Re: List Filtration (a.k.a.: Signal to Noise Ratio)

From: E. Shaun Russell (e_shaun@uniserve.com)
Date: Mon Dec 23 1996 - 16:19:47 MST


On 22/12/96, Kathryn wrote:

>>to mind the current debate on 'chain-letters' and radical and
>>semantical gender appropriation'.
>
>If you are characterizing my ideas as semantical, the entire point of my
>postings has been missed. I'm proposing paths of real evolution,
>with or with out technological support, not quibbling over linguistics.

[15\12\96, Kathryn wrote in a different thread]

>Unless the individuals involved have made themselves aware of the
>effects of gender socialization on their speech patterns

        Sounds like semantics to me. Sorry if this seems underhanded, but
I'm trying to make a point. As I said in the first paragraph of my initial
post, I wasn't trying to single anyone out in particular, just bringing
forth a few examples of what I see as unimportant to extropians. Again,
this doesn't mean that the issues aren't important per se, but probably less
important on this list.

                                        Feverish and flu-stricken,

                                                -E. Shaun Russell

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