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DogSpot Boxer
vortex thruster
Join date: 23 Aug 2005
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09-22-2005 19:29
you're right --it's not misogynist. It's gender stereotyping Not at all. The stereotype isn't really female. The stereotype is of a (somewhat typical) American who votes for whatever soundbites sound best. In 2000, it was Soccer Moms. In 2004, it was NASCAR Dads. Male/Female make no difference. |
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Eboni Khan
Misanthrope
Join date: 17 Mar 2004
Posts: 2,133
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09-22-2005 19:52
why specify "moms" --why not soccer parents? Dad's don't go to Soccer games, Mommies do. Dads go to Football Games! HTH GO BEARS! |
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Pendari Lorentz
Senior Member
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,372
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09-22-2005 20:01
Dad's don't go to Soccer games, Mommies do. Dads go to Football Games! HTH GO BEARS! Pfft.. My husband hates sports. If it were not for me, our daughter wouldn't know squat about sports. Other than Sportsbike racing of course (which my husband does). hehe  EDIT to add: I played Basketball for four years on my high school team. I love that game.  _____________________
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Cocoanut Koala
Coco's Cottages
Join date: 7 Feb 2005
Posts: 7,903
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09-22-2005 20:17
The term Soccer Mom is not misogynist or insulting in and of itself. The implication that all Soccer Mom's are the same, and that they are ineffectice time wasters is what is misogynist and insulting. What?!?!?!? Are you saying that playing SL is a waste of time???? coco _____________________
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Cocoanut Koala
Coco's Cottages
Join date: 7 Feb 2005
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09-22-2005 20:18
Dad's don't go to Soccer games, Mommies do. Dads go to Football Games! HTH GO BEARS! Definitely depends on the dad. My husband has two girls, so he takes what he can get! He used to take them camping all the time, too. coco _____________________
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Eboni Khan
Misanthrope
Join date: 17 Mar 2004
Posts: 2,133
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09-22-2005 20:34
Do you people take everything literally? I don't care about if your husbands like sports or not. Thanks for sharing.
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Eboni Khan
Misanthrope
Join date: 17 Mar 2004
Posts: 2,133
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09-22-2005 20:40
you're right --it's not misogynist. It's gender stereotyping Right, because German Stereotypes are the only acceptables.  I forgot that update to the manual. Why isn't this worthless thread closed yet? |
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Ingrid Ingersoll
Archived
Join date: 10 Aug 2004
Posts: 4,601
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09-22-2005 21:41
Why isn't this worthless thread closed yet? oh god, thank you for saying that. _____________________
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Cristiano Midnight
Evil Snapshot Baron
Join date: 17 May 2003
Posts: 8,616
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09-22-2005 21:46
Right, because German Stereotypes are the only acceptables. You mean that they start world wars, spell things with gratuitous k's, and like David Hasslehoff's music? _____________________
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Weedy Herbst
Too many parameters
Join date: 5 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,255
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09-22-2005 22:07
This thread has outlived it's arguable usefulness and is a waste of bandwith. As such this thread is deemed retarded.
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Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
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09-22-2005 22:44
Wow. Almost 4000 views! blaze, eat your heart out.
 By the way, where is blaze? He was expecting a baby right about now wasn't he? How is everything going? ~Ulrika~ _____________________
Chik-chik-chika-ahh
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Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
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09-22-2005 22:49
Pecan pie is delicious.
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Kendra Bancroft
Rhine Maiden
Join date: 17 Jun 2004
Posts: 5,813
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09-23-2005 03:35
Right, because German Stereotypes are the only acceptables. I forgot that update to the manual. Why isn't this worthless thread closed yet? I don't understand. _____________________
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Willow Zander
Having Blahgasms
Join date: 22 May 2004
Posts: 9,935
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09-23-2005 03:37
Wow. Almost 4000 views! blaze, eat your heart out. By the way, where is blaze? He was expecting a baby right about now wasn't he? How is everything going? ~Ulrika~ I think blaze's new baby picture is in another thread somewhere, I think he posted it before you posted your new bundle of joy Sorry, I just wanted to post in this thread _____________________
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Introvert Petunia
over 2 billion posts
Join date: 11 Sep 2004
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09-23-2005 05:17
This thread has outlived it's arguable usefulness and is a waste of bandwith. As such this thread is deemed retarded. |
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Lecktor Hannibal
YOUR MOM
Join date: 1 Jul 2004
Posts: 6,734
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09-23-2005 05:22
Pfft.. My husband hates sports. If it were not for me, our daughter wouldn't know squat about sports. Other than Sportsbike racing of course (which my husband does). hehe EDIT to add: I played Basketball for four years on my high school team. I love that game. So your husband is a RUB? _____________________
YOUR MOM says, 'Come visit us at SC MKII http://secondcitizen.net '
Oh, Lecktor, you're terrible. Bikers have more fun than people ! |
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Pendari Lorentz
Senior Member
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,372
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09-23-2005 05:22
So your husband is a RUB? err.. What does that mean Lecktor??  Or do I want to know? haha _____________________
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Lecktor Hannibal
YOUR MOM
Join date: 1 Jul 2004
Posts: 6,734
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09-23-2005 05:27
Rich Urban Biker i.e. wannabe
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YOUR MOM says, 'Come visit us at SC MKII http://secondcitizen.net '
Oh, Lecktor, you're terrible. Bikers have more fun than people ! |
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Lecktor Hannibal
YOUR MOM
Join date: 1 Jul 2004
Posts: 6,734
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09-23-2005 05:30
