Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --=====================_55514075==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 11:16 PM 10/11/00 -0400, David Binder wrote: >But after all we've been through these last 50 years, should it not at >last be the Family of Woman And Man? (The Family of W.A.M.) > >-David Binder Don't be silly David. "Man" is genderless! It is an insult to "The Family of Man" to harbor even the faintest thought otherwise. Merriam-Webster: "A bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) that is anatomically related to the great apes but distinguished especially by notable development of the brain with a resultant capacity for articulate speech and abstract reasoning, is usually considered to form a variable number of freely interbreeding races, and is the sole representative of a natural family (Hominidae); broadly : any living or extinct member of this family " Alastair can call it whatever he bloody well pleases. It is his idea and should do so without any interference from the PC sheeple. Jim - --=====================_55514075==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> At 11:16 PM 10/11/00 -0400, David Binder wrote:<br> >But after all we've been through these last 50 years, should it not at<br> >last be the Family of Woman And Man? (The Family of W.A.M.)<br> ><br> >-David Binder<br> <br> <br> Don't be silly David. <br> <br> "Man" is genderless!<br> <br> It is an insult to "The Family of Man" to harbor even the faintest thought otherwise.<br> <br> Merriam-Webster:<br> "A bipedal primate mammal (<i>Homo sapiens</i>) that is anatomically related to the great apes but distinguished especially by notable development of the brain with a resultant capacity for articulate speech and abstract reasoning, is usually considered to form a variable number of freely interbreeding races, and is the sole representative of a natural family (Hominidae); <i>broadly</i> <b>:</b> any living or extinct member of this family "<br> <br> Alastair can call it whatever he bloody well pleases. It is his idea and should do so without any interference from the PC sheeple.<br> <br> Jim</html> - --=====================_55514075==_.ALT--