From: mutation@dorsai.com (Florian Lengyel)
Newsgroups: alt.personals
Subject: Re: sorry: Reason no Girls
Date: 12 Nov 92 17:49:05 GMT
Organization: The Dorsai Embassy +1.718.729.5018
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wombat@physics.Berkeley.EDU (Gene P. Ledbetter) writes:
: Following a brutal attack by the boobs on this tube,
: hhamid@nyx.cs.du.edu (hassan hamid) writes:
: 
: > I am sorry I caused so much offence to everyone when
: > I said What I said.
: 
: Believe it or not, there was once a popular saying in the 
: U.S. to the effect that "I may not agree with what you say, 
: but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."  
: Evidently the fascists on this net are not of that opinion.
: 
: > I assure you that causing mischief and offence was the
: > last thing from my mind. In view of this I would like to
: > retract my remarks (I am not a sexist) and apologize to
: > all of you out there who replied.
: 
: Hassan is far nicer to you idiots than you deserve.
: 
: > In addition I would like to put the record straight by
: > saying that I am not one of the bozos who put out messages
: > which are smutty and stupid like sending raunchy e-mail or
: > something silly like that. You will note this if you read
: > any of the messages that I have posted. I am a well read
: > and well travelled individual and hope that you treat meas
: > one from now on.
: 
: Your attackers are riff-raff.
: 
: > I hope you accept my apology.  To the To the out of touch
: > larry brothers or whatever your name is I am not a stupid
: > ARAB and don't call me such.
: > ----Hassan.
: 
: I've known many arabs, and I've never met one who was 
: stupid.
: 
: In reply to Hassan's act of contrition, Barbara G. Davis,
: Grand Inquisitor par excellence, makes bold to say:
: 
: > One of the very interesting phenomenon [phenomena, Babs]
: > of posting to the net is that you are judged and evaluated
: 
: Judged and evaluated?  This _is_ an inquisition.
: 
: > based solely on your own words.  Your original post did
: > not give the impression of being well-read or well-
: > travelled or of working on a PHd, all the things you think
: > should impress us.
: 
: He doesn't want to impress you.  He wants to be treated with
: respect.
: 
: > Simply telling us that we must not treat you like a bozo
: > doesn't wash with this group IMO.
: 
: Who do you think you are?  Who is this "we"?  Are you
: the SS?
: 
: > We will need to see thoughtful, well written postings from
: > you on a regular basis
: 
: Do "we" call "on a regular basis" an example of good writing?
: 
: > to change our original impression that you are a sexist
: > bozo.  yak yak yak yak ...
: 
: Incredible.  Simply incredible.
: 
: > So, for this computer professional who also happens to be
: > a great looking lady, 
: 
: I'm speechless.
: 
: > the jury is still out on whether or not you are a sexist
: > bozo.
: 
: Judge _and_ jury.  I'm starting to like the concept of
: sexist bozo.  They must be nice people.
: 
: > Barb
: 
: > --
: > Barbara G. Davis
: > Internet:  davis@ucsu.colorado.edu
: > University of Colorado, Boulder
: 
: God help us.
: 
: 
Indeed. I love the gratuitous and fatuous line:


: > So, for this computer professional who also happens to be
: > a great looking lady, 
: 
: I'm speechless.
: 
: > the jury is still out on whether or not you are a sexist
: > bozo.
: 
which I can only interpret as saying that Ms Davis is hoping that
Hassan will lament emphatic unavailability of so desirable a woman.

I am also baffled by this extremely sexist statement on her part,
since her appearance should not matter from the standpoint of her feminist 
polemic.
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