Dustbin wrote:
> bluesmama wrote:
>
> > greg1199{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> >>connor_a{at}hotmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>>HEAVILY pregnant women catch public transport in Sydney peak hour
> >>
> >>-and
> >>
> >>>are forced to stand among indifferent commuters who refuse to
offer
> >>>them a seat.
> >>>
> >>>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12548751-1242,00.html
> >>>
> >>>Well, the pregnoids aren't mens problem so let their sisters give
> >
> > 'em
> >
> >>a
> >>
> >>>seat instead as women have "brothers" no more.
> >>>
> >>>You'all on yuer own, galzies. Ya fall, ya fall. Thats only equal.
> >>
> >>Equal or not, they can kiss my ass sideways if they expect me to
give
> >>up my seat for them.  They can't hurl abuse at us from all sides
and
> >>still expect the gentlemanly courtesies men once gave them.  Let
them
> >>stand, or let them get out and take a long walk, preferably off a
> >
> > short
> >
> >>pier.
> >
> >
> > It's a human courtesy to give up a seat to someone who needs it
more.
> > But maybe you live in a community that doesn't need those kinds of
> > simple rules for good manners. Courtesy is not chivalry, courtesy
is
> > indifferent to gender.
> >
>
> As usual you want the courtesies when it suits
> you and cuss them when it doesn't.

I've never cussed at anyone when they've offerred me courtesy. But
perhaps you have me confused with someone else.

> For years us men have said that you had
> advantages and disadvantages of the way things
> were. As always - you want to give up the
> disadvantages in the name of feminism while
> retaining your advantages and calling them
> courtesy and simple rules.

Courteous behavior - and I'm talking courteous behavior BY both sexes
TO both sexes - is neither an advantage nor a disadvantage, it's just
one method for humans to co-exist more harmoniously.

> Well here's a simple rule:
>
> 	GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN BITCH.
>
> D.

If you hold the door open for me, I'll go fix you a nice nutritious
snack. Maybe it's lack of food that's making you so cranky, it has that
effect on my three-year old too.



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