edward@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) >Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY >Message-ID: <1898@ukma.UUCP> > >In article <233@luke.UUCP>, sml@luke.UUCP (Steven List) writes: >> Thank you SOOOOOO much for reminding us over >> and over and over (at excessive cost) that you are a handicap [sic]. > > Who said anything about my being a handicap? I'm simply >promoting a good cause! > > So what if I am anyway?! Where do get off trying to imply >that someone using a wheelchair is incapable of writing acceptable >articles?! Just because your legs work, why does that make you >any better than someone who can't walk?! Or are you one of those >people who shun the handicapped because you're afraid of them?! > > People are people! Everybody deserves an even break! First of all, I believe the correct (or intended) verb is to "have a handicap" rather than to "be a handicap". The connotations are *much* different. Secondly, Edward, you are right, everyone does deserve an even break. I had always assumed, however, that since the net was something of an anonymous medium, everyone got one. It doesn't matter if I am an Adonis or a one-eyed, hunchback leper with VD provided my articles are "acceptable". No one has said that handicapped individuals can not write good articles. The question is, however, if the net is so anonymous, how do you know someone is handicapped unless they point it out in a posting? A person who is handicapped, however, would tend to take away from his credability by repeating that he is handicapped over and over in posting after posting. If you read net.singles, then you should be familiar with the Jeff Seargent "I am a nothing. No one loves me since I can't love myself syndrome." You may get some sympathy at first, but then people get bored with it. -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 222-6600 x366 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john Silly Quote: "He doesn't do anything right... He's saving the Old Pepsi." - Johnny Carson New COKE- the refreshment that pauses.