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Subject: Re: The Elephant In This Room
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fadosolr=E9lamisi?= <rei...@telus.net>
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Le mercredi 10 octobre 2012 20:55:43 UTC-7, Fadosolr=E9lamisi a =E9crit=A0:
> Le mercredi 10 octobre 2012 19:50:59 UTC-7, dsi1 a =E9crit=A0:
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> > > Le mercredi 10 octobre 2012 12:03:34 UTC-7, Alphonsus Jr. a =E9crit :
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> > >> Something about this group disturbs me. It disturbs me a great deal.=
 We all know what it is. But we sweep it under the rug.
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> > >> I'm talking about sexism. Sexism in this very group. Where are the w=
omen??? I mean, is it acceptable to have only one woman (thomas) in the dis=
cussion? What about inclusivity? What about equality? What about the Other?=
 Are we so frightened of the Other that we need to wage war against her? Wh=
at's happened to us?
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> > > The problems with elephants is that they can blind you ... if you kno=
w the parable you'll understand that they are hard to describe!
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> > Being in a room with an elephant totally sucks. I had a bad experience=
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> > when the elephant in the room went nuts at a circus. I found out that i=
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> > times like that, my spidey sense kicks in and I won't bother hanging=20
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> > around to see "what develops" or if the situation improves. Heading out=
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> > the door at the first sign of trouble is one of my best traits.
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> Me, my lamentations go to the fact that the only elephant I've seen was a=
s the zoo ... it's so sad ... all the other elephant I've seen where in the=
se discovery channel documentaries on elephants in Africa, India, China ...=
 I love these documentaries but, unfortunately, they can never replace a tr=
ue, real, gigantic, ear flapping freaking elephant drinking and showering w=
ith his ... (Blank! I have an English blank!!! I know the word in French ..=
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Sorry Cactus ... I was so excited by that memory return ... trunk!!! Trunk!=
 An elephant trunk!