ed a natural death.)
Still, I like the Finnish approach to the perceived threat of messy old
English (the ultimate pidgen language, btw) taking over the world. There
is a move afoot up there to reconver that position for Latin
Janus
Dum vivimus.
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st around here, it ain't so. As far as my
(limited) experience of the professional and middle classes goes, much
complaining, little action.
Janus
who has her own class prejudices, and is not sure she is prepared, on
experience, to modify them.
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At 06:48 PM 01/12/2000 +0100, you wrote:
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>> based titles anyhow. In Japan, one is -san regardless of gender or
>> marital status, and I had no problem being -san.
>
>Relatives etc is chan, right?
>Like neechan and so on.
>
Relatives and close enough friends -- it is sort of the equivaken
At 02:16 AM 01/12/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Janus wrote:
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>> and dislike the assumptions made about Ms
>
>Such as?
That it is pronounced Miss, for a start, because(of course) if one was
married, one would use Mrs., wouldn't one (I am not making this up,
until there is one general title
for women as there is for men.
Maybe a silly little point, but, then, I am a silly little person..
Janus
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At 12:53 PM 01/10/2000 GMT, you wrote:
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>
>>"Skeletons in the closet" have nothing to do with ability to serve,
>>though. The fact that they reflect on ability to be elected is a
>>strong condemnation of the American electoral process.
>
>
>I must strongly disagreeskeletons are an indication
e equal dignity of all races, genders et
caetera, but he still turns into a bag of mismatched kness and elbows when
in conversation with a female (imho).
Janus
Bemused Aunt to three males
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me) good traits in a woman (or a man for that matter).
Huh? Just out of curiousity, which of those traits are *not* desireable in
a woman, a man, or both?
Janus
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At 09:05 AM 01/06/2000 -0500, you wrote:
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>As for gender-based discrimination, I have to say that I personally haven't
>encountered it here in so obvious a way than described in previous posts.
>We actually have a higher than average ratio of female IT staff. I have
>also been lucky enough to fi
to is that the person who asks
a question creates a summary of the answers to post to the list. This
might be less of an issue here, but I would definitely prefer to see all
the posts to techtalk
Just my two yen
Janus
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Francesca Sforza (got boiling oil down to a fine art)
Hillary Rodham Clinton
and:St. Francis Assisi
Mohatma Ghandi
Jan Hus
Prince Kropotkin
Tommy Douglas (for the Canadians)
'Nuff said
Janus
A very competitive female married to a v
e the value of equal rights for women on
this list" would be more appropriate? This
would be a big job, and, again, require constant updating, but it would
also give future members a flavour for the list and a base to start from
2 yen (not worth what it was a few years back)
Janus
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proponents of this absurd
postion): you could start with a good dictionary, and the definitions of
ethics, then perhaps some basic Philosophy and a little reading in the
evolution of human cultures..
As a hint, ethics, being a set of rules grounded in a morality, are
*precisely* about limita
would be stable, simpler applications, perhaps packaged,
not as one huge, integrated monster, but as a series of small applications
to which one can buy the modular add-ons one needs.
But, hey, isn't that the open source model?..
Janus
(who, as you can by now tell, had *years* of acade
there
if you are determined. And, If you have Win95 or 98 Gold (choke!) TweakUI
is in the Powertoys directory on the CD..
Janus
who also likes the power to get rid of clutter...
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e as a
white American, how can one restrict his/her choices on the basis of colour?
It has been years (37, to be exact) since I first read that arguement, and
I have read and heard a great many attempted rebuttals since, but none that
even began to convince me Arendt was wrong.
So, there you go. The re
e it will be easier to understand "the woman's
perspective" if you define what women you are curious about -- oh, and
remember that one woman's cake is another woman's poison --
Rather, I think, like men in that regard, ne?
Janus
intelligent discussion welcomed
flames filtered to /dev/null
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At 02:10 PM 11/05/1999 +0200, you wrote:
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>On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Janus wrote:
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>> Because we can? (Toranoki Sappho-sama wishes to point out that she does
>> her best to feed and house me, and it ain't her fault that I don't
>> appreciate a nice, fresh mouse
says 'why?'.
That sounds like an excellent idea -- maybe all the different lists could
do FAQs. I'd be willing to bet that by now the archeves would show a few.
So, how would you suggest we go about it? A volunteer? A group effort?
Since I've never done one, I really do not know
(Toranoki Sappho-sama wishes to point out that she does
her best to feed and house me, and it ain't her fault that I don't
appreciate a nice, fresh mouse now and then)
Janus
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enage geek" seems to have
retreated to the world of warez and vxers. So, perhaps the growing weight
of numbers, not to mention an entire generation of young males raised by
more aware parents, is making a difference.
Just my two cents
Janus
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