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From: dyer@vaxuum.DEC (People 'R' People)
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Subject: Re: A flash from the (recent) past.
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 04:54:30 EDT
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Re: A flash from the (recent) past._______________________________

{Heather (three cheers!) says:}

H> . . . I feel your attack on Jym was unwarranted.

{Which somehow incited Geoff (a very loud raspberry!) to say:}

G> I feel the attack was entirely warranted.

{Geoff then explains why he feels it is "entirely warranted" for}
{me to be called a "prig" who "feel[s] guilty about being inter-}
{ested in pretty women:"}

G> Surely free speech is a touchy problem, because those who sup-
G> port it must support the right of those who oppose it to argue
G> their case.

	Free speech is not at issue here.  I never said that Jeff
should not be permitted to make his silly remarks here, I merely
pointed out that net.women is not exactly the most intelligent
place to make such remarks.
	(Similarly, I would never suggest that Geoff be forbidden
from including the full text of my article in a reply that claims
it says something else; but I would not hesitate to suggest that
it's not the smartest thing in the world to do.)

{Geoff continues explaining why I should be called a guilt-ridden}
{prig:}

G> I disliked Jym's posting . . . because of the way he said that
G> posting such sentiments 'pollute this newsgroup.'

	I agree that this newgroup is already polluted.  As an
environmentalist, though, I could hardly agree that this means one
should not complain about more pollution.

{Ron felt he just had to tell us this:}

R> Prig is defined as ". . . a person who is excessively precise,
R> proper and smug in his [sic] moral behavior and attitudes, to
R> the annoyance of others."

	So when did I bring up morality?  All I said was that
net.women is a dumb place to post articles that say, in effect,
"hey, guys, check out the bazongas on that one!"

R> I think he [Jeff?] describes Jym's attitude accurately.

	Gee.  Two people agree on the same prognosis.  Two people
who have never met me consider themselves competent to tell the
net what my attitude is.  Gee.

{Scott comes along and shouts the following:}

S> WHY DOES EVERYONE ASSUME IT WAS SOLELY BECAUSE THEY WERE NAKED?

	Why do you assume everyone assumes that?

S> My impression was that he would have said EXACTLY THE SAME
S> THING if he had seen these women in a fashion magazine, WEARING
S> FANCY CLOTHES.

	Possibly.  So what?  What difference would that make?
		<_Jym_>
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