oaf@mit-vax.UUCP ([Oded Anoaf Feingold]) (05/21/85)
>Before you tell me that you weren't accusing me, personally, let me >point out that you most assuredly made a very sweeping statement >above. I think it likely that I am not the only person offended by >that. (Daemon) Before things get out of hand, may I point out that no matter how hostile and angry people get, nor how foolish their suggestions, they HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY THEM. Arguments will sell better if they address the points at hand instead of the people sending them. [I'm not being original - Raghu Ramakrishnan said it about an article of mine that was negatively misinterpreted. I owe him a debt of gratitude, if not emulation. That person is a gentleman.] Having done my civic duty, I'll mention that there's NO need to get steamed. Nobody is curfewing men, nobody plans to, nobody could imagine an enforcement mechanism. Anyone claiming serious intent on this subject is pissing into the wind. Anyone seriously wishing such a thing has more problems than can be solved by netnews. So cool it -- can't you guys play with an idea without running it into the ground? [Too bad - it was a loverly concept. Hey, maybe one night a year all men would be curfewed after dark. They'd be fined (small amounts) if caught out, and the proceeds used to support shelters for battered women, better lighting, more cops, the usual. Special passes for cops and people working second or third shift. Naah - wouldn't work - everyone and his brother would come out and swamp the enforcement agencies, just to beat the system. Oh well...] -- Oded Feingold {decvax, harvard}!mitvax!oaf MIT AI Lab oaf%oz@mit-mc.ARPA 545 Tech Sq. 617-253-8598 work Cambridge, Mass. 02139 617-371-1796 home
jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick) (05/23/85)
> > > Anyone claiming serious intent on [curfews for men] is pissing into the wind. > Oded Feingold {decvax, harvard}!mitvax!oaf Rather a male-oriented metaphor there, Oded. But I suppose as a mountaineer you do find it an occasional problem...