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From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Sex by numbers (really, prostitution)
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 15:32:29 EST
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Reply-To: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
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>Some claim
>that some people can function normally and lead happy and healthy lives
>in situations where others fail.  Sorry, humans is humans, I respectfully
>disagree with any form of the above claim.
>

I'm sorry, I can not accept the statement above.  If this is true then we are
all failures or we are all "successes".  I readily see people functioning
in situations where others fail, or I could say that I see people fail where
others succeed.  The problem with this statement is that it fails to define
normal - and if it did attempt to define normal it would fail because what is
normal for me may not be for you.

Humans are not humans, we are all brought up with a different basic set of
values and prejudices.  Within the "Westernized" world it is generally possible
to form a "master" set such that each individual's value set is a subset of the
"master".  I am quite sure that outside of the limited "master" set (remember
it is defined by the "Westernized" world) we can find many people leading
happy and healthy lives.  Are they not human?

A simple example that even relates to the subject is bygamy.  There are few
people in the United States who could be comfortable in a multi-spouse
family, yet we can easily find a culture where it is disdainful to be the only
spouse.  Or, I personally could not live a life where it was expected I would
be a homosexual yet even within this country (an extremely small sample set
of humans) we find many people with an exactly opposite view part, am I a 
failure?

Respectfully,

Peter B