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"Miroslaw J. Wiechowski" <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 13 Dec 1998 15:29:19 +0100
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Message from Sue Paduano [19:40 98-12-12 ]:

>Let me jump in here.  I agree with Joe.  And I have a BA in psychology.
>One of the formost things that wastaught to us is to remove all personal
>pronouns, even in writing, unless you "know" the person and what gender
>they before writing them or addressing them.
>A lot of manuels in psychology, are written in the third person
>to avoid insulting anyone.  What Joe is saying (coreect me if I'm wrong)
>is to just show some respect to the readers.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I strongly believe that to show respect
to anyone something more is needed than politically correct manipulations
of pronouns.

mjw

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