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From: folta@yale.ARPA (Stephen Folta)
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Subject: Re: feelin' no pain?   (pain vs. nothing)
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Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 16:40:09 EST
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>       Snoopy's response was that most people would rather feel pain than feel
>       nothing.  I think that he is about 180 degrees off.  The vast majority
>       of people in our society would rather feel nothing than feel pain.
	
>       Why else do people abuse alcohol?  Drugs?   [Moira Mallison]

'Cause they would rather feel ANYTHING (including pain) than feel nothing.
Drugs (alcohol in particular) can intensify pain as well as mask it.  I
remember last year, when getting drunk often made me feel especially sorry
for myself, yet I still continued to drink.  I guess opiates might cause
people to feel nothing, but I wouldn't say the same for most varieties of
drugs.

I wonder myself whether most people would rather feel pain or feel nothing.
I tend to think they would rather feel nothing.


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Stephen Folta
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