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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.trains.org, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> > >
> > > Wow, that's kind of surprising to hear. I've been meaning to ask, as • this
> > > thread has unfolded... Are women allowed in LEGO train clubs, or is it a
> > > boys-only thing?
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> > What he said.
>
> He didn't say anything.
See Todd's reply.
> > The organisation is a great idea, but I'd rather see Congress
> > than Brotherhood. Why be gratuitously exclusive when it's not necessary?
I could have worded this better. I know no-one wants to exclude women from
the organisation. What I meant was, why use exclusive language when it's not
necessary.
> The BLE has female members.
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> Further, clubs don't even HAVE a gender, it's a brotherhood of CLUBS not of
> club members.
Since clubs don't have a gender, why use a gender-specific word to describe
a group of them? The BLE is not a parallel: that's a group of *people* who
at the time the group was founded, were probably all male.
> Why be gratuitiously PC when it's not necessary?
It's hard to comment at all on some subjects without being accused of being
PC. I'm commenting here because I have a personal interest in exclusionary
language. Calling me "PC" isn't going to stop me doing the "stand up and be
counted" bit when I see something I disagree with.
Kevin
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| (...) He didn't say anything. (...) The BLE has female members. Further, clubs don't even HAVE a gender, it's a brotherhood of CLUBS not of club members. Why be gratuitiously PC when it's not necessary? ++Lar (25 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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