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From: rawdon@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Michael Rawdon)
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Subject: Re: Morality and kissing...
Keywords: morality, kissing
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Date: 18 Jan 90 06:17:13 GMT
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In article <747@darkstar.ucsc.edu> lechner@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Lechner) writes:
>You are on a bus, going home from either school or work, and
>are approached by a reasonably attractive member of the appropriate
>sex who politely asks the question "excuse me, but would you
>mind terribly if i were to kiss you?".

>What is your response?

The main stumbling point for me, here, would be the fact that I already have
a girlfriend, and I do *not* think she'd appreciate me kissing some strange
woman.  The other main stumbling point is diseases (whether or not AIDS can
be transmitted through saliva, I have little wish to get the flu, measles, or
the like from someone; even a cold - bleck!).

I suppose otherwise I'd go for it (even less-than-ideally, if I were really
bummed out, I might go for it just to add some spice to my afternoon or
whatever), but as it is, I think "Sorry, I'm already committed to someone
else" would be my response.  Then, I'd wait to see what she'd say, but
unless it was something mighty clever, she'd be outta luck (or in luck,
depending on how you look at it :-).
-- 
Michael Rawdon           | Looking down on the smoke, on the factories
Tulane University        | 'Till the truth creeps up unseen
New Orleans, Louisiana   | They see themselves in the faces of their children
rawdon@rex.cs.tulane.edu | And realize they too are part of the Machine
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