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<p>SpockinKansas@AOL.COM wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size=+0>In a message
dated 12/06/00 7:54:49 AM Eastern Standard Time,</font></font>
<br><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size=+0>maria.arnelof@spray.se writes:</font></font>
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>....I
cannot pretend to be</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>someone that
is so uptight that one</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>cant say a bad
word ever in a joking</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>manner. This
is simply not my</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>style...and
it has nothing to do with</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>culture. Though,
there are</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>differences
to as how we ppl.</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>interpret words.
That I admit.</font></font></font>
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<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>1. Your
reply to all comments was sarcastic and obnoxious</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>2. This
is a PUBLIC forum. You don't use words in that manner in a list that</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>reaches
many people. Humor has nothing to do with it.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>Caleb</font></font></font></blockquote>
I find it interesting that the ones getting upset about this are men.
I have one question: Is it really the choice of adjectives?
or is it the gender of the person using that adjective?
<br>(Ok, so that was two questions...)
<br>Barb McHugh
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