Subject: Re: M-TH: Arbitrary Quota Now! Date: Fri, 20 Mar 98 22:30:09 -0000 From: Bill Cochrane <bc1961-AT-xtra.co.nz> Yoshie You write, >Bill's test itself isn't the kind that would occur to me to think up. It's >a straight guy's definition of respect. I agree but would correct it to a straight guys definition of tolerable behavior as I extend this rule to persons I don't respect.I am however open to any suggestions anyone might have as to how to render this rule in a less masculinist manner. Incidentally the pub I frequent, the Delta Tavern, is a working class pub with about 75% of the punters being Maori, 30-40% women, a smattering of rednecks, farmers and the occasional piece of white trash such as myself. Oddly we all seem to coexist with most conflict being intra rather than inter group. A big chunk of the people are unemployed and seem to have constructed meaning and purpose in their lives by joining gangs and adopting mannerisms and musical tastes derived from the US. Bill Cochrane Ngaruawahia New Zealand --- from list marxism-thaxis-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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