My God, this group can talk about "naive and stupid guys" when
referring to the murderous gang of 9/11 but get their knickers in a
twist regarding a casual remark about whores. Do we have a priorities
problem, or what?
Maire
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I respect your opinion, but I don't think I was implying violence
> against women. To your way then I guess one could not say another
> was "acting like a whore" either? I don't mean any disrespect but,
I
> also don't know why you feel it is your place to provide teaching
> moments. If I offended anyone on this forum by use of this
metaphor,
> I apologize, it was not my intent.
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In a message dated 1/26/2005 10:27:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Dealing with statistics
> > every day I always remember the old adage, "statistics are like a
> > whore, you can do whatever you want with them once you get them
> > down."
> > Dan,
> >
> > While I agree with the senitment that your metaphor above
> elucidates, as a
> > social justice educator I do have to comment that such imagery,
> even if done
> > unknowingly, can lend itself to less than desirable outcomes,
> specifically
> > violence against women.
> >
> > I usually would make criticism like this in private, but I
> perceived this
> > opportunity as a teaching moment that might be helpful to many.
> >
> > I hope everyone is having a great day.
> >
> > Peace, Jim Keady
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