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It didn't make me cringe. It just ticked me off.
So what exactly upset you about it, Mary Anna?
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Just read Heinlein's SIASL
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FrankC
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7/15/2008 11:19:28 PM
SIASL?
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Marsby
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7/16/2008 3:12:57 AM
Stranger In A Strange Land
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FrankC
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7/16/2008 3:28:41 AM
Duh
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Marsby
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7/17/2008 5:20:15 AM
Darn hippie!
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alcaray
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7/17/2008 6:05:05 PM
I read it before "PC" was invented.
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alcaray
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7/16/2008 12:04:30 AM
Impossible.
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SDAI-Tech1
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7/17/2008 4:40:46 AM
Can you show me an early reference?
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alcaray
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7/17/2008 5:17:04 AM
re: Can you show me an early reference?
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SDAI-Tech1
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7/17/2008 9:32:29 AM
There are two different meanings for "politically correct". Frank used the other one.
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alcaray
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7/17/2008 4:27:27 PM
It didn't make me cringe. It just ticked me off.
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Mary Anne
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7/16/2008 2:15:09 AM
So what exactly upset you about it, Mary Anna?
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ARRELL
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7/16/2008 4:07:25 PM
Boy, are you drinking out of the wrong cup!
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Mary Anne
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7/18/2008 11:40:23 PM
Well, the blatant sexism might be a starting point...
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nick hoffman
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7/17/2008 12:00:48 PM
The most offensive comment in the book...
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FrankC
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7/17/2008 8:47:37 PM
Well, of course!
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Mary Anne
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7/18/2008 11:14:38 PM
I was just teasing....
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ARRELL
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7/17/2008 7:06:04 PM
re: Just read Heinlein's SIASL
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SDG
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7/15/2008 11:50:21 PM
I read it when it first came out.
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ER
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7/16/2008 12:50:28 AM
apologies to anyone that considered themselves a hippy of a different sort
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FrankC
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7/16/2008 2:03:14 AM
It had pretentions of spirituality, and it was new.
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alcaray
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7/16/2008 2:30:24 AM
Let's not dis Star Wars now...
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ER
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7/16/2008 2:54:59 AM
One Case Where The Movie Was Better Than The Book
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Marsby
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7/26/2008 11:49:02 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.