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You're basically right, but . . .

Posted by: CRConrad
Date posted: Wed Jun 18 1:30:28 PDT 1997

gabriel writes:
> Also, keep in mind, a real man _NEVER_ uses such language in reference to a lady. EVER.

Is that according to the Feirstein (_Real Men don't eat quiche_) definition of a "Real Man"? :-)
What you mean is of course "A *gentleman* doesn't use such language in reference to a woman."
You'll note I changed not only "real man" to "gentleman", but also -- which is even more relevant in this case -- "lady" to "woman".
Real (albeit uncouth) men might call a shovel a shovel[1] and a prostitute a whore; gentlemen are polite.
They also give all *women* the benefit of the doubt, and _treat_ them like ladies, altough _certainly_ not all women are.
For instance, I'd say it takes quite some stretching to extend ms Reed this courtesy.

What our verbally challenged friend was trying to say must have been something along the lines of:
"The _journalistic_integrity_ demonstrated by ms Reed thus far is reminiscent of the mores most common among 'ladies of negotiable affection'!"
There, that beef is with the policy, not the policy maker, isn't it? :-)


Semi-sincerely,


Christian R. Conrad



[1] BTW, does the expression "call a spade a spade" originally refer to farming implements or is it a dig[2] at coloured people? Just wondering . . .

[2] Groan! Sorry, I can never resist a pun, however bad . . .


I have to agree... (cjoffe) Today

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