Re: "Non sexist language and attitudes"

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:46 AM 3/15/99 -0800, randall.larson-maynard@ind.alstom.com wrote:

>SNIP
>
>there being a Framehead in the house. (They can, however, be pretty certain of
>having a Word guy or a Word doll.) Thus,s
>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^
>SNIP
>
>Please be kinder and more respectful to the female gender. They are not
"dolls,"
>chicks, babes, or tootsies. They are people with hearts, minds, lives, and
>souls.
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Randall Larson-Maynard's complaint places him/her/it at the extreme end of
the PC silliness spectrum.

"Guys" and "Dolls" as used by Richard Phillips in his/her/its message are
inextricably paired in the vernacular. If Randall Larson-Maynard possessed a
true "non-sexist attitude" he/she/it would have been compelled to complain
equally about the writer's use of "Guys" to describe the "other" gender.

Also, Randall Larson-Maynard included in his/her/its post, completely
superflously, the entire text of the original message from Mark Hilton, and
the entire text of the reply to Mark Hilton from Richard Phillips. This was
a blatant abuse of netiquette rules (affecting both sexes equally),
suggesting that Randall Larson-Maynard ought to immediately take instruction
in netiquette sensitivity, something most of us care much more about than
"non-sexist language and attitude".
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