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Choice words for feminists.(on the edge)(controversy over Canadian Senator Nancy Ruth's remarks to women's groups)

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| June 22, 2010 | Cockburn, Lyn | COPYRIGHT 2008 Herizons Magazine, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

So Conservative Senator Nancy Ruth dropped the F-bomb. Who cares? Not anyone who understands the issues involved in the incident. Not anyone who thinks it's just fine that women, even senators, on occasion talk dirty in public. Not anyone who understands that the days of ladies wearing hats in public and a zipper on their mouths are long over. That means a whole ton of Canadians don't give a shit.

Besides, anyone who hasn't heard the word fuck in school corridors, the boardroom, on buses, airplanes, the street and--given Ruth's training as a United Church minister--in church, does not live in our galaxy. See reference to Pluto below.

Anyway, so Ruth told women's groups …

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