On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Brendan/Coolian wrote:
> >That seems like a rather sexist remark. Not that quilters are primarily
> >women (I wouldn't know) but that it is a traditional women's craft.
>
> Ok, PC being taken too far.
> That seems like a rather "looking-for-a-fight" remark. Sometimes a cigar
> is just a cigar. I am a male, I was "in" a quilting circle with an uncle
> once...How does that have anything to do with sexist remarks against
> women? Give me a break.
I apologize for overreacting. It's been (as you can probably tell from one
of my other responses) a REALLY rough few days....
Not just the on-channel "what do we do about the neighborhood pedophile"
but, in the remarkable case of Deirdre and the case of her late husband's
death (for those who weren't here at that time, I did previously state
that my late husband was being sexually harassed by a woman and, after it
escalated one night, he died suddenly of a stroke).
In a remarkable lack-of-taste maneuver, said school that he was attending
(where the woman in question worked) had the poor taste to send the annual
"President's Report" -- which is basically the alumni association dunning
the graduates for more money.
You can imagine how that went over. Likely the administration building
will require an additional coat of paint after the email I sent. :) The
silence from the northeast has been deafening.
So I've been a little GAR-filled the last few days.
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