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From: clyde@ut-ngp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: guilt and SO's
Message-ID: <644@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-May-84 10:46:09 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 23 10:46:09 1984
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To: Mike Samuels (houxz!samuels)

> Mr. Sargent,

>	Your guilt feelings with previous SO's are your problem.
> Why don't you keep your damn religion to yourself?  There are plenty
> of non-Christians in this world (and Christians, too) who don't screw
> people every chance they get - they don't need to beg for forgiveness
> because they use their "evolutionarily-evolved" (or God-given, depending
> on your point of view) brain when dealing with others.  Why don't you
> learn to think before you act, instead of rationalizing everything
> you do with, "I can always beg for forgiveness next Sunday"?

And why don't YOU keep your damn smug arrogance to YOURSELF?

Yes, Mr. Sargent's guilt is HIS problem, but guilt is one of the most
potent human feelings and is NOT easy to deal with.  Your comments
(reprised above) are INSULTING.  I would really like to see you (or
any other mere human) ALWAYS 'think before you act' in your relationships.

Unless you can do this, I suggest you 'think before you act' about
publicly criticizing other people.
-- 
Clyde W. Hoover @ Univ. of Texas Computation Center; Austin, Texas  
(Shouter-To-Dead-Parrots)
"The ennui is overpowering" - Marvin 
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