On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Keith Addison wrote:
> >Um, Keith? Isn't there a protocol here about outright nastiness? > > Outright nastiness? Maybe it's in the eye of the beholder Nathan I know it is, sorry if that comment was out of line. Seemed like there were some character comments and loaded words being written by a number of people there and I just wanted to express that it was detracting, for me, from the content of previous posts, namely the question of simplifying and/or automating the production process (which for me is mostly interesting because of the number of people we'd like to have running our equipment eventually). > rather like the alleged misogyny. I did find that one comment (the Virginia Slims thing) to be a totally APPROPRIATE class-conscious statement, but I can see how it could have come across as unfortunately misogynistic -- but whatever, I know better than to take it that way, mostly because I don't know if Virginia Slims are so clearly marketed exclusively to women anywhere else in the world. I guess the basic question is, was this little sketch in fact intended to portray a woman? Wasn't there a breaking a nail comment there too... still says a woman of a certain class to me, but I can see the other point as well. At any rate, I agree with Todd on the gist of this comment, which is that those who don't want to get their hands dirty should perhaps not be too hasty to build OR buy home chemical plants, at least until those plants come with lifetime service plans, operators and insurance policies. Which, for three grand, they probably should. - Nathan McQuillen Madison, WI EE.UU. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
