On 17 Jan 00 at 8:49, Caroline Ramsey wrote : > Mairi, I'm sorry, but I see your contribution as potentially > suppressing alternative voices as to the management of gender > problems. A decision is taken ... I express disagreement ... this is "potentially suppressing alternative voices"? Hmmm ... > I know that you will be offended by this comment, hurt is not > intended. I'm a Scot - we never take argument personally; it's against our culture. So I am neither offended nor hurt, just slightly bemused at the logic of the above. I agree that it's time to take this discussion elsewhere. -- mairi macdonald %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%