Or maybe this fits:
1. Squid A young motorcyclist who overestimates his abilities, boasts of his riding skills when in reality he has none. Squid bikes are usually decorated with chrome and various anodized bits. Rear tyres are too wide for their own good, swingarm extended. Really slow in the corners, and sudden bursts of acceleration when a straight appears. Squids wear no protection, deeming themselves invincible. This fact compounds intself with the fact that they engage in 'extreem riding'--performing wheelies and stoppies in public areas. Squids wreck alot. Derived from 'squirly kid' also see stunta _____________________
YOUR MOM says, 'Come visit us at SC MKII http://secondcitizen.net '
Oh, Lecktor, you're terrible. Bikers have more fun than people ! |
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JackBurton Faulkland
PorkChop Express
Join date: 3 Sep 2005
Posts: 478
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09-23-2005 07:42
F_ _ _ .. _ _U Fill in those blanks I knew you wanted me. |
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Pendari Lorentz
Senior Member
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,372
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09-23-2005 08:23
Or maybe this fits: 1. Squid A young motorcyclist who overestimates his abilities, boasts of his riding skills when in reality he has none. Squid bikes are usually decorated with chrome and various anodized bits. Rear tyres are too wide for their own good, swingarm extended. Really slow in the corners, and sudden bursts of acceleration when a straight appears. Squids wear no protection, deeming themselves invincible. This fact compounds intself with the fact that they engage in 'extreem riding'--performing wheelies and stoppies in public areas. Squids wreck alot. Derived from 'squirly kid' also see stunta Ahh.. See, if you had said Squid, I would have known what you meant. And no, he is not a squid. As a matter of fact, he wears his full body leathers when he goes riding in the mountains with his friends. They are all very anti-squid. _____________________
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JackBurton Faulkland
PorkChop Express
Join date: 3 Sep 2005
Posts: 478
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09-23-2005 08:24
Let me tell you the story of the “soccer mom” post. About 24 hours ago I posted a thought that I had pertaining to granting of governing power in SL to the users. No one wanted to address the actual idea I was presenting. Instead they persisted to concentrate on one word. The way in which the “Intellectuals” choose to respond to this idea, by concentrating on a word not the content or the idea, proves my point. Let me explain this further. By choosing to debate on a “word” rather than “idea” shows how incapable these people are to perform in a political debate. Another point is they want to sensor me in a forum for using a word. They want to put up “stop signs” on everything they see as detrimental and offensive, though most of the responders do not feel the statement was offensive. They are closed minded individuals who use pure emotion rather than logic and reason to express themselves. The criticisms I received about my idea were on these subjects: the word “soccer mom” and “misspelled words”. Not one person chose to comment on the content nor did they comment on the idea in itself. Thanks for the help in providing free actual evidence to support my idea.
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Pendari Lorentz
Senior Member
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,372
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09-23-2005 08:32
Let me tell you the story of the “soccer mom” post. About 24 hours ago I posted a thought that I had pertaining to granting of governing power in SL to the users. No one wanted to address the actual idea I was presenting. Instead they persisted to concentrate on one word. The way in which the “Intellectuals” choose to respond to this idea, by concentrating on a word not the content or the idea, proves my point. Let me explain this further. By choosing to debate on a “word” rather than “idea” shows how incapable these people are to perform in a political debate. Another point is they want to sensor me in a forum for using a word. They want to put up “stop signs” on everything they see as detrimental and offensive, though most of the responders do not feel the statement was offensive. They are closed minded individuals who use pure emotion rather than logic and reason to express themselves. The criticisms I received about my idea were on these subjects: the word “soccer mom” and “misspelled words”. Not one person chose to comment on the content nor did they comment on the idea in itself. Thanks for the help in providing free actual evidence to support my idea. meh... I never claimed to be an intellectual. And yes I do make decisions based a lot on emotion. That's just who I am. Doesn't mean I'm not educated or smart, but I certainly would never claim to be a "logical" person. I'm very much a dreamer and major opptimist (who also has a lot of issues with spelling). I did comment on your post. I said you sounded a lot like Neal Boortz. I also said the post was deragotory to women. I didn't tell you to change what you wrote, or take it away. So I don't see how you were censored? I just later explained to those who asked me why I felt the term was deragatory. And yes, someone can make the best post in the world, but if a term/word used within that post offends someone, the original poster can pretty much assume that person isn't going to give a flip about what else they said. For many that is just human nature. _____________________
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JackBurton Faulkland
PorkChop Express
Join date: 3 Sep 2005
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09-23-2005 08:36
meh... I never claimed to be an intellectual. And yes I do make decisions based a lot on emotion. That's just who I am. Doesn't mean I'm not educated or smart, but I certainly would never claim to be a "logical" person. I'm very much a dreamer and major opptimist (who also has a lot of issues with spelling). I did comment on your post. I said you sounded a lot like Neal Boortz. I also said the post was deragotory to women. I didn't tell you to change what you wrote, or take it away. So I don't see how you were censored? I just later explained to those who asked me why I felt the term was deragatory. And yes, someone can make the best post in the world, but if a term/word used within that post offends someone, the original poster can pretty much assume that person isn't going to give a flip about what else they said. For many that is just human nature. If i sound like "Neal Boortz" u sound like a soccer mom. lol |
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Pendari Lorentz
Senior Member
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,372
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09-23-2005 08:39
If i sound like "Neal Boortz" u sound like a soccer mom. lol Difference is, my calling you that was not an insult in my eyes. As I'm actually a fan of Boortz. I just don't always agree with him. _____________________
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