<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 9" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C4835C.E3255100" rel=File-List> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; = mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } P.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoAutoSig { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: navy; mso-style-type: personal-reply; mso-ansi-font-size: = 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; = mso-bidi-font-family: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=blue = link=blue> <DIV>So, hermaphrodite types are considered nonhuman ? kind of "monsters" are not = they ? .</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I guess that playing piano or having an artistic occupation is yet suspect = in the mind of many people.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Personally I have find much gay people in the army, police, = even secret servicies, and all collective organizations (did I mention the churches).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Indeed I conciensouly charge more when I work for them ! because of the = prejudice I suffer to be obliged to deal with such sub humans. We had some good = solutions in the past for that, but unfortunately they are not officially allowed = those days.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We're a bunch of hypocrites. Thanks for all who gave kind answers to this no = joke post.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>OLEG</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Message d'origine----- De : = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de Dean May Envoyé : lundi 16 août 2004 = 13:47 À : Pianotech Objet : RE: OT Tuning "It" </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> >>By the way if = a person is dressed as a man refer to him as "HE" and if dressed as a woman, = refer to her as "SHE".  The word "It" can be used for farm animals and pets or = inanimate objects.<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p> Of course, = the confusing part is when you can’t tell by the dress, voice, makeup, = or hair. What would you call this person then? Personally, I prefer to use the gender = pronoun most closely associated with the DNA imparted to them by their Creator. = But sometimes that is not easily discernible from outward appearances. <o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p> Indeed all = should be afforded the utmost courtesy and respect whenever possible. But it is a = two way street. It is disrespectful to me to ask me to call them something = contrary to their natural state. <o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p> Dean<o:p></o:p> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   = 812.235.5272<o:p></o:p> Terre Haute IN  47802<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> <o:p></o:p><= /DIV></BODY></HTML>