From: "Cynthia H. Brown" <cynthb@sonetis.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:40:10 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Reactionaries
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On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Timothy C. May wrote:

> At 5:55 PM -0400 4/9/97, Alec wrote:
> 
> >At 01:32 PM 4/9/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >|Timothy C. May wrote:
> >|
> >|> Let's not make the Cypherpunks firing squad a circle.
> >|
> >|  Although Tim has been on the rag lately, perhaps this bit
> >|of humor is a sign that his period (pardon the pun) of male
> >|menopause is over.
> >
> >This sort of snide sexist humor has no place here.
> 
> Agreed. Any neutral observer of the Cypherpunks list would have to conclude
> there's a lot of _something_ going on here. Certain posters, whose names
> are well known, seem infatuated with sexual innuendo.

Assuming the source doesn't appear to *believe* that a particular group is
inferior / superior by virtue of genitalia, race, etc.: 

if ($humour eq "distasteful") {
  cat $humour | in_one_ear | out_the_other;
  }
get_on_with_life;

> (And their innuendo is more often than not centered around homosexual themes.)
> 
> Draw your own conclusions. "TruthMonger," for example, seems hung up on--no
> pun intended--frequent repetitions of "bum buddies." Vulis is similarly
> focussed on cocksuckers. Toto, who may or may not be Bubba Rom Dos,
> TruthMonger, etc., based on style, is centered on many of these homosexual
> themes.

Just like pre-schoolers are hung up on bathroom jokes <grin>.

Cynthia
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