"Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Tom Breton" <tehom at REMOVEpanNOSPAMix.com> wrote in message
> news:m33cujlaiq.fsf at panix.com...> > "Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
> > > news:KtOY8.65402$P%6.4406381 at news2.west.cox.net...> > >
> > > > Every tale they tell about Hopper is larger than the one before. In
> > > > searching the net, there are all kinds of ridiculous claims about
> > > > Hopper--she "invented" the Mark I computer, she "invented" Cobol,
she
> > > coined
> > > > the phrase "computer bug", she "invented" compilers.
> > > >
> > > > What this shows us is that the very BEST woman "inventor" they could
> come
> > > up
> > > > was a fraud.
> > > >
> > > > What does that say about the rest?
> > >
> > > Even if you were correct here (which you are not, as has been
> demonstrated
> > > in other messages), this doesn't say anything about the rest. To
believe
> > > that it does is a logical fallacy.
> >
> > No, to believe that it *neccessarily* does is a logical fallacy. To
> > believe that it suggests so is common sense. That's the thing about
> > the real world - nothing can be proved rigorously, not really. When
> > you get down to it, everything is a generalization. But that doesn't
> > keep us from understanding the world pretty well with evidence and a
> > moderate level of generalization.
>> It is debatable whether he meant it was necessary or if it merely suggests
> it. Based on his previous comments, I took his post to mean that since
'the
> best' woman was a 'fraud', that means that the rest are worth even less.
>>
The critique was aimed at their poor choice of feminist icons, not at women.
Hopefully you realize that the vast majority of women are not like
feminazis, and in fact *detest* them? Feminazis are almost exact opposites
of normal women.
There's nothing to admire about feminazi Hopper. She was a failure in her
marriage, she was ugly, she wasn't a mother, she was one of those who forced
her way into our once-proud military and made it the laughing stock of
nations, and she was dishonest enough to let people think that she had
"invented a compiler" or the term "bug".
This was even worse than dredging up Marie Curie.
"What does this say about the rest" refers to the other icons these
feminazis might come up with. Don't you think it's notable that they've
made so many poor choices so far?
John Knight
