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To: Calvin Scott who wrote (11120)	8/20/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: Feathered Propeller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

Bugs Bunny May Be Wascally, But He's Not A Sexist go.com 05:14 a.m. Aug 20, 1999 Eastern OTTAWA (Reuters) - Bugs Bunny may be a wascally hare-brained rabbit, but at least he's not a sexist one. The Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council said Thursday it had rejected a complaint from a woman who accused the cartoon character of making a deeply misogynistic comment. The incident was triggered by an episode of the ''Bugs Bunny and Tweety'' show aired in July 1998. It featured a short cartoon entitled ''Bewitched Bunny'' in which Bugs escaped a witch by detonating a bag of so-called magic powder. A beautiful female rabbit emerged from the cloud of dust and took Bugs by the arm. As the two of them walked off into the sunset, Bugs turned to the camera and said: ''Ah sure, I know! But aren't they all witches inside?'' Kapow! One woman watching the show on Canada's Global Television was less than amused and fired off a letter to the channel's president. ''Televising this anti-woman cartoon demands that you personally offer a televised apology to woman viewers of Global Television,'' wrote the complainant. Global replied that the cartoon in fact portrayed the female characters in a strong light. ''Given this, we do not believe that this episode of Bugs Bunny portrays women in a negative way, nor that it contravenes any provision of the Sex-Role Portrayal Code,'' it said. Perhaps not surprisingly, this did not satisfy the woman, who then complained to the broadcasting standards council. ''If the audience had been adults, perhaps we could chuckle and forget it. This cartoon was aimed at children who are forming their attitudes to men and women,'' she wrote. ''Therefore, this cartoon is offensive not only to women, but it gives a wrong idea of women to impressionable children -- women are evil inside.'' The council rejected the complaint, saying in its final judgement that while it sympathized with the viewer, the allegedly offensive phrase had clearly been a throwaway line. ''Moreover, there is nothing in the demeanor of Bugs Bunny or any other character or element of the episode of the 'Bugs Bunny and Tweety' show which suggests a program attitude which could be broadly interpreted as constituting 'negative or degrading comments on the role and nature of women','' it said. That's all, folks.

To: Calvin Scott who wrote (11120)	8/20/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: MrsNose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

Subject: Letter of REFERENCE>> > 1 Bob Smith, my assistant programmer, can always be found 2 hard at work in his cubicle. Bob works independently, without 3 wasting company time talking to colleagues. Bob never 4 thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always 5 finishes given assignments on time. Often he takes extended 6 measures to complete his work, sometimes skipping coffee 7 breaks. Bob is a dedicated individual who has absolutely no 8 vanity in spite of his high accomplishments and profound 9 knowledge in his field. I firmly believe that Bob can be 10 classed as a high-caliber employee, the type which cannot be 11 dispensed with. Consequently, I duly recommend that Bob be 12 promoted to executive management, and a proposal will be 13 executed as soon as possible. Addendum: That idiot was standing over my shoulder while I wrote the report sent to you earlier today. Kindly re-read only the odd numbered lines.