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To: Charliss who wrote (22535)	5/30/1998 12:11:00 AM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Well, Charliss, I certainly understand the point you are raising, and your example. Another instance that comes to mind for me was when George Bush and almost everyone in America, including the press, not only called Saddam Hussein by his first name during that conflict with Iraq, which is a way to refer to the leader of another country which lacks dignity or respect, but we also deliberately mispronounced it. So he was demeaned twice every time we referred to him. Really, though, I think everyone should have the essential right of deciding what they want to be called, and whether they perceive themselves to be male or female, as well. When I said "All these guys are just people after all", I was referring to homosexuals and transsexuals, male and female, and wrote it that way because I was trying to keep the sentence structure fairly simple, and stay informal as well. So, yes, I was using it in the same a way a waitress would inquire "How are you guys this evening?", to mean a large bunch of people I was talking about, certainly not to appear insensitive about anyone's sexual identity.