[news.misc] 1 milligilly [was:

flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) (12/02/88)

In article <1114@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> nmg@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu.UUCP (Nancy M Gould) writes:
>In article <275@acheron.UUCP> clarke@acheron.UUCP (Ed Clarke) writes:
>>From article <1748YZKCU@CUNYVM>, by YZKCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Yaakov Kayman):
>>Congratulations!  You and Nancy have finally managed to goad someone into 
>>producing a true anti-semitic remark!!  
>Come on!  I suppose you think that if a woman walks down a dark street
>alone at night and she gets raped or mugged, she was asking for it,
>right?  I didn't "goad" any one into anything.  People are responsible
>for their own actions.
>Nancy M. Gould

Goading is mitigation, not an excuse.  But comparing an improper reaction to 
obnoxious postings with getting raped as a result of imprudence is at least
one thousandth of a gilly.
 
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