Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 20:59:34 -0500 From: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> To: bastill@sa.apana.org.au Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The BSD daemon Message-ID: <20020105205934.54b40850.matthew@starbreaker.net> In-Reply-To: <02010610521500.01094@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> References: <200201051947.g05JlX602925@fac13.ds.psu.edu> <200201052057.g05KvJi56360@lurza.secnetix.de> <20020105162959.1226a57a.matthew@starbreaker.net> <02010610521500.01094@BAPhD.gihon.org.au>
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--=.QtleZE'elncucs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 10:52:15 +1030 Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> wrote: > On Sunday 06 January 2002 07:59, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > > > I won't get into "political correctness"; it'll only lead me to a > > rant that will begin with Orwell's "newspeak" and end somewhere in > > the backroads of Chaos. > > Like you I hate people messing with language in order to manipulate > thought. If I was to make a bumpersticker, it would read, "Manipulate objects, not people!" > > However, I learned in school that either "he" or "it" were legitimate > > neuter pronouns, though the neuter "he" was somewhat archaic, and > > that "it" was more often applied to animals ** OR objects ** than to > > humans. > > Agreed - with the insertion. You're right, but I didn't include objects since I've never heard of a generic object referenced by "he" or "she". -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net GnuPG Key ID: 0x45BC4581 "Sex, Unix, and rock 'n roll" -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 G! d- s:+ a-- C+++ UB++++ P+ L+++ E W++ N+ o K- w--- O- M-- V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b++++ DI+++ D+ G++ e* h+ r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --=.QtleZE'elncucs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8N6+KXG3c5kW8RYERApLTAJ4v+B28nPMvgh09D2GFue5OXzkIPgCgoyXu 5E3P2cCw6zT6M+oao2swe9o= =TAGA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.QtleZE'elncucs-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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