Obnoxious "fox" line

[asteg@k12.ucs.umass.edu (Albert Steg (Winsor School))]

Hello All,

As a newcomer to this group (and to the net) I don't know any of the 
political history of this group.  To an outsider, it looks to me like
a weird struggle for some sort of "ownership" of Kate Bush knowledge
as a surrogate for an actual connection with an artist who is highly
inaccesible.  

At any rate, I'd like to second the comment that the "Yes, she is a 
fox" line in the FAQ is objectionable.  Sexist, probably; juvenile
certainly.  It's the kind of thing that will alienate a lot of people.
And does it really tell us anything useful?  Why keep it?

Again, I'm a newcomer, but I haven't felt a totalitarian presence here.
Am I right in guessing that as new people come to the group, some
conversations will be rehashed with new conversants --and that old hands
can simply choose not to join in?  Or should newcomers refrain from covering
old ground somehow? (And how can we know what's been said before?) This
is a genuine question.

Albert
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first impression was one of extravagant happiness. All men felt
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                       -Jorge Luis Borges, "The Library of Babel"