dyer@vaxuum.DEC (People 'R' People) (10/25/85)
Precision, Please_________________________________________________ >>> The men are . . . >>> >> Don't generalize; *some*, *a few*, or whatever, . . . >> > I didn't say all men, did I? You can therefore assume "some" > men. That may be the way you meant it to be interpreted, but we don't really know that. Others will mean "all men" when they writes "men." Often, when one writes "men," they mean "men are like this by nature, but there are of course a few aberrations." When discussing issues such as these, one must be precise. There is no shortage of people who will make generalizations about "men" and mean "all men." If you're not precise, we really can't tell where you're coming from. If you mean "some men," you should write "some men." <_Jym_> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::' :: `:::: Jym Dyer ::::' :: `:::: ::' :: `:: Dracut, Massachusetts ::' :: `:: :: :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :: :: .::::. :: DYER%VAXUUM.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA :: .::::. :: ::..:' :: `:..:: {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax} ::..:' :: `:..:: ::::. :: .:::: decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer ::::' :: `:::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
booter@lll-crg.ARpA (Elaine Richards) (10/29/85)
How about using mathematical notation when describing groups of
people? A friend just tutored me in equivalence relations today.
Ex.
"Many men say blah blah blah"
Goes something like M={m e M ! said=(blah) cubed }
Forget it. I can't get notation out of this thing.
I just leafed through a lot of these as I just subscribed. Question...
why do so many men throw in their two cents? Kilts? Ties? Mensan in
the raw? Is it just a good sexual sounding board for non net.singles
or do the men feel they will get an insight into how women think?
It amazes me how much men worry about how women think and how I
don't worry how men think. (People are relatively predictable -
**BELIEVE IT OR NOT*)
Looks like we need a net.men or a net.sociology for many of the issues
raised. net.singles doesn't cover married folk, but has topics everyone
thinks about.
Its late B={booter e B! said (blah) cubed}
Gnight all....
booter
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(Why bother addressing it, let your Vax do the walking....)