presumptuous

Scottie Bowman (bowman@mail.indigo.ie)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 08:59:23 +0000

	Dear Hapworth2,

	Why are people so reluctant to identify themselves 
	on Bananafish ?  It carries the danger of unjustifiable 
	assumptions. 
 
	I wonder, for example, how you became convinced 
	Xerxes was female ?  Xerxes himself was, after all, 
	a Persian king.  Why would a woman choose to hide 
	behind such a mask ?  I hope you're not assuming 
	she's a transvestite.

	I also wonder how you can be so sure of my ignorance 
	of Japanese culture ?  You haven't, after all, examined 
	my vast assemblage of Utamaro prints nor perused 
	my collection of personal haiku, have you ?

	Scottie B.