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Re: Patriarchy: Re: What Matriarchy?
Mary Beth Williams (mbwillia@ix.netcom.com(Mary)
10 Sep 1996 11:52:15 GMT
In <512mof$38i6@argo.unm.edu> mycol1@unm.edu (Bryant) writes:
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>In article <3234AED6.1D97@byu.edu>,
>Shannon Adams <shannon_adams@byu.edu> wrote:
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>>I think Mary Beth could probably take the joke better if it was meant
as a
>>joke. Look at your "post-script" to this message.
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>With due respect, I know what I wrote, and why.
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>Do you *really* think somebody would take offense at the notion of
being
>married? Really?? Come on.
Actually, Bryant, I honestly did think that you were serious... As I
have a great number of friends who are gay/lesbian, such a comment on
my part, taken out of context or without humor, could spark a similar
reaction. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the medium of written
electronic discourse often leads to such misinterpretations (hence the
invention of those annoying smileys ;-D). Again, I apologise for my
apparent lack of humor, although my response was actually tongue firmly
implanted in cheek.
Cheers,
MB Williams
Dept. of Anthro., UMass-Amherst
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