[lbo-talk] Re: Lbo-talk digest, Vol 1 #1072 - 11 msgs

Diane Monaco dmonaco at pop3.utoledo.edu
Mon Aug 25 10:19:06 PDT 2003


At 10:38 PM 8/24/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Diane,
>
>bodi wrote:
>
>"Think of it this way: if I make baby bottles, what I need you to do is
>buy bottles. What you do with those baby bottles is your own business. It
>is very dangerous to forget the distinction between public and private."
>
>How many times have a you heard a man say that: "It is very dangerous to
>forget the distinction between public and private."?
>
>Is it the "Y" chromosome, you think?

Yeah true...but really how many times have we heard the "genetic" thing used as an excuse or a justification for various other false "distinctions"? I think it's mostly all constructed and definitely worthwhile for everyone to forget -- or deconstruct -- the distinctions. :)

All best, Diane



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