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Re: St. James Infirmiry -- end of an era?

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From: R. E. Meyer
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <4r9dhh$suf@samba.rahul.net>, Steve Portigal <stevep@rahul.net>
wrote:

| Geoff Miller (geoffm@netcom.com) utters:
|
| 
| > What's all this talk of "sensitivity" I see these 
| > days?  "Insensitive" has become the latest liberal
| > buzzword, much like "empowerment" was in the 1980s.
| > And it's evidence that women have found their
| > political voice, too; "sensitivity" isn't something
| > that it would occur to most men to speak in terms of.
| > At least, not unless they were trying to get laid...
| 
| 
| I'm guess you have some other issues here, besides what requirements
| others have on what they can and can't eat. I can't imagine what you gain
| from implying that people with life- and health-threatening food allergies
| are putting on an act. Except to be oh-so-outrageously insensitive.
| 
| I suppose the throat-swelling, heart palpitations, and death are mere
| plots to get laid, as well.
| 
| Steve "ya make a dead man come..." Portigal
| 
 
Bravo, Steve.  I myself am wondering how we suddenly devolved from a
legitimate discussion about a restauranteur's responsibilities, if any, to
people with allergies to some ignorant and vulgar Angry White Man anti-PC
diatribe...truly lame.  

- REM
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From: remeyer@lmsc.lockheed.com (R. E. Meyer)
Subject: Re: St. James Infirmiry -- end of an era?
Date: 1996/07/05
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