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Mm. Craig Send a noteboard - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM
Which you obviously did. Larry didn't say "must" in his post, he actually used the word "need", twice I think.
His use of "need" was an informal one that had a meaning tantamount to "ought", or "should". The (hortatory, if I'm not mistaken) necessity that "should" imposes is in no way as binding as "must", which involves a strict adherence. Quotas employ the latter sort of necessity. The fact that quotas tend to be digital and quantitative supports this point.

You could only infer a vague quota (is there even such a thing?) If you fail to understand the obvious context of the post. A proper context that would support your inference would be something like: "I realized that I haven't kept my promise to read a comparable amount of female authors lately, so I need to read more. Which of them do you think?" or "This board is misogynistic and must correct its skewed preference for female authors. We all need to find one to review."

Fascinating stuff.
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This board is severely lacking in discussion of female authors - 12/09/2009 08:11:46 AM 1264 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 674 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 422 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 455 Views
No - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 794 Views
I think what you mean is this board is lacking in discussion of lesser-known authors... - 12/09/2009 10:49:56 AM 777 Views
While part of that is true, part of it really deals with a thought when I glanced through the posts - 12/09/2009 10:55:07 AM 797 Views
Re: - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 849 Views
True - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 936 Views
Perhaps. - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 918 Views
Precisely. - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 766 Views
Yeah - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 920 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 807 Views
Wanna bet? - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 714 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 769 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 722 Views
ugh - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 818 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 786 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 339 Views
Incorrect. - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 836 Views
You might want to edit that... - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 894 Views
Agreed. - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 843 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 747 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 423 Views
I think it does - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 794 Views
That was kind of the point. - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 854 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 703 Views
Probably. - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1097 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 784 Views
True. - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1021 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 371 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 763 Views
female authors - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 788 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 823 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 340 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 362 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 726 Views
It can be inferred. - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 713 Views
Bah - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 751 Views
How very clever. - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 964 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1003 Views
Mm. - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1021 Views
LOL - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1115 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1063 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 399 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 690 Views
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Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 347 Views
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Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 350 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 769 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 317 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 443 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 340 Views
Is it like Black History Month? - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 735 Views

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