From mark weddle Sent Fri, Oct 31st 1997, 22:48
From mark weddle Sent Fri, Oct 31st 1997, 22:48
At 05:01 PM 10/31/97 -0500, Philip Hugh Sherburne wrote: >>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 ... xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx