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To: Neeka who wrote (101328)	2/21/2005 12:11:56 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) of 793807

when is it acceptable to speak the "unspeakable?" And who decides what is unspeakable? Is there such a thing as the unthinkable, and where do we cross the line over into the realm of the unthinkable? If these boundaries are real, how, where and why do they exist? When you are in a room full of intelligent people, you have to make certain not say foolish stuff. The question in question concerning the innate abilities of women wrt science and mathematics is in every way the same as if he were to say: Since there are no Jewish men playing basketball at the NBA level - the 4 or 5 standard deviation level - then is it fair to suggest there may be some innate reasons for it? Those questions are no longer postulated because we have come a long ways from the German science of the early 20th century. It is no longer asked not because Jewish men may be offended by those suggestions. It is not because it is not politically correct. By now, if you don't understand, I think it would be very difficult to explain it to you. But, I can't resist. I will give you a clue. Is it because there is no genetic science (not now, nor will there ever be) that links Jewish men with the ability to play basketball?

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