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Re: N word again
- To: babel-list
- Subject: Re: N word again
- From: Bluemuse
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:52:31 -0400
- Reply-To: babel-list
- Sender: owner-babel-list
Anthony Rzepela sez:
> A consistent policy would be nice, though.
>
> With the disclaimer put up in advance that
> I realize that "Oath" and "RnRN" could be
> as many as ten years apart in age, and so
> the younger has more time to become distasteful
> to the original author, I still find it a bit
> difficult to swallow that she still finds the
> younger one meaningful and appropriate and utterly
> immune to some kind of reworking the way the old
> 60's "Gloria" has substituted for "Oath" recently.
I think there's a difference here: Patti *disagrees* now with her sentiments
in Oath, while she merely thinks she was *naive or presumptuous* with
R&RN--not necessarily wrong. I don't see any inconsistency.
--Bob Farace