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Skriven 2007-08-25 19:02:07 av Rob Perkins (4222.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 17739 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (4216.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Newsgroup back!
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On 8/25/07 7:25 AM, in article 2le0d3h2i18ajsgmt7nbscl0gkrrcdith5@4ax.com,
"Wendy of NJ" <voxwoman@gmail.com> wrote:

(from an earlier post)
>>> Well what do you expect from a feminazi? I will never forgive that man
>>> for coining that phrase.

I didn't suppose you were a feminazi, and I don't care for the term either;
whether or not he actually coined it, he popularized it, which did nothing
to help matters in the national debate about abortion.

(direct followup)
> Well, maybe those women were also drunk/on drugs at the time. They
> certainly weren't properly socialized.

I know women who use facets of feminism to cynically expect less of men than
they should. In that sense they were certainly properly socialized, but
still held a damaging attitude towards men.

> No, but I *AM* suggesting that someone be SOBER AND DRUG-FREE before I
> take whatever comes out of their pie-holes seriously.

I know at least one very functional drug addict. He's not on drugs now but
he was able to do presentations for his company and answer very detailed,
cogent technical questions about

> People get really weird (and often very paranoid) ideas into their
> heads while under the influence. And I don't think policy should be
> made (or suggested) by those who are under the influence. (Ever hear
> someone once they have sobered up recanting pretty much everything
> they said/did the previous evening?)

His ideas were incongruent with most of reality long before drugs began to
addle his mind. 

> But then, I don't think convicted felons should get a public soapbox,
> either. *cough* Ollie North *cough*

According to wiki (for what it's worth), his convictions were completely
vacated with the legal assistance of the ACLU. Maybe you're thinking of G.
Gordon Liddy?

In any case, I'd rather live in a world where anyone can get a public
soapbox, with gag orders permissible on a case by case basis. I think it
makes it easier to sort out the creeps.

Rob
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