Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)

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Subject: Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
From: Craig Dickson <crdic@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:41:33 -0700
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Eric G. Miller wrote:

> Unfortunately, English doesn't have a neutral singular personal
> pronoun.

I used to know a woman who used the word "it" when referring to a
singular person of unspecified sex. Thus, "No responsible professional
would install Debian on its computers." Still an idiotic statement
(consider the source), but at least the gender issues are swept out of
the way.

Craig

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- At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
  - From: Glen Snyder <snyderg@frontiernet.net>
- Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
  - From: Glen Lee Edwards <glen@fcwm.org>
- Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
  - From: Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <ke6sls@cox.net>
- Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
  - From: Kent West <westk@acu.edu>
- Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
  - From: "Eric G. Miller" <egm2@jps.net>

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