From: takkyon@morbius.dartmouth.edu (Dr. Tachyon)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
Subject: Re: Hearing dragons
Summary: down home rhodesia style flame
Keywords: asinine postings, stupidity, th'ron, redundancy, empathy, flame
Date: 22 Jan 93 15:02:53 GMT
Organization: Team Beer Truck
X-Useragent: FlameMaster 3.4pl4

In article [snip] Mezo, venkman@lamar.ColoState.EDU writes:
> Yeah, Annes rampant feminism bugs me too.

Ah, clearly Lessa sweeping out the fireplaces in Ruatha Hold is a prime
example of the empowerment of those of the feminine persuasion.  Quite
naturally, the fact that Fax keeps I don't know how many ladies around
his quarters is, in reality, a bitingly ironic comment by Anne designed
to throw Fax into sharp contrast with the rest of Pern, an effect
heightened by the fact that F'lar treats the whole business as if doing
so was a COMPLETELY NORMAL OCCURANCE!  They are, of course, in reality
all there of their own free will, and are, in fact, keeping Fax around
only as a male figurehead for their own nefarious purposes of global
conquest and world economic domination!  Such radical, visionary
feminism, how daringly imagined and yet so subtly presented as to have
escaped the notice of every other reader of McCaffrey's work on the face
of the planet!  Accept the eternal, unwavering gratitude of my unworthy
self for having opened my eyes to the truth behind Anne's words!  Such
knowledge was not destined for a lowly one such as myself, but thanks to
your wisdom I see all clearly.

> @set me=flame_proof.....

Aiieeeee!  Nay, say it is not so!  Surely none shall dare to flame the
possesor of the mighty FLAME_PROOF flag, however ignorant of the One True
Nature of the Word of Anne or led astray by foolishly modern notions of
women's place in society they may be.  So sing hallelujah, brothers and
sisters!

> I get tired of all the B*llsh*t about women being more empathic, dealing
> better with people etc. Frankly its a fallacy, they have a
predisposition
> but that comes from how they were raised, not from their sex.

Exactly!  What perfection!  What coherent, logically argued, rigorously
proven proof!  And such a consistent, easily portable argument, too --
now, yes, finally, at long last, I can easily and coherently argue that
my own predisposition for fatherhood has NOTHING TO DO with my sex, but
is instead entirely grounded in my upbringing.  At last the reason Carl
Lewis could beat Florence Griffith Joyner in the 100 meters with the
Dallas Cowboys defensive line tied to his back become clear -- clearly,
oh, with crystalline lucidity I see now that it is all due to his
upbringing as a boy, encouraged to play sports, and is absolutely, nay,
UNARGUABLY beyond the influence of such trivial factors as his sex.  I am
ashamed, yes, MORTIFIED to be even seen as responding to a post of such
obvious good sense, for fear I may be seen as the LOWLIFE RADICAL
NEO-FASCIST PINKO-COMMIE FEMINIST SCUM I truly am!

> Anyway, if women want to claim the 'ggod' things as related to sex,
they better
> damn well accept all the bad things. 

OH, BLESS ME, BROTHER, FOR I HAVE SINNED!  I have sinned in my heart and
committed the unimaginable crime of thinking it appropriate for women to
claim any area of superiority over men!  And I have compounded this sin
by allowing them to say so in a public forum without immediately offering
a gratuitous denigration of their sex for the amusement of the crowd! 
Oh, save me, Brother, come and save my soul before I burn in that
unimaginably horrid feminist hell reserved for those who think it's OK
for women to say "We're better at this!"

> Just my bit to get flamed for awhile. =) I miss it.

Consider yourself chastened.

> Th'ron.

	-- dr. "repent, for the END OF FEMINISM is at hand, brother" t
			loyal worshipper, church of rhodesia

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