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From: annieh3@violet.berkeley.edu (Jui-Yun (Annie) Hsia)
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Subject: Re: LINE: THE SMILEY DICTIONARY
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Date: 8 Jun 1994 19:54:11 GMT
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In article <Cr11yu.Huu@discus.technion.ac.il>,
c1021351@techst02.technion.ac.il (Gleb Shadeck) wrote:
> 
> 
>   What about these ones?
> 
>  =^)          open-minded smiley
> 
>  |-(     )    yawning smiley
> 
>  |-(=   =)       "      "    from Vietnam
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^

I may not be Vietnamese, but I still find it offensive.  I don't see why
the yawning smiley is not the same for people in Vietnam as it is for the
rest of the world.

I know that this is the *unmoderated* group, but consideration for others
should still be applied.

Jui-Yun (Annie) Hsia
annieh3@violet.berkeley.edu