Dear all
Or is it that she is secular rather than a devout Muslim? This is certainly the way it has been reported rather than the focus being on gender.
Regards
Simon
At 20:19 21/10/1999 +1000, you wrote:
>Dear Laurence and Susan,
>
>Yes, it will be interesting to track these demeaning comments. They will,
>of course, be rhetorical devices, designed to undermine his authority and
>power, although it is unlikely they will have much impact in that country.
>
>I can't help feeling though, that the big issue there is the fact that
>Megawati (sorry for the spelling) is NOT president - because she is a
>woman. Surely that is the oppression we need to focus on immediately.
>
>Just a thought.
>
>Michael Bleasdale
>
>
>At 12:09 21/10/99 +1000, you wrote:
>>Hello all again
>>
>>
>>Did everyone hear that the new president of Indonesia has a significant
>>visual impairment and various other disabilities due to a number of
>>strokes? His perceived frailty will, I imagine, become a significant issue
>>in the protestation of the public about the non-appointment of Megawatti
>>Sukarnoputri (spelling?) the 'peoples' choice'.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Laurence Bathurst
>>School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
>>Faculty of Health Sciences
>>University of Sydney
>>P.O. Box 170
>>Lidcombe NSW 2141
>>Australia
>>
>>Phone: (62 1) 9351 9509
>>Fax: (62 1) 9351 9166
>>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>Please visit the School's interim web site at
>>http://www.ot.cchs.usyd.edu.au
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>>Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious
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