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From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.UUCP (Farzin Mokhtarian)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: self pity and mean therapy
Message-ID: <131@ubc-vision.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 02:37:25 EST
Article-I.D.: ubc-visi.131
Posted: Fri Jan 27 02:37:25 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Jan-84 04:29:19 EST
Organization: UBC Vision, Vancouver, BC., Canada
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   I just finished reading Laura Creighton's 200 line treatment of "self pity"
by those who are dumped, rejected, mistreated, etc. I get the point. Self Pity
is not so good (even if one was truly and genuinely mistreated). But let's talk
about your 2000+ word paper on this issue, Laura. You are tough, aren't you?
And I suppose the people on net.singles will continue to get a strong dose of
your "mean" therapy whether they ask for it or not. Do you have some kind of a
mission to "save" the troubled and the needy? Well go on if you do. I am not
objecting to your act. But how about a little suggestion? Next time you decide
to "analyze" us, give us the medication slowly. If you write a 200 line article,
I think you want to be read. You can increase your chances of being read by
writing shorter articles. I almost don't skip any short articles and I read 
them carefully. This is not true about longer ones. This is probably true of
some other people also. I hope you don't look at this as one of the "hate mail"
you get because it is not.
         
P.S. Although this article is directed at one person, I posted the article
     because I find the subject broad enough.