plain speaking; sexist lg and more

[Joel S. Berson]

Apropos:  NYTimes, Monday April 9, page 1: "A Call for Manners in the
World of Nasty Blogs:  High-Profile Figures Propose Guidelines for
Web Civility".  (Not yet read.)

Joel

At 4/10/2007 02:37 PM, you wrote:
>Victor Steinbok forwards this appalling story:
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>   http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2051580,00.html
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>the Guardian is, as usual, fearless in quoting taboo vocabulary -- in
>this case in a story about distressing sexism (including sexist
>language) on the net.
>
>arnold
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