Re: [issues] FAQ: Answer request

2000-03-02 Thread Bad Mojo
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > On Thu, 02 Mar 2000 14:10:20 -0600, coder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >You know, if men were escorted around after dark, think of all the > >crimes that would cease. > > The problem is, who are you going to get to do the escorting? Robots. . o O

Re: [issues] FAQ: Answer request

2000-03-01 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to write something in the Issues FAQ about 'trivialising' - such > as people using the word 'rape' to mean other, less intense forms of > injury. Thanks. As someone who has been raped, it's appreciated. > I want to write this because it se

Re: [issues] FAQ: Answer request

2000-03-01 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Thu, 02 Mar 2000 14:10:20 -0600, coder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >You know, if men were escorted around after dark, think of all the >crimes that would cease. The problem is, who are you going to get to do the escorting? Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] FAQ: Answer request

2000-03-01 Thread coder
Andrew Plumb wrote: > > And a women's group on campus wrote a letter to the editor saying that > women hadn't done anything wrong. Maybe *men* should be escorted in large > groups around campus... > You know, if men were escorted around after dark, think of all the crimes that would cease. I

Re: [issues] FAQ: Answer request

2000-03-01 Thread Andrew Plumb
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [deletia] > Would people who truly understand how it hurts when something is trivialised > do me a great favour and either discuss this on the list, or email me > privately? Hi Jenn, On a similar train of thought, an intriguing idea popped up in a sem

[issues] FAQ: Answer request

2000-03-01 Thread jenn
I want to write something in the Issues FAQ about 'trivialising' - such as people using the word 'rape' to mean other, less intense forms of injury. I want to write this because it seems to be important to others in this forum - but (probably because I've had a lucky and relatively safe life)