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From: jwp@sdchema.UUCP (John Pierce)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Accolade for Ms Julie Hoff
Message-ID: <425@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 16:34:39 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 16:34:39 1985
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Reply-To: jwp@chem.sdcsvax (John Pierce)
Organization: Chemistry Dept, UC San Diego
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Summary: An intelligent, mature statement

UCSD has been on USENET for five years or so.  During that time, there has been
a lot of discussion about human emotions and inter-personal relationships.  I
believe that in all of that discussion there has never been a more intelligent,
mature, concise, truthful statement on those subjects (and perhaps not on any
others) than that made by Julie Hoff (ihuxa!hoff):

 > ...I KNOW that my emotions are my own CHOICE.  Yes, folks, choice.  If I
 > cannot handle a no from you, it is my own growing that I had best tend to.
 > I also bring this into my relationships.  If I say "no thank-you" to someone
 > and they are hurt, it does move me a bit.  But I realize that to treat them
 > as any less a person than what I ask to be treated... would be looking down
 > upon them.

If each of us would actively attempt to understand that, to apply it to our
daily living, to actively accept that level of responsibility for our lives,
the world would be a much better place.  And there would be a *lot* less drivel
in this news group.
				John Pierce, Chemistry, UC San Diego
				jwp@sdcsvax
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