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   J.J. O'Shea to All   
   Re: What (not) to write...   
   24 Sep 08 22:32:09   
   
   From: try.not.to@but.see.sig   
      
   On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:28:58 -0400, David Friedman wrote   
   (in article ):   
      
   > In article <1intnth.1pggzi4dcry4oN%zeborah@gmail.com>,   
   >  zeborah@gmail.com (Zeborah) wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Not blinding obvious to me either. Much ado about very little, in fact.  In   
   >>> Florida.   
   >>   
   >> I believe at this point that there's a strong consensus that it's not   
   >> offensive in the US.   
   >   
   > I think I would have said that it was offensive in the US, and intended   
   > to be such. But the offense isn't an accusation of homosexuality, it's   
   > an accusation of wimpiness.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Yes. The two are not congruent.   
      
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