Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS
Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!mordor!ut-sally!ut-ngp!linscomb
From: linscomb@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Thomas J. Linscomb)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Actually, net hostility (actually net opinions)
Message-ID: <2381@ut-ngp.UTEXAS>
Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 05:24:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.2381
Posted: Fri Sep 13 05:24:10 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 05:35:17 EDT
References: <1892@reed.UUCP>
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
Lines: 22

> 	If people read something and to them it says (no matter what the
> intention of the writer is) "I think that because of your lifestyle you
> are this and this and this..." and all of those things are negative,
> then one probably does feel a bit threatened. It's very similar to
> saying "Because you're gay, you are obviously less moral, etc." Now, I
> feel no hostility towards Andy (although I was a bit put out for awhile)
> because I understand that he's only expressing what he feels to be true
> in some (maybe the majority) of cases.
> 	Any other opinions?
> 	elizabeth g. purtell (Lady Godiva)

	I usually don't get fired-up about opinions.  I know that no matter
how outlandish, how bizzare and how unbelievable an opinion is someone out
there holds it (either that or I do :-) ).  This is probably why I am
one of the net observers and not big contributors.
	What was the result of that big scientific study they did last year?
That the sum of all net opinions equals zero.  Or was it that the net of
some opinions equals zero.  I can never remember :-).

--Thomas aka linscomb@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU
PS:  Notice this was not cross posted to NET.JOKES so despite its content
	I think it was said (posted) in ernest.