At 05:01 PM 10/31/97 -0500, Philip Hugh Sherburne wrote:
quoted 15 lines heard of something called 'commercial sellout'? Bjork's appearance>>heard of something called 'commercial sellout'? Bjork's appearance
>>should be good for moving a few more thousand units to Bjork
>>trainspotters. Plus, music with vocals usually sells better, at least,
>>that's all my wife or virtually any female I know will listen to.
>>
>>Che
>
>as though there weren't enough utter shit on this list... fer cryin' out
>loud! haven't we been through the fucking gender issue a bazillion times
>already?
>
>unfortunately, i think my post is at cross-purposes to itself, because
>while i really want to pre-empt a long, drawn out, go-nowhere quasidebate
>about gender roles & IDM... i also am having a really, really, really hard
>time resisting slagging the utter fucking inanity of the above statement.
Jesus Christ, re-read what he said: "at least, that's all MY WIFE or
virtually any FEMALE I KNOW will listen to". Notice the "MY WIFE" and
"FEMALE I KNOW" parts, they're essential to the meaning of his statement.
He is not generalizing ALL females, just ones he knows ...
markw@southwind.net