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To: SpyderTim
In the context of your demanding proof of bra burning, being a twenty four year old with aspirations to an MA in POS and a later law degree puts you in the position of emulating a giggling 12 year old in a science class. The teacher has explained the basic reasons why grass is green, and your reaction is wondering publicly if he is color blind.

More pertinent, you have access to the internet and to libraries and used book stores. Run a Google seach on bra burning, look at some old newspapers and magazines, buy old copies of feminist literature from years gone by. Look it up. The burden of proof is on you. You should be embarrassed that the process needs to be explained to you.

260 posted on 04/23/2002 7:24:31 PM PDT by Mortimer Snavely
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To: Mortimer Snavely
Your post operates on the assumption that I have not done any research on the subject, when, in fact, I have. As of yet, I have not come across anything that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that bra-burning occurred. There are numerous articles that flippantly mention it as though “we all know it happened.” I have yet to see a factual anecdote that include names, places, dates, etc.

No, the burden of proof is most certainly on those in this forum that have thus far been unable to produce any evidence to the contrary and yet continue to debate me on the subject. I wouldn’t profess to lay the burden of proof on anyone else in the forum.

In good-faith, I challenged Harrison Bergeron on his post #101 when he stated, “ If by ‘the women’ you mean the Marxist gender-feminist anarchists who have gone from burning their bras to emotionally and psychologically torturing little boys in the course of thirty-some years…”

Sure, there is plenty of evidence that some women chose not to wear bras during this period of time. There are women that don’t today either. But when someone states something as if everyone should know it to be fact, disregarding any objections to it, said person deserves to be called on it. If a person can back it up, then someone who challenges it certainly deserves the ridicule that might follow. And they should admit their being wrong. When a person cannot back it up, they must be held accountable.

I hold nothing against Harrison Bergeron in so far as for the most part he has made an effort to provide info. He has held his ground fairly. You, however, have continued on the subject but only to offer criticism of me, personally. If you hold the position that bra-burning occurred, then back it up. Talk the talk and walk the walk. Where is your smoking gun?

Give it your best shot.

261 posted on 04/23/2002 8:40:32 PM PDT by SpyderTim
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