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Magda wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:18:58 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, john_kulp@...
> (John Kulp)
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:02:17 -0500, erilar
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ...
> ... >> Be kind here; "suck up" is basically an American idiom.
> ... >
> ... >I spent too many years with teenagers; every once in a while one of
> ... >their idioms strikes me as appropriate.
> ...
> ... The ones that match your prejudices nicely?
>
> Truth hurts your delicate sensibilities?
>
Sometimes the vulgar form fits too well to resist. If you prefer: I am
repelled by societies where the role of women is to always defer to men,
even if they are beaten bloody by them, forced to hide under black
sacks, walk three paces behind, have no thoughts of their own. . . do
you want it longer?
--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)
You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov
Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
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