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Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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Fri, 19 Apr 2002 00:12:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:

While in college I met a 20-year-old woman with Turner's syndrome;
she had only a single chromosome,

Wow.  Even amoebas have more than that, IIRC.....

;^D John



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  Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
 
(...) Well, I did mention that she was short. Should have read "only a single X chromosome." In any case, you didn't address the salient point that under the too-broad law you seem to support, the woman's rights to expression would be curtailed (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
 
(...) Sorry-- couldn't resist:-) (...) It is an interesting scenario. I am not for the government restricting the rights of adults so much as I am concerned about protecting minors from disgusting things adults like to do. Although she *is* free to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
 
(...) There's that word again. And here's another anecdote from my storied history: While in college I met a 20-year-old woman with Turner's syndrome; she had only a single chromosome, she never developed secondary sexual characteristics, and she (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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