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From: kilroy@mimsy.umd.edu (Nancy's Sweetie)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Morality and kissing...
Summary: Gee, aren't I boring.
Keywords: morality, kissing, affection, `Arf!'
Message-ID: <21901@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 90 16:44:46 GMT
References: <747@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: kilroy@mimsy.umd.edu (Nancy's Sweetie)
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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Disclaimer: Brandy the WonderDog will kiss anybody, but they don't always
            like it.  Hugs work better, we think.


[ No included text -- we all know the question by now. ]

The original question was (obviously) addressed at the morality of kissing,
and in that respect I don't see anything immoral in accepting a kiss from
the person in question (given the presumptions I'm making about what
precisely is being suggested, since specifics were not made available).

My answer to the question, however, is "I would probably decline", in that
the only person I want to kiss is Nancy, and a stranger on a bus (by virtue
of being a stranger) is not likely to be Nancy.%  (One could, I suppose, say
"but you're not kissing them, they're kissing you".  However, I think it
would be terribly rude to stand there doing nothing while a person was
kissing me, and it would probably be best to avoid that.)
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% - While her name might be `Nancy,' that doesn't mean she's the right one.
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kilroy@cs.umd.edu          Darren F. Provine          ...uunet!mimsy!kilroy
"I'm in love with her and I feel fine." -- JPGR