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Originally Posted by MGlitch
As I have a hard time seeing the offense in a decades old quote which clearly has nothing to do with genders being used in a way which also has nothing to do with genders rather to convey that these are great authors. I guess some of us consider context while others only consider content. But, as you say, whatever  |
Perhaps that I recognized the quote and knew that Oscar Wilde died in 1900 prevents me from finding the quote as offensive as it seems to be to others. Sorry folks, naught but a storm in a cream bowl, IMNSHO.
"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."—W. S.
"Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift of reason?"—M. W.
“He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool”—B. Y.