In a message dated 8/13/00 6:28:14 PM Central Daylight Time, spike66@ibm.net
writes:
> > Paul Hughes wrote: Imagine
> > loosing that great job you've had for 5 years when your prudish boss
finds
> you
> > like a little S&M on occasion...
>
> But all the bosses I know looove S+M. Well, at least the S part. {8^D
>
> You bring up a good point however. As society becomes more transparent,
> the prudish must be displaced from positions of power, replaced by the
> tolerant and cool. This is kinda already happened in the Silicon Valley,
> the charge being led by those who started Apple. spike
Spike, I'd like to think that this is automatically true, but I don't think
it is. Small rural communities were very transparent in the past, and they
weren't necessarily characterized by high levels of tolerance. Check out
"The Crucible"
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