Re: [B7L] Wendy-speak (was Sally-speak)

Fiona wrote:

I mean, if I'd come on the list and said "I find issues of gender and

sexuality in Deliverance, especially with regard to Avon's conduct in Meegat's presence, occasionally questionable," would anyone have responded at all? Whereas Wendy's post, using provocative words like "sexism," got people talking about the wider issues.<

I would have responded exactly the same as I responded to Wendy's question, by asking: "In what way?"

And maybe you would not have replied with the patronising "Are you kidding?", implying that I must be terribly dim not to see what's so apparent to you. :-)

You're right, though - the way in which one says something can be as important as what is actually said.

Marian