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   Message 1,702 of 3,290   
   Brian M. Scott to All   
   Re: The downsides of pseudo-historical f   
   20 Sep 08 21:02:43   
   
   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:34:08 -0500, Suzanne Blom   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   [...]   
      
   > That is one of the wondrous things about this society.   
   > Everybody gets to feel aggrieved.  I remember the song   
   > "Short People" making fun of the omniprejudices,   
      
   As I recall, the song was actually rather funny.   
      
   > only to discover that short people really were beset in   
   > this culture.   
      
   'Beset' is too strong, but it's a damned sight easier for a   
   tall man to find nice clothes that fit than it is for a   
   short man to do so.  And if you're short *and* slender,   
   forget it.   
      
   Brian   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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