Re: Unicorn of Color

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>]

On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> At 6:00 PM 4/6/96, Black Unicorn wrote:
> >On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> Far be it from me to question the legal advice BU/Uni/Dirsec provides,
> >
> >Unicorn is fine, don't be snide.
> 
> Not meant to be snide, even if sounded that way. I just get confused by
> your various nyms, as some call you "Uni," others call you by what I
> presume is your real name (rhymes with Galois), and you sometimes sign your
> messages "Dirsec."

Unicorn will do.  The nym, for those interested, is taken from our 
crest.  Dirsec, the username for a time, was a result of some ISP account 
shuffling.  Completely outside my control I fear.  I don't think anyone 
calls me by my name on the list, but I could be mistaken.

> Also, I am hesitant to call you "Black Unicorn," as applying the adjective
> "black" to a person is illegal in some jurisdictions, and "Unicorn of
> Color" does not ring true. (But I grew up calling blacks "colored people,"
> and gladly switched to the more noble-sounding "black" in the 1960s, and
> now I almost vomit everytime I hear some radfem lesbian claim "All wimmin
> are people of color!!!!" Yeah, colored people. My, how the worm has
> turned....)

Again, Unicorn, or uni will do.  When I adopted the nym, I never planned 
it to be a long term thing.  I'm sure I would have been more obscure had 
I given it much thought.

I'm not liberal enough to be offended by the color/evil implication of my 
nym.  The blazon of the black unicorn has been with my family a long 
time.  I'd hardly consider it an offense, though I understand the 
caution.

> 
> Hope this clears things up.
>

It does, thanks.

> --Tim
> 
> 
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