From: jonathon <grafolog@netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:28:59 +0800
To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Insults (was: PBS show)
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	Simon:

On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Simon Spero wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
> > At 10:26 PM 6/12/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:
> > >I personally despise the term "nerd," but I won't get into that here.
> > >(Except to say that "nerds," "geeks," and "dweebs" are terms of insult,
> > IMHO the best way to deal with an insult is to make it a badge of pride. 
> Geek Pride! Yes! Time to start Hacked-Up!
> "We're Freaks! We're Geeks! We've got RSA, Get Used To It"

	Note in passing that both "Baptist" and "Mormon" were 
	originally terms of insult heaped on members of those
	respective faiths.  

        xan

        jonathon
        grafolog@netcom.com



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