Re: Book review: "The Culture of Fear" by Barry Glassner

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ellen Mercer) wrote, in talk.rape:

>Baba Yaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Out of curiosity, why did you post this here?  Not that I'm
>> complaining: I'm all for interesting material, whether on or off
>> topic.
>
>Can you suggest a better venue? 

Alas, that I'm not familiar with all n thousand newsgroups!  I can't
suggest a better, though doubtless there are a few where you'd get an
intelligent response: my question was prompted by pure curiosity.

>I couldn't think of one, but I don't
>approach ngs from the standpoing of mastering the different groups in
>all their nuances. Because some of the most deceptive and sleazy
>tactics Glassner used dealt with male-female relationships (though I
>didn't really have space to explore much of that in the review without
>being super-wordy) it seemed that it might work for t.r. and s.m. I
>originally thought of posting the review and asking the audience to
>direct me to a better n.g., because I didn't (and still don't) know of
>a group for which this post would be perfect. If you know of one,
>would you suggest I repost it there? Let me know.

It's pretty good here; and for 10 minute's work, highly impressive.
There are days it takes me that to form an approximately coherent
sentence.  ;-)  You might have had a fuller response from soc.men had
you risked being super-wordy; I can see Andr+AOk- Lievens commenting to
some effect, on a good day.

A fuller response is, um, pending.  Admittedly, things have been known
to pend, as it might be like Mohammed's coffin, for long times.  Comes
a point, I have a preposterous backlog.  I'm thinking of applying for
sponsorship for my Usenet activities - perhaps from a manufacturer of
those peculiar magnetic bracelets which supposedly alleviate arthritis
on the instant, or from a chain of opticians.

Baba Yaga
-- 
... it seemed that it was not that easy to be a man. To be a man, to 
be a real man, required plenty of practice.  Great athletes will put 
themselves through daily practice to achieve their goals.  A man must 
do the same.
 - Hideo Asano in /the Big Issue/