Ian wrote:
> All the femeroids imply that men oppressed women. In fact about
0.001%
> of men oppressed everyone else.
>
> I therefore fail to see, why, just because some woman's great great
> great grandfather oppressed my great great great grandmother, that I
> should now give her money, just because she's the same sex as MY
great
> great great grandmother was.


Historical accounts of oppression only serve as a reminder to folks
that we don't want to go that 'way' again.  In that regard, we have
more than enough discrimination in the here and now; we don't have to
go back in order to address PRESENT discrimination.



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