On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:05:06 GMT, GL Fowler  wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:41:08 GMT, Grizzlie Antagonist
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:59:11 -0600, USA  wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:56:23 GMT, Grizzlie Antagonist
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:06:43 GMT, peoplesim

>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Grizzlie Antagonist wrote:
>>>>>> ...and if he wasn't, that was all the more reason
why it was utter
>>>>>> folly to have him only escorted by one deputy -
and a female deputy,
>>>>>> at that.
>>>>>
>>>>>A 5' tall, 51 year old deputy. It would be unfair to
>>>>>discriminate against women, after all, no matter who
>>>>>gets killed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Indeed.  Millions for tribute to feminist pressure groups but not one
>>>>cent for defense.
>>>
>>>On a similar note Fox TV showed film of a female EMT trying to load
>>>Hoyt Teasley (the slain male deputy nobody in the media talks about)
>>>into an ambulance.  This little woman could not get the gurney up and
>>>into the ambulance at a time when seconds could have meant the
>>>difference in whether this man lived or died.  Finally someone helped
>>>her to get her job done but unfortunately Officer Hoyt Teasley died.
>>>Another possible casualty of PC feminisim.  
>>>
>>>It makes one wonder just how many casualties occur because of PC
>>>feminism every year.  Surely the press and the government are not
>>>tracking these numbers.  
>>
>>
>>The press always writes stories about how integration of women into
>>security and military forces "is working".
>>
>>Actually, whether we are talking about security or military forces, or
>>the local hockey or high-school wrestling team, those stories always
>>have a paint-by-numbers approach to them which make them easy to
>>recapitulate and not even necessary to read in-depth.
>>
>>They lead with a provocative headline about smashing old "sexual
>>stereotypes", which strongly suggests up front that the journalists
>>involved are engaging in advocacy, rather than serious fact-finding.
>>
>>There's an interview with one or more of the giggling females that are
>>the subject of the story who will talk about what a marvelous time
>>they're having and how all of the guys, with maybe just one or two
>>exceptions, have been REALLY HELPFUL AND SUPPORTIVE.
>>
>>Or the female interviewees are sometimes more of a tight-lipped and
>>serious demeanor.  "I'm just doing my job here and the thought of
>>being the *first woman* doesn't concern me at all."
>>
>>Or they'll respond with the ever-popular "I'm not a woman.  I'm a
>>Captain of the Guards".
>>
>>Inevitably, there is a brief snippet from one of the
"guys" that the
>>pioneering female is working with, who will chime in. "She's great.
>>She's just one of the guys."
>>
>>If the roving reporter gets wind of a helpful anecdote, he or she will
>>include that anecdote in the story; if not, an anecdote can always be
>>manufactured.
>>
>>Same thing with statistics; if they're helpful, they're included.  If
>>they're not helpful, they are often tellingly absent.
>>
>
>But the reporter never bought "a coupla rounds at the club" and then
>asked "whatcha think?"



This wouldn't necessarily apply if the subject is high school sports -
but yes, there's the rub.


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