From lojban+bncCMqlifSxDBD4457iBBoEt8RXVg@googlegroups.com Wed Jul 21 19:51:05 2010 Received: from mail-pw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.160.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Obls0-0000W8-C8; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:51:04 -0700 Received: by pwi10 with SMTP id 10sf1249227pwi.16 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:received:received:date:from:to :subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-disposition; bh=owQ7NHYaF02Ay2Kv3HQXMWI8P30qxxDPE0YHAawRKrc=; b=EpkCOwx1cXS7bz40yUyaGVfyIdSiObbfmxCHSy5L9WZYLVpV+aAxj5RD9cfLvuVeT/ Gw95PUaV/YYo2w5zwTjkzW/R2+JMl67IK5CcPsq+4DUUDTKCeHqL0w4omYu1CEPhFoE8 OGvTAn554Me5OuOcSrxIcFgh8XoVilE+KvTm4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition; b=i497JMIGlyIuZpwx/Eb17R7FRCJ9KltFCQM/tGeehe2+H7rzz2IRLR27zdU91Aw63Y LWvDnbcxhGAb1lgj7Sw0ZkLiJKEpITU/v9ubegmsdq7unjNNOfWJeJPeV100la1fX5fv PgVrRQiTgs2jF4nyRGyT8yn2C+59LPeWhDW+w= Received: by 10.115.99.12 with SMTP id b12mr136279wam.28.1279767032997; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:32 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.115.85.40 with SMTP id n40ls11680909wal.0.p; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.127.10 with SMTP id z10mr251558wac.15.1279767032291; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.127.10 with SMTP id z10mr251557wac.15.1279767032262; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-pz0-f51.google.com (mail-pz0-f51.google.com [209.85.210.51]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id r28si7659399wak.6.2010.07.21.19.50.31; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:31 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of raposa.msscripting@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.51 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.210.51; Received: by mail-pz0-f51.google.com with SMTP id 5so3099021pzk.38 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.199.20 with SMTP id w20mr1392989wff.250.1279767031021; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([173.181.25.142]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c38sm2658326rvf.17.2010.07.21.19.50.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:50:31 -0600 From: Brian Robertson To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Lojban Kids Show - names Message-ID: <20100722025031.GB4963@myhost.Robertson> References: <201007210031.43593.phma@phma.optus.nu> <731b09ce-f090-44b8-b717-53d4030cfab9@p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <20692153-4340-43CB-BD05-E51D4A1373F6@cosmicray.co.uk> <0da22913-44b7-4f02-bf14-1e97d2dab3b7@z30g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <7b92a1a6-95b3-4b00-a0d2-c54a0cb0f641@q16g2000prf.googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Original-Sender: raposa.msscripting@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of raposa.msscripting@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.51 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=raposa.msscripting@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline > holy crap, yeah, I was making a joke. naturally a "female lad" is an > impossible thing since "lad" means "male child". > Why is space a masculine thing? > I know one of lojban's things is "neutrality" but sometimes it seems like > we work really really hard to counter-act against bias. At what point are > we spending an un-balanced amount of time worrying about balance? > Sometimes I think that as a culture we worry too much about these things > and we end up over-thinking things. I was reading one of those dear-abbey > style columns the other day and a mother was concerned because her young > boy was calling her by her name instead of "mom". A long drawn out > speculation ensues by the mother about how the parents are a mixed > ethnicity couple and maybe the kid is experiencing confusion [etc...]. In > reality the kid probably saw an episode of the simpsons and thought that > it was funny when bart called his dad by his first name. > Plus fucking one! Cheers, lorx. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. 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