This is my second plea for an ecofem discussion to arise again. The
latest messages to the list have annoyed me to the point that I'm
seriously contemplating unsubscribing from a list that has been and can be
a excellent forum for women and men to communicate and learn from each
other about ecof
Mary, Claudia, Jeff, Jackie, Kylie, Joy, Anne, Leanne:
Thank you all for the feedback on my "cyberthroats" question.
Maybe the Internet is a doorway to a new level of human
understanding. Using this brutally direct medium, without the
facial expressions and bo
Increasingly, I am beginning to
>believe that humankind, as a group, have not really progressed much
>since the *19th* century (and some before that!). Sorry if I seem so
>negative, but that's my experience. I do try to have "hope,"
>however...
>
>Jackie
>
>*
>How can we communicate online without being at each other's cyberthroats?
>I am in the process of discussing this issue at Virtual College.
>
>I have three answers for you:
>
>1. Read the Nettiquette FAQ.
>2. Net users will have to learn and consciously apply principles of
>non-violent com
I agree with you, Kylie, to the "max!" Tolerance seems to be lacking
everywhere nowadays - even with our studies on "diversity!" I have
ALWAYS wondered why some people take it personally when one states a
very firm opinion or disgust at some circumstance apart from
themselves! I just don't get
All of the "isms" are systemic, IMO, so it isn't a case of "if" I'm
sexist, classist, racist, but when and how these characteristics will
surface. They can lie dormant for years because I have little or
no opportunity to interact outside of my particular world view.
It's easy for me to fool
On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Kylie Matthews wrote:
> Claudia, these are some nice ideas and please don't abandon them.
Nice? I think Claudia's ideas contained a lot more substance than the
adjective "nice" might suggest... Nice is too often used in
statements like, "Oh, that's nice, but..." Transl
I see Kylie has "pushed a lot of buttons". This annoys me, because I tried
REALLY hard to, and NO ONE is flaming me, and it really pisses me off.
I think we are all sexist. classist, racists. White people do not have the
monopoly on racism, men do not have the monopoly on sexism, and "rich
To the list:
Because Kylie requested that people publically "post their annoyance" about
things, I have complied, and in the interest of transparency and honesty, I
am going to state to Kylie PUBLICALLY and FULLY, how I feel. Flame if you
will. I am trying, in the interest of clear communicat
At 02:17 PM 6/12/95 +0800, Kylie Matthews wrote:
Anyone here in Australia would
>say that what I posted was reasonable.
I don't necessarily agree Kylie,a lot of people that I communicate with live
in Australia, and they are all very polite, even when they disagree. They
don't make personal atta
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