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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 6:17pm
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It's possible there is a cultural context to terms like 'irrationality' ...
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... as well as gender politics. For a women my age who has lived through the women's movement (and embraced many aspects of it), calling a women who allows emotion to be a part of her make-up... a part of her being... 'irrational', would not sit well at all. It is one tactic of many that has been used to marginalize women. But that's another topic. I'm trying to put your comments into context of where you are coming from (or might be, since I know little about you). Just know, many women would think that being called irrational for being - well, female - was a bad thing. We are emotional. That is not the same as irrational. At least, not the way irrational is used - in toto - in the US. And the same goes for 'reasoned'. A reasonable response is considered 'good'. An unreasonable response is considered 'bad'. If you label something 'not reasonable' in the US you are saying it is 'not good'... for the most part. (final caveat before I drop this topic for pie... being well spoken and very clear in how one uses words can allow all sorts of words that have 'negative' connotations to be used in appropriate, non-judgmental ways. But most of us just write and don't take extreme care with that - so, on the whole - most loaded words carry at least the whiff of judgmental, biased connotations to them.)
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Simon Tolkien comments on the film adaptations on BBC radio....
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dormouse
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Nov 22 2012, 1:09pm
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doesn't he rather say...
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Elthir
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Nov 22 2012, 2:07pm
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Yes, sorry
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dormouse
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Nov 22 2012, 2:44pm
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No problem...
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Elthir
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Nov 23 2012, 1:06am
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He likes the one i like the best :)
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 3:34pm
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to be fair...
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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 4:10pm
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fair minded sit with you better?
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 4:31pm
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third attempt
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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 5:35pm
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hmm not sure how to respond to this, lol
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 5:52pm
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It's possible there is a cultural context to terms like 'irrationality' ...
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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 6:17pm
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oh sorry i didnt mean it that way at all
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 6:27pm
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you got the point I was trying to make!
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Magpie
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Nov 22 2012, 6:53pm
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I finally got there in the end, haha!
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 8:12pm
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wow i have totally derailed this thread! Sorry! //
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imin
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Nov 22 2012, 6:29pm
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Thank you! //
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sador
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Nov 22 2012, 6:41pm
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I was interested in the question
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Elenorflower
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Nov 23 2012, 1:40am
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Validity by degrees
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ElendilTheShort
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Nov 23 2012, 10:37am
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Sword straightness
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Noel Q. von Schneiffel
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Nov 23 2012, 3:19pm
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fair enough
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Elenorflower
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Nov 23 2012, 5:24pm
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I don't understand how your imagination can be at fault?
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ElendilTheShort
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Nov 23 2012, 10:37pm
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