On Nov 25, 2006, at 7:28 AM, Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
Jim Schuler wrote:
I find it sad that someone feels the need to have
a separate
mailing list
for women. Gender bias is an issue that touches all of us and
should be
discussed openly by *all of us. *As KC noted, separate but equal
is a
farce: it is merely separate, not equal, for in the act of
separation power
is ceded to the majority, a majority that is often boorish and
smug in its
ignorance.
It is also sad that when some of the men here spoke out in defence
of women,
they were attacked for piling on (the offender had slinked off
without so
much as an apology)
Do you think I'm proud of what I said? Do you think I actually
meant it?
Do you think that continuing to attack me would have helped the
situation? Do you think that there was any apology I could have give
that wouldn't have been just brushed off as insincere?
Just say you are sorry and get it over with. Then sin no more. I
think most of us are aware that there is an element of trolling
involved in this thread, but there are also real problems which we
need to deal with effectively.
Fred