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Author: Andrew Miller
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To: System undo crew
Subject: Re: [unSYSTEM] Where are all the women in Bitcoin? Here they are!
Here's a much better post, an infographic on "the women of Bitcoin",
hopefully this serves as an antidote:
https://cryptocointalk.com/blog/3/entry-79-updated-women-of-bitcoin/

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:
> We don't live in a world of victims and oppressors. Everyone is
> complicit in some way.
>
> On 29/01/14 21:39, Amir Taaki wrote:
>> Are you trying to make a statement about the system which forces people
>> to make compromises and are placed in a situation where they curry
>> favour not through their actions as people. But is it so passive? Would
>> you say the same about Sabu who betrayed Hammond? In the end when we
>> participate in a culture, we grow that culture too and are responsible
>> for carrying a situation we would prefer not to endure.
>>
>> On 29/01/14 21:30, Anthony D'Onofrio wrote:
>>> Not everyone is born a genius. Those people have a place in the world as
>>> well.
>>> Genius is a gift, compassion is a choice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Elizabeth Ploshay wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> */Elizabeth T. Ploshay/*
>>>> elizabeth@??? <mailto:elizabeth@bitcoinmagazine.com>
>>>> Manager of Communications
>>>> Bitcoin Magazine
>>>> elizabethtploshay.com <http://elizabethtploshay.com/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Liad Shababo <liad@???
>>>> <mailto:liad@shababo.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Rough day?
>>>>     He got a double full page spread in London's biggest evening
>>>>     paper, which credited him amongst other things, as a genius.

>>>>
>>>>     https://twitter.com/wollit/status/428575608709578753

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On 29 Jan 2014, at 21:24, Anthony D'Onofrio <iamtexture@???
>>>>     <mailto:iamtexture@gmail.com>> wrote:

>>>>
>>>>>     You lost me at the dumb whores part.
>>>>>     Value does not stem from living up to any culturally-mandated
>>>>>     expectations.
>>>>>     Not culture at large and not yours or mine. Women should be able
>>>>>     to dress
>>>>>     however they like and still demand respect and love. That
>>>>>     includes American,
>>>>>     Muslim, Asian, slutty, skimpy, nude, sexy, frumpy - whatever.
>>>>>     These women
>>>>>     are no less women because of the clothing they put on. They're
>>>>>     just like
>>>>>     everyone else - tiny people on a big world in an even larger
>>>>>     universe,
>>>>>     unsure of who they are and what they are, responding to the
>>>>>     environment
>>>>>     they found themselves in, the mental state they were born into,
>>>>>     and the
>>>>>     mental state of those around them.

>>>>>
>>>>>     Men respond to beautiful women. Even women respond to beautiful
>>>>>     women.
>>>>>     A very simple marketing tool is getting beautiful women to stand
>>>>>     next to a
>>>>>     product. Or hand out a product. Or use a product. This is not
>>>>>     exploitative of
>>>>>     the beautiful women or reflective of their value. It is
>>>>>     reflective of us as a whole,
>>>>>     human animals - who are driven by impulses that are not
>>>>>     culturally mandated,
>>>>>     but which extend from our being as animals who require
>>>>>     procreation and
>>>>>     survival. This is exploitative of the men who are tricked into
>>>>>     associating this
>>>>>     product with beautiful women.

>>>>>
>>>>>     Sounds like you're having a rough day Amir. I hope it gets better.

>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     On Jan 29, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Amir Taaki wrote:

>>>>>
>>>>>>     http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1wg481/hot_asian_chicks_giving_out_free_bitcoins_in_hong/

>>>>>>
>>>>>>     This is trash and degrading to women. People have endless
>>>>>>     discussions
>>>>>>     about girls in Bitcoin and then talk like this.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>     And why? Because it's about promoting girls who find their value
>>>>>>     through
>>>>>>     their sexuality + beauty, rather than what they objectively do
>>>>>>     as people.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Most of you who don't understand are kissless virgins who will go
>>>>>>     through their life trying to buy the affection of women. Sex is
>>>>>>     good,
>>>>>>     love is great... but this attitude of trying to push bitcoin through
>>>>>>     sexy women with no brains vs pushing the smart women in our
>>>>>>     community is
>>>>>>     trash.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>     For all the Bitcoiners who seek legitimacy/image and complain
>>>>>>     about me
>>>>>>     pushing drugs, where are the people saying this is wrong. This
>>>>>>     is one of
>>>>>>     the highest voted stories on the front page. What did these
>>>>>>     girls do to
>>>>>>     get that attention of all the Bitcoiners? And what about
>>>>>>     Elizabeth who
>>>>>>     works tirelessly on Bitcoin.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>     We have smart capable women in our community, so why are we
>>>>>>     promoting
>>>>>>     these dumb whores? Who the fuck are they? Plastic girls with big
>>>>>>     tits?
>>>>>>     Wow you're so cool. It reminds me of when the BF choose that young
>>>>>>     plastic pretty spokesgirl to represent them on TV who knew
>>>>>>     nothing about
>>>>>>     bitcoin. And those BitPay adverts who use the girl in pretty red
>>>>>>     lipstick to push their product. Why not promote a world based on
>>>>>>     love
>>>>>>     with relationships established based on mutual understanding, rather
>>>>>>     than promoting a world where men make money to fuck good looking
>>>>>>     young
>>>>>>     bitches. 90% of you will never be in that bracket either.

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