neal@fear.UUCP (Neal Bedard) (06/18/85)
Well, I got someone's attention alright.... In article <331@ihlpa.UUCP>, zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck) writes: > > Medium weight: > > > > o On the Great Sexist Language Debate: > > No inferences are necessary - the continued use of sexist terms > only tends to contibute to the continued use of sexits terms > small or large the damage remains the same. I don't argue that words propagate through usage. I argue that they are *not* inherently malavolent. Context, usage, and intent must be considered. > > > Heavyweight Stuff: > > > > o Why do men rape? [Violence enhances sex for sick puppies...] > > The trouble with this attitude/outlook is that it is almost > completely dead-wrong. It is not an attitude, it's an analysis. I don't feel this, but rapists do. If this were not true, attackers would have no motivation to rape. > > > > o How do we solve the problem? > > BETTER solution - find out what makes these men tick and take it out. Clearly shot from the hip. > > o How could a man understand what rape is? > > > > Men: Imagine being mistakenly arrested for for a violent crime > > (rape, say)... [gang-anal-rape example] > > Almost but no cigar charley - - remove the cage and make it the > street in front of your house. change the mean baddies to every man > you meet (potential) Make the time of day variable but after dark > multiply by 100x. Once again, shot fron the hip. The individuals they throw in jail for violent crimes tend to be *more* threatening than the typical `man'-in-the-street. But that wasn't the point of my analogy. > > o Our criminal justice system and rape: > > The wheels do grind slowly. See Discrimination, etc. above. > > > > o Guns for personal defense (BLOW 'EM AWAY, etc.): > > What if your attacker surprises you, or he takes your gun away from you > > (this happens to cops, too, who are ostensibly the best trained > > civilians to use firearms.) Guns create more problems than they solve. > > > > o How do you defend yourself against a rapist? > > Depends on the woman. For some, submitting may be more apropriate, > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > REFER to my posting beginning : > > "YOU BLITHERING IDIOT...." Submitting to having your Rolex and credit cards taken as opposed to having a dinner-plate-sized hole blown through you is also appropriate. Time heals all [psychic] wounds, perhaps, but Death is forever. I like living, myself. I received no mail regarding this posting. Most likely Jeanette likes to flame men, and I, most humble, am her current target. Too bad - I like good *logical* arguments. I even admit when I'm wrong - when convinced of it. Ms. Zobjeck hasn't convinced me, however. Not this time. -Neal B. -- "mynd you, m00se bytes kann be pretti nasti" UUCP: {(ucbvax!dual!turtlevax,ihnp4!resonex,decwrl!amdcad!cae780)!weitek!neal}