Re: OT: History of manners WAS Re: VSAM doubt

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:37:37 +1200, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
><docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dek9sp$gm9$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> In article
>> <joe_zitzelberger-E8686B.23594024082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Joe Zitzelberger <joe_zitzelberger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>In article <3movi0F16o6hpU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> Hitting them on the head with a club and dragging them off by the hair
>>>> was
>>>> effective for thousands of years; then some of the girls who weren't
>>>> getting
>>>> clubbed decided to get together and protest.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>That reminds me of one of the collected sayings of our greatest icon of
>>>punditry here in the US:
>>>
>>> "Feminism was established to enable unattractive women easy access to
>>>the mainstream of dating."
>>>
>>>Or something like that.
>>
>> Hmmmmmm... is that like 'Talk Radio was established to give men a forum to
>> whine about the priveleges they saw themselves losing in an increasingly
>> egalitarian society'?
>>
>It is my belief that talk radio was established so that people who never had
>an original idea in their lives, could express their agreement (or
>disagreement) with someone else's thought, deluding themselves that this is
>profound and important political commentary and debate, when really it is
>just background noise that helps elderly folk with a transistor radio under
>their pillow, go to sleep...
>

I agree.
--

Ian
.

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