From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!teklabs!done
Newsgroups: net.social
Title: Re: Harassment?
Article-I.D.: teklabs.1685
Posted: Fri Jan 21 13:31:06 1983
Received: Mon Jan 24 05:37:42 1983

Is there any real answer to this controversy?  Suppose I open a door for
some young lady (female person-unit?), with the intent to be courteous,
and she interprets it as harassment.  Is it really courtesy or harassment?
Consider again if I open a door for someone, truly having the desire to
harass, and she interprets it as a common courtesy.

It seems to me that the intent behind an action is the important thing,
not how somebody else INTERPRETS that intent.  If they prefer to impute
dishonorable motives to honorable acts, that's THEIR problem, not mine.
I see no reason to let someone else's confused set of values interfere
with my own, especially for actions which would benefit them.

                            Don Ellis     tektronix!teklabs!done