"Tron" (tronfuru{at}frisurf.no) writes:
> "Andre Lieven"  skrev i melding
> news:d2735m$b7$1{at}theodyn.ncf.ca...
>>
>>> France's Maud Fontenoy has become the first woman to row solo across
>>> the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia........
> ....
>>  Nice that she found the time, after all the good records were
>> taken up by men... 
>
> One might point out that it is not suprising that it takes a woman to
> be the first woman to solo row the Pacific.

Indeed, and you make a good point over a matter that I didn't notice,
that being the first woman doing Thing X isn't the same as being the
first *human being* doing Thing X...

> Men have soloed the Pacific in rowing boats, sailing boats, windsurfing
> boards .... even a solar power driven boat made out of recycled tin
> cans ...  for years and years. "First woman to make hot water" is not
> equal to "Woman makes hot water first".

Excatly right. Now, in the case of the OP Feminist, when she is able
to post that a woman was the first *human being* to do Thing X, only
then will she have a claim worth noting.

But, since she posted *no such claim*, her claim is... fatuous.

Andre

--
" I'm a man... But, I can change... If I have to... I guess. "
                                    The Man Prayer, Red Green.


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