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> In article <451@cisden.UUCP> john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley) writes:
> a reply to my protest about a posting of his in net.jokes. Roughly, he
> says he doesn't understand what I'm protesting about. I've tried and failed
> to reach him by mail, so I'll post the letter I would have sent. 
> 
> Dear Fr. Woolley,
>                  Your recent contribution to net.jokes was, to me, repugnant. 
> It was misogynist propaganda, pure and simple: the point of the punchline is  
> that prostitutes use the term rape to describe situations where they feel 
> inadequately compensated for providing sex. The subtext suggests that claims 

  Whooaahh!  Hold it. Don't you think you are taking this a little
too seriously.  And DONT give me, "But rape/women's rights/etc is
a very serious subject not to be joked about."  This joke seemed to
be of the witty type.  Most humor is evolved from some sort of irony
or twisted logic and should not be condemned for being such.
  Sat. Night Live was the best at this.  There were NO untouchable
subjects.  Everything was ripped apart.  My favorite was when
Rev. Jesse Jackson was on the show.  They showed an all white 
production crew being replaced by an all black stand-in crew as
the Rev. came into the production booth.  Now I would imagine
that the Reverand feels as strongly about black rights as you
do about Women's rights.  The differance is that he can stand
back and laugh at himself.  Just because you fancy yourself
as some sort of champion of women's rights, you do not
have the right to judge our views on the subject. I liked the joke,
but am still all for women/men/blacks/mexicans/martians.  The one group
of people I am highly prejudiced against is those that are
close-minded.  If I were you I would try to look at myself
and see what good bitching about a joke is doing.
  If you want to do some good for women, camp out at your
state Capitol and loby for equal pay, fair hiring practices,
and other meaningful acts.  Complaining on a computer
network isn't helping a bit.
                         Whew!!!!!! that was longer than I expected,
          sorry.  
Bottom Line:  Lighten Up, it was *just* a joke!!
-- 
                   Martin Van Ryswyk
